This is a list of former German colonies owned by states of Germany:

Holy Roman Empire and German Confederation

Brandenburg-Prussia

Duchy of Courland

Main article: Duchy of Courland

Further information: Couronian colonization

Free City of Augsburg

Main article: Welser family

County of Hanau

House of Ascania

Main article: Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen

Habsburg Monarchy

Main article: List of former Austrian colonies

These were colonies of the Habsburg monarchy, part of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation realm until 1804, German Confederation from 1815 to 1848 and from 1850 to 1866.

German Empire

Main article: German colonial empire

Africa

Main article: German colonization of Africa

German colonies in Africa, 1914

The following were German African protectorates:

China

These treaty ports were German concessions in China, leased to it by the Qing dynasty:

Pacific

Map of German colonies in the Pacific
Map of German Colonies in the Pacific, 1914. Brown, German New Guinea; Orange, North Solomons; Red, German Samoa; Yellow, Other Pacific Territories

These were German colonies established in the Pacific:

Nazi Germany

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