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Greeks in Germany

Field	Value
group	Greeks in Germany
image	Greek population relative to total Greek population in Germany 2021.svg
caption	Distribution of Greek nationals in Germany
population	2016, Greek Ethnic Origin 443,000
2016, Greek Citizens 348,475
2016, Born in Greece 274,060
2016, Born in Germany 74,415
popplace	Berlin, Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, Munich, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Bielefeld
languages	Greek and German
rels	Predominantly Greek Orthodox Church, Atheism, some Islam (Greek Muslims)
related	Greek diaspora

2016, Greek Citizens 348,475 2016, Born in Greece 274,060 2016, Born in Germany 74,415 The Greeks in Germany (; ) comprise German residents or citizens of Greek heritage and Greeks who immigrated to Germany. According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, 453,000 people living in Germany in 2019 had full or partial Greek ancestry. 363,650 of these were Greek citizens (including those with dual citizenship).

History

Significant immigration from Greece to Germany started around 1700, when the Ottoman Empire opened its borders. The first community was found in Leipzig at this time.

A second wave of immigration occurred in and after 1832 when Otto of Wittelbach (1815—1867) became King of Greece as Otto of Greece. Many Greeks came as students to Bavaria.

The last major wave took place following World War II, most Greeks arriving during this time. In those post-war years, West Germany sought workers for their expanding industries, while East Germany provided safe haven for Greek communists.

Many Greek children were involuntarily relocated to the German Democratic Republic by the Communist rebels during the Greek Civil War.

Education

The first Greek schools were created because of the number of Greeks immigrating to Germany. Since the first Greek school built in 1960 and up until 1990, over 1 million Greeks had immigrated to Germany. About 800,000 of those Greeks had after either a long-term or a short term stay gone back to Greece. Nowadays, every fifth of an estimated 47,000 students of Greek origin attends one of 35 Greek schools in Germany.

Demographics

The first Greeks came during the time of the Roman Empire to Central Europe. Among the major German cities Offenbach am Main and Stuttgart had the highest share of Greek migrants in 2011 according to German Census data. Munich was home to the largest Greek community in Germany. According to the same census, there are also large Greek diaspora communities in Nordrhein-Westfalen, especially in Düsseldorf and Bielefeld.

The place where the Griechenhaus stood, a court of Greek merchants in Leipzig

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Muslims from Greece

There are some members of the Turks of Western Thrace who espouse a Turcophone identity including Turks of the Dodecanese among the some 350,000 Greeks living in Germany. The majority of them immigrated from Western Thrace. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Thracian tobacco industry was affected by a severe crisis and many tobacco growers lost their income. This resulted in many Muslims leaving their homes and emigrating abroad, with estimates suggesting that there are now between 12,000 and 25,000 residing in Germany.

Notable people

Theophano (960-991) - Empress of Holy Roman Empire, Wife of Otto II.
John Argyris (1913-2004) - was among the creators of the Finite Element Method (FEM)
Daniela Amavia - actress and model
Adam Bousdoukos- from Soul Kitchen
Constantin Carathéodory - mathematician
Miltiades Caridis - conductor
Costa Cordalis - singer/songwriter
Georgios Donis - footballer
Margaritis Dimitsas (1830-1903) - geographer
Artemis Gounaki - singer/songwriter
LaFee - singer/songwriter
Georg Anton Jasmatzi (1847-1922) - founder of the Jasmatzi tabac factory (later sold to British American Tobacco)
Aris Kalaizis - painter
Panajotis Kondylis (1943-1998) - philosopher
Jonas Kyratzes - video game designer
Vicky Leandros - singer
Pierre Mavrogordatos (1870-1948) - archaeologist
Ioannis Masmanidis - footballer
Kostantinos Mitroglou - footballer
Argyris Nastópoulos - singer
Demis Nikolaidis - footballer
Antonis Remos - singer
Susan Sideropoulos- singer and actress
Despina Vandi - singer
Melina Aslanidou - singer
Andromache Dimitropoulou - singer
Anastasia Zampounidis - broadcaster
Antonios Papadopoulos - footballer
Linda Zervakis - newscaster (Tagesschau)
Haris & Panos Katsimihas - singers, songwriters, composers
Odisseas Vlachodimos - footballer
Panagiotis Vlachodimos - footballer
Shindy - rapper
Ioannis Panousis - Author, Law Enforcement Specialist
Evan K
Joseph Pilates Inventor of the Pilates method of physical fitness.

References

Your Link to Germany

Bibliography

References

(2019). "Bevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Migrationshintergrund im weiteren Sinn nach ausgewählten Geburtsstaaten".
"Ausländische Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht und ausgewählten Staatsangehörigkeiten".
(2017-03-26). "Kartenseite: Griechen in Deutschland - Landkreise". kartenseite.wordpress.com.
(2006). "Vorweggenommene Erweiterungen: Wanderungsbewegungen aus Grenzgebieten in die EU". kassel university press GmbH.
"Deutsche Minderheit in Germany - Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe".
{{Harvnb. Westerlund. Svanberg. 1999
{{Harvnb. Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly. 2007
{{Harvnb. Clogg. 2002
International Assembly of Western Thrace Turks. "POLITICAL AND CIVIL ORGANISATION COMMISSION".

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