Croatia–Germany relations
Croatia |
Germany |
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Diplomatic mission | |
Embassy of Croatia, Berlin | Embassy of Germany, Zagreb |
As of 2011[update], there were 360–400,000 people of Croatian origin resident in Germany.[1] According to the 2011 Croatian census there is 2,902 Germans in Croatia.[2] First Croat elected to Bundestag is Josip Juratović (SPD) (2004–present).
Croats and other South Slavic peoples have been greatly influenced by German language and culture for centuries, though the Croats were most heavily influenced due to union with German-speaking Austria. During the Cold War, socialist Yugoslavia, of which Croatia was a member republic, enjoyed good relations with both West and East Germany. Hundreds of thousands of Croatian people migrated to West Germany as Gastarbeiter, and German tourists began visiting Croatia's Adriatic coast in large numbers.
Germany has to date had close co-operations with Croatia. When Croatia declared independence on 25 June 1991, many German politicians and other leaders declared support, with then German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher being one of the strongest advocates of international recognition of the newly independent Croatia. Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the European Union and NATO.
History
One of the first contacts between Croats and Germans (
In the 17th and 18th centuries planned settlement of German-speaking population of
In the
In 1941
At the end of the war, a large number of Danube Germans withdrew together with the German army. Those who remained were subjected to repression by the Yugoslav authorities which have won the war. The same persecution of Germans was implemented all across Europe by the Allies. These reprisals were caused by the statement that all Germans collectively collaborated with the German-Nazi occupiers which was not true.
In 1955, SFR Yugoslavia and West Germany severed diplomatic relations after the Hallstein Doctrine was accepted by Yugoslavia by which it recognized East Germany. In 1968 diplomatic relations were again established. At that year West Germany and Yugoslavia signed an agreement on labour force which allowed a large number of Croats to go to work in Germany as guest workers. Also, a large number of German tourists began coming on holiday to the Croatian coast. This tradition is maintained to this day.
Germany was one of the strongest advocates of the Croatian accession to NATO (2009) and the European Union (2013).
Resident diplomatic missions
- Croatia has an embassy in Berlin and a consulates-general in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart.
- Germany has an embassy in Zagreb.
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Embassy of Croatia in Berlin
See also
- Foreign relations of Croatia
- Foreign relations of Germany
- Accession of Croatia to the European Union
- Germany–Yugoslavia relations
- East Germany–Yugoslavia relations
References
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- HINA. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
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- ^ "Date of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relation". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (Croatia). Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ Kraljević, Egon (November 2007). "Prilog za povijest uprave: Komisija za razgraničenje pri Predsjedništvu Vlade Narodne Republike Hrvatske 1945.-1946" [Contribution to the history of public administration: commission for the boundary demarcation at the government's presidency of the People's Republic of Croatia, 1945–1946] (PDF). Arhivski vjesnik (in Croatian) (Croatian State Archives) 50 (50): 121–130. ISSN 0570-9008. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
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- ^ Pellet, Allain (1992). "The Opinions of the Badinter Arbitration Committee: A Second Breath for the Self-Determination of Peoples" (PDF). European Journal of International Law 3 (1): 178–185.
- ^ "Genscher in der F.A.Z.: Kein Alleingang bei der Anerkennung Sloweniens und Kroatiens". Faz.net.
External links
- Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration: list of bilateral treaties signed with Germany
- Croatian embassy in Berlin Archived 2019-05-16 at the Wayback Machine (in German and Croatian)
- German Federal Foreign Office about relations with Croatia
- German embassy in Zagreb (in German and Croatian)