Greeks in Germany

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.^[1] 363,650 of these were Greek citizens (including those with dual citizenship).^[2]

History

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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 when Otto of Wittelbach became

The last major wave took place following World War II, with the majority of today's Greek population arriving during this period. 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

The first Greeks came during the time of the

Muslims from Greece

There are some members of the Muslim minority of Greece or Greeks who espouse a Turcophone identity among the some 350,000 Greeks living in Germany.^[5] The majority of them immigrated from Western Thrace.^[6] 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^[7] and 25,000^[8] residing in Germany.

Notable people

• Otto II
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• Finite Element Method
  (FEM)
• Daniela Amavia - actress and model
• Adam Bousdoukos- from Soul Kitchen
• Constantin Carathéodory - mathematician
• Miltiades Caridis - conductor
• Costa Cordalis - singer/songwriter
• Giorgos 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
• Tagesschau
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• Haris & Panos Katsimihas - singers, songwriters, composers
• Odisseas Vlachodimos
  - footballer
• Panagiotis Vlachodimos - footballer
• Shindy - rapper
• Ioannis Panousis - Author, Law Enforcement Specialist
• Aziz Retzep German Greek football player
• Evan K

See also

• Germany–Greece relations
• Greek diaspora
• Immigration to Germany

References