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*Roman Catholic: the [[Pallottine Fathers]], with presence at the [[Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti, Montevideo|Church of Our Lady of Lourdes]] |
*Roman Catholic: the [[Pallottine Fathers]], with presence at the [[Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti, Montevideo|Church of Our Lady of Lourdes]] |
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*Evangelical Church, with its own temple at Juan Manuel Blanes 1116, Montevideo |
*Evangelical Church, with its own temple at Juan Manuel Blanes 1116, Montevideo |
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*[[Mennonites in Uruguay|Mennonite]]: there are four Mennonite settlements |
*[[Mennonites in Uruguay|Mennonite]]: there are four Mennonite settlements - [[Colonia Nicolich]], [[El Ombú]], [[Gartental]], and [[Colonia Delta]]. |
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There is also an important presence of [[German Jews]],<ref name="MarxHatzky2004">{{cite book|author1=Christoph Marx|author2=Christine Hatzky|author3=Waltraud Kokot|author4=Hauke Dorsch|title=Periplus 2004: Jahrbuch für Aussereuropäische geschichte|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nzeleZUnUMC&pg=PA22|year=2004|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=978-3-8258-7820-7|page=22}}</ref> with religious activities at the [[Nueva Congregación Israelita, Montevideo|NCI Synagogue]]. |
There is also an important presence of [[German Jews]],<ref name="MarxHatzky2004">{{cite book|author1=Christoph Marx|author2=Christine Hatzky|author3=Waltraud Kokot|author4=Hauke Dorsch|title=Periplus 2004: Jahrbuch für Aussereuropäische geschichte|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nzeleZUnUMC&pg=PA22|year=2004|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=978-3-8258-7820-7|page=22}}</ref> with religious activities at the [[Nueva Congregación Israelita, Montevideo|NCI Synagogue]]. |
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The German community in Uruguay is small but significant; it numbers ca. 10,000 German expatriates and 40,000 people of German descent.[1] Most of them live in the Montevideo area, although there are German minorities in Paysandú, Río Negro, San José and Canelones.
History
One of the first Germans to come to the region was Ulrich Schmidl (known locally as Ulrico Smidel), who arrived at the oriental shores of the River Plate in the early 16th century and described the Charrúas.[2]
The German presence in Uruguay was always small, relatively discrete. The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 1,167 people who declared Germany as their country of birth.[3] However, there are important German names closely linked to the political landscape:
- Carlos Fischer (Colorado; President of the National Council of Government, 1958-1959)
- Héctor Grauert (Colorado; representative, minister, and member of the NCG)
- his brother Julio César Grauert (Colorado hero, opposed the Dictatorship of Terra)
- Tabaré Hackenbruch (Colorado, three-term mayor of Canelones Department)
- Alberto Heber (Blanco; President of the National Council of Government, 1966-1967)
- his brother Mario Heber (Blanco; representative and senator)
- his son Luis Alberto Heber (Blanco; senator since 1995; president of the party)
- Ernesto Kroch, German-born syndicalist
Sport is another field where several German Uruguayans stand out:
- Carlos Grossmüller, footballer
- Gary Kagelmacher, footballer
- Martín Kutscher, swimmer
- Paul Kutscher, swimmer
- Sergio Orteman, footballer
- Gerardo Vonder Pütten, footballer
Other important German Uruguayan people are:
- Elio García-Austt, neuroscientist
- Carlos Ott, architect
- Carlos Rehermann, novelist and playwright
- Siegbert Rippe, commercial jurist
- Bernardo Rosengurtt, botanist and agrostologist
- Erwin Schrott, opera singer
- Rodolfo Wirz, Roman Catholic bishop of Maldonado and Punta del Este
Religion
Local Germans practise different Christian religions:
- Roman Catholic: the Pallottine Fathers, with presence at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
- Evangelical Church, with its own temple at Juan Manuel Blanes 1116, Montevideo
- Mennonite: there are four Mennonite settlements - Colonia Nicolich, El Ombú, Gartental, and Colonia Delta.
There is also an important presence of German Jews,[4] with religious activities at the NCI Synagogue.
Institutions
German immigrants established several institutions of their own, among others:
- German School Montevideo (Template:Lang-de, established 1857)[5]
- German Evangelical Community (Template:Lang-de)[6]
- German Cultural and Social Work (Template:Lang-de)[7]
- German Club (Template:Lang-de, established 1866)[8]
- Uruguayan-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Template:Lang-de, established 1916)[9]
- German Rowing Club Montevideo (Template:Lang-de, established 1922)[10]
- German Male Choir (Template:Lang-de)[7]
- Alpine Club Montevideo (Template:Lang-de, established 1934)[11]
- Bertolt Brecht House (Template:Lang-de, established 1964)[12]
- German-Uruguayan Cultural Association (Template:Lang-de)[7]
- German Cultural Association Paysandú (Template:Lang-de)[7]
- German-Uruguayan Friendship Circle[7]
There are also local offices of German institutions:
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Uruguay[13]
- Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Uruguay[14]
- The Goethe-Institut offers courses on German language and culture.[15]
Historic German schools:[16]
- Deutsche Schule El-Ombu
- Deutsche Schule Gartental
- Deutsche Schule Delta (La Boyado)
- Deutsche Schule Paysandú
See also
- German people
- German diaspora
- German Argentine
- Germany-Uruguay relations
- Austrians in Uruguay
- Mennonites in Uruguay
- Uruguayans in Germany
References
- ^ Uruguay-Portal Template:De icon
- ^ Schmidel, Ulrich (2001). Viaje al Río de la Plata. Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes - Digital edition based on Buenos Aires Edition - Cabaut y Cía. 1903.
- ^ "Immigration to Uruguay" (PDF) (in Spanish). INE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Christoph Marx; Christine Hatzky; Waltraud Kokot; Hauke Dorsch (2004). Periplus 2004: Jahrbuch für Aussereuropäische geschichte. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-8258-7820-7.
- ^ Deutsche Schule Montevideo Archived April 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ German Evangelical Church in Uruguay
- ^ a b c d e German institutions in Uruguay Template:De icon
- ^ Deutscher Klub Archived August 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Template:Es icon
- ^ AHK Uruguay
- ^ DRVM Archived May 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ALVM
- ^ Casa Bertolt Brecht Archived May 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ FESUR
- ^ KAS Uruguay
- ^ Goethe-Institut Montevideo
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672" (Archive). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 29/51.