Greeks in Germany

Greek Germans
	File:Artemis Gounaki.jpg; ; Constantin Carathéodory • Artemis Gounaki ; LaFee • Ioannis Masmanidis
Regions with significant populations
	Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, Munich, Stuttgart Metropolitan Region
Languages
	German, Greek
Religion
	Greek Orthodox Christianity

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

The Greeks in Germany form a significant community with a population of 294,891 people according to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, in December 31 2007.^[1]

History

The first Greeks came during the time of the Roman Empire to Central Europe.

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.

The second wave of immigration was when Otto of Wittelbach became King of Greece as Otto of Greece. Many Greeks came as students to Bavaria.

The Greek population of today came mostly after World War II. West Germany needed employees for their expanding industry. In East Germany, Greek communists came as political refugees until 1973.

Many Greeks were relocated to German Democratic Republic during the Greek Civil War.

Greek Schools in Germany

The first Greek schools were created because of the amount of Greeks immigrating over 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 had 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 population of the Greek community in Germany was estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany to be 294,891 people in December 31 2007.^[1] The number increases significantly in other estimations, as the Federal Foreign Office of Germany gives an estimated population of 320,000 people,^[2] while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece steps it up to 380,000.^[3]

Year	1967	1970	1973	1976	1979	1982	1985
Persons	200.961	342.891	407.614	353.733	296.803	300.824	280.614
Year	1988	1991	1994	1997	2000	2001	2003
Persons	274.973	336.893	355.583	363.202	365.438	362.708	354.600

Notable Greek-Germans

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Foreign Population". Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
^ "Greece". Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
^ "Germany". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. Retrieved 2009-01-18.

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[Population2007-1] "Foreign Population". Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 2009-01-18.

[2] "Greece". Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Retrieved 2009-01-18.

[3] "Germany". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. Retrieved 2009-01-18.

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Greek Schools in Germany

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Notable Greek-Germans

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