Hungarians in Germany
  | |
 Distribution of Hungarian citizens in Germany (2021) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 207,000+ | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Germany: Mainly Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse | |
| Languages | |
| Predominantly German followed by Hungarian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Catholic and Calvinist Minority Atheist | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Hungarian people |
There are around 207,000 Hungarians in Germany.[1] Hungarians have emigrated to Germany since the Middle Ages. However, their number continues to grow at an increased pace since the end of World War I. Today, around 75% of this population live in the states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.
Population
[edit]Only about 60% arrived with a Hungarian passport, as many of them arrived from areas of the former Kingdom of Hungary[2] (see Treaty of Trianon, 1920).
Major population changes:
- About 30,000 arrived after 1945
- About 25,000 arrived after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 25,000 Gastarbeiter from Yugoslavia after 1960
- Around 5,000 migrants from Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring of 1968
- Approx. 30,000 Hungarians from Transylvania after 1975
- About 15,000 fleeing communism in Hungary
- 15,000 moving to East Germany (until the 1990 German reunification)
Culture
[edit]In 2006/2007, Hungary presented its country and culture in Germany with a whole series of cultural events including the exhibition "Germans in Hungary – Hungarians in Germany. European Lives".[3]
Notable individuals
[edit]- Albrecht Dürer, painter (his father moved to Germany from Hungary, his surname refers to their old Hungarian village)
- Béla Ernyey, actor
- Joschka Fischer, politician, foreign minister, his family was expelled from Hungary in 1946
- Imre Kertész, writer, recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Kevin Kurányi, football player (Hungarian on paternal side)
- Philipp Lenard, physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905
- Franz Liszt, composer
- Leslie Mándoki, musician
- Dzsenifer Marozsán, football player, captain of the Germany women's national football team
- Willi Orban - football player
- Gabor Steingart, journalist
- Niklas Süle, football player
- George Tabori, writer
- Patrick Buzas, ice hockey player
- Béla Réthy, sport reporter
- György Grozer, volleyball player
- Palkó Dárdai, football player
- Matyas Szabo, fencer
- Zoltán Sebescen, football player
- Nadine Schatzl, handball player
- Vera Molnar, actress
- Szebasztián Szabó, swimmer
Gallery
[edit]-
House of Franz Liszt, Weimar
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Tomb of Franz Liszt, Bayreuth
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Former Hungarian Embassy, Bonn
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Hungarian Embassy, Berlin
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Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ "More than 207 thousand Hungarians live in Germany" (in Hungarian). 9 January 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ^ "General Information - Hungarians in Germany". Association of Hungarian Organisations in Germany (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
- ^ "Germans and Hungarians launch "Europe's Ark"". Press and Information Office of the German Government. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
External links
[edit]- Association of Hungarian Organisations in Germany (in Hungarian and German)
- Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (in Hungarian and German)
- Irány Németország (in Hungarian)
