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.
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 O...
more
Read article at Wikipedia
Greeks in Germany
Ethnicity
People of this ethnicity:
View entire collection »Similar topics in Freebase
-
White African
White Africans or European Africans are white people living in Africa of European descent. These individuals are mostly of Dutch, British, French, Portuguese, German, and to a lesser extent, Italian, Spanish, Austrian, Scandinavian, Greek, Lithuanian, Belgian, Swiss, and Irish ancestry. Prior to... -
Poles in Germany
Poles in Germany, or the Polish community in Germany, is the second largest Polonia in the world and the biggest in Europe. Estimations of the number of Poles living in Germany vary from 384808 Poles with exclusively Polish citizenship to about 1 million and with up to three million people living... -
German Namibians
German Namibians (German: Deutschnamibier) are a community of people descended from ethnic German colonists who settled in present-day Namibia. In 1883, a German trader, Adolf Lüderitz, bought (from a local chief) what would become the southern coast of Namibia and founded the city of Lüderitz. The... -
Venezuelan American
Venezuelan Americans are citizens and residents of the United States who trace their heritage to the South American nation of Venezuela. Venezuela is a small– to medium–sized Hispanic country located in South America. It is one of over 20 Hispanic nations in the world, and Venezuelan Americans are... -
Austrian-American
Austrian Americans are Americans of Austrian descent. According to the 2000 US census, there are 735,128 Americans of full or partial Austrian descent. The states with the largest Austrian American populations are New York (93,083), California (84,959), Pennsylvania (58,002), Florida (54,214) and... -
Whites in Namibia
White Namibians are people of European or South African birth or descent living in Namibia. Most white Namibians are Afrikaners, while some are descended from German, Portuguese, or English immigrants. About 4,000 commercial land owners, mostly white people, own over 50% the arable land across the... -
Germans of Paraguay
The German minority in Paraguay came into existence with immigration during the industrial age. The "Nueva Germania" colony was founded in Paraguay in 1888; though regarded as a failure, still exists despite being abandoned by many of its founders in the 1890s. Paraguay and South America in general... -
German Australian
German Australians constitute one of the largest ethnic groups in Australia, numbering 811,540 or 4.09 percent of respondents in the 2006 Census. It is the sixth most identified ancestry in Australia behind 'Australian', 'English, 'Irish, 'Scottish' and 'Italian'. The 2006 Census counted 106,524... -
Pogesania
Pogesanians were one of the eleven Prussian clans mentioned by Peter von Dusburg. The clan lived in Pogesania (German: Pogesanien; Latin: Pogesania; Lithuanian: Pagudė), a small territory stretched between the Elbląg and Pasłęka rivers. It is now located in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship,... -
Pakistanis in Germany
Pakistanis in Germany form the fourth largest Pakistani community in Europe, only behind the huge Pakistani British community which numbers around one million, the Pakistani Italian community and the Pakistani French both communities of around 50,000. However, the number of Pakistanis in Germany...
You can help improve this topic by adding more facts here