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Hungarians in Germany

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There are around 120,000 Hungarians in Germany. Hungarians have emigrated here since the Middle Ages. However, after World War I, their number continues to grow at an increased pace. Today, around 75% of this population live in the states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.

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Population

Only about 60% arrived with a Hungarian passport, as many of them arrived from areas of the former Kingdom of Hungary (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

    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".

    References

    Hungarians in Germany Wikipedia
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