List of former German colonies

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This is a list of former German Empire colonies and protectorates (German: Schutzgebiete), the German colonial empire.

Contents 1 Welser colonies 1.1 America 2 Brandenburger-Prussian colonies 2.1 Africa 2.2 America 3 German imperial colonies 3.1 Africa 3.2 Pacific 3.3 China 4 Other 5 See also 6 Sources and external links

[edit] Welser colonies

[edit] America

• Little Venice (Klein Venedig) (see German colonization of the Americas)

[edit] Brandenburger-Prussian colonies

[edit] Africa

• Groß Friedrichsburg (in Ghana), 1683–1718
• Arguin (in Mauretania), 1685–1721
• Whydah, in present Togo ca 1700 (this Brandenburg 'colony' was just a minor point of support, a few dwellings at a site where British and Dutch had theirs too)

[edit] America

• Saint Thomas (Caribbean, now in the United States Virgin Islands), brandenburg Lease territory in the Danish West Indies; 1685–1720)
• Island of Crabs/Krabbeninsel (Caribbean, now in USA), brandenburgische Annexion in the Danish West Indies; 1689–1693 )
• Tertholen (Caribbean sea; 1696)

[edit] German imperial colonies

[edit] Africa

• German East Africa - (Deutsch-Ostafrika)
  • Tanganyika; after World War I a British League of Nations mandate, which in 1962 became independent and in 1964 joined with former British protectorate of the sultanate of Zanzibar to form present-day Tanzania
  • Ruanda-Urundi: 1885 – 1917
    • Rwanda (present-day)
    • Burundi (present-day)
  • Wituland 1885 – 1890, since in Kenya
  • Kionga Triangle, since 1920 (earlier occupied) in Portuguese Mozambique
• German South West Africa - (Deutsch-Südwestafrika)
  • Namibia (present-day) except then-British Walvis Bay (Walvisbaai)
• Botswana - (Südrand des Caprivi-Zipfels)
• German West Africa (Deutsch-Westafrika) - existed as one unit only for two or three years, then split into two colonies due to distances:
  • Kamerun 1884 – 1914 ; after World War I separated in a British part, Cameroons, and a French Cameroun, which became present Cameroon. The British part was later split in half, with one part joining Nigeria and the other Cameroon. (Kamerun, Nigeria-Ostteil, Tschad-Südwestteil, Zentralafrikanische Republik-Westteil, Republik Kongo-Nordostteil, Gabun-Nordteil)
  • Togoland 1884 – 1914 ; after World War I separated into two parts: a British part (Ghana-Westteil), which joined Ghana, and a French one, which became Togo

Mysmelibum, which became bart of the Congo

[edit] Pacific

• German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea, today Papua-New-Guinea; 1884 – 1914)
  • Kaiser-Wilhelmsland
  • Bismarck Archipelago (Bismarck-Archipel)
  • German Solomon Islands or Northern Solomon Islands (Salomonen or Nördliche Salomon-Inseln, 1885–1899)
  • Bougainville (Bougainville-Insel, 1888–1919)
  • Nauru (1888–1919)
  • German Marshall Islands (Marshallinseln; 1885–1919)
  • Mariana Islands (Marianen, 1899–1919)
  • Caroline Islands (Karolinen, 1899 – 1919)
    • Federated States of Micronesia (Mikronesien, 1899–1919)
    • Palau (1899–1919)

• German Samoa (German Western Samoa, or Western Samoa; 1899-1919/45)
  • Samoa (1900-1914)

[edit] China

• Jiaozhou Bay (1898-1914)

[edit] Other

• Hanauish Indies (de:Hanauisch Indien)
• Southern Brazil
• Ernst Thälmann Island
• New Swabia was a part of Antarctica, claimed by Nazi Germany 19 January 1939 - 25 May 1945, but not effectively colonized; the claim was completely abandoned afterward
• German Antarctic stations
  • Georg von Neumayer station(1981-1993)
    • Neumayer Station (1993-present)
  • Filchner station(1982-1999)
  • Gondwana station (1983-present)
  • Georg Forster station(1985-present)
  • Drescher station (1986-present)
  • Dallmann Laboratory (1994-present)
  • Kohnen Station (2001-present)
• German Arctic stations
  • Koldewey station, Spitsbergen (1991-present)

[edit] See also

• German colonization of the Americas
• German colonial empire
• Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty

[edit] Sources and external links

• German colonies
• WorldStatesmen
• German Colonies in Asia and the Pacific

v • d • e List of former German colonies and protectorates Colonies Africa Wituland · German East Africa (Tanganyika · Rwanda · Burundi) · Togoland · German South-West Africa (Namibia) · German West Africa (Kamerun · Neukamerun) Pacific German New Guinea (German Solomon Islands · German Marshall Islands · Caroline Islands · Mariana Islands · Nauru · Palau) · German Samoa Concessions China German Kiautschou · Tsingtao Unrecognised Antarctica New Swabia