Hungarians in Germany

There are around 120,000 Hungarians in Germany.^[1] Hungarians have emigrated here since the Middle Ages, with an increase after World War I. Today, around 75% of this population live in the states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.^[1]

Population

Only about 60% arrived with a Hungarian passport, as many of them arrived from areas of the former Kingdom of Hungary^[1] (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".^[2]

See also

Germany–Hungary relations

References

External links

• Association of Hungarian Organisations in Germany (Hungarian), (German)
• Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (Hungarian), (German)
• Irány Németország (Hungarian)