German Assyrians
An Aramean protest with 25.000 attendants in Berlin (2009) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| over 130,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| German · Aramaic | |
| Religion | |
| Mainly Christianity (majority: Syriac Christianity; minority: Protestantism) |
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German Assyrians (German: Assyrer in Deutschland) are Germans of Assyrian descent or Assyrians who have German citizenship. The Assyrians in Germany mainly came from Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
The immigrant community of people of Assyrian descent in Germany is estimated at over 130,000 people. They are known in German either as Assyrer ("Assyrians") or as Aramäer ("Arameans").