Germans in Bulgaria
Немци в България
(German: Bulgariendeutsche) | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 436 (2001 Bulgarian census) | |
| Languages | |
| German · Bulgarian | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism and Protestantism (i.e. Evangelical Lutheranism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| German diaspora |
Germans (Bulgarian: немци, nemtsi or германци, germantsi) are a minority ethnic group in Bulgaria (German: Bulgarien). Although according to the 2001 census they numbered 436, the settlement of Germans in Bulgaria has a long and eventful history and comprises several waves, the earliest in the Middle Ages.