Germans of Croatia

Germans of Croatia
Hrvatski Nijemci
Kroatiendeutsche
Total population
2,965
Languages
Croatian · German
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Germans · Austrians

Germans of Croatia German: Kroatienduetsche Croatian: Hrvatski Nijemci or In Croatia, there are over 2,900 people who consider themselves German, most of these Danube Swabians. Germans are officially recognized as an autochthonous national minority, and as such, they elect a special representative to the Croatian Parliament, shared with members of eleven other national minorities. They are mainly concentrated in the area around Osijek (German: Esseg) in eastern Slavonia.

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