List of former German colonies
Appearance
This is alist of former German coloniesowned by states of Germany:
Holy Roman Empire and German Confederation
[edit]Brandenburg-Prussia
[edit]- Groß Friedrichsburg(inGhana), 1683–1718
- Arguin(inMauritania), 1685–1721
Duchy of Courland
[edit]Free City of Augsburg
[edit]- Klein-Venedig(inVenezuela), 1528–1545
County of Hanau
[edit]- Hanauish-Indies,Planned in 1669 but later canceled in 1672
House of Ascania
[edit]- Neu-Askania,1828–1856
German Empire
[edit]Africa
[edit]The following were German African protectorates:
- Kionga Triangle,1894–1916
- German South West Africa,1884–1915
- German West Africa,1884–1915
- Togoland,1884–1916
- Kamerun,from 1884–1916
- Kapitaï and Koba,1884–1885
- Mahinland,March 11, 1885 – October 24, 1885
- German East Africa,1885–1918
- Witu Protectorate,1885–1890
- German Somali Coast,1885–1888
- German Congo,1884–1885
- German Katanga,1886
- Gwandu Protectorate,1895–1897
- Gulmu Protectorate,1895–1897
- German South Africa,1884–1885
China
[edit]Thesetreaty portswere German concessions in China, leased to it by theQing dynasty:
- Kiautschou Bay concession,1898–1914
- German concession in Tientsin,1895–1917
- German concession in Hankou,1895–1917
- Chefoo,1901–1914
- German Peking Legation, 1900–1917
Pacific
[edit]These were German colonies established in the Pacific:
- German New Guinea,1884–1919
- Kaiser-Wilhelmsland,1885–1914
- Bismarck Archipelago,1885–1914
- German Solomon Islands Protectorate,1885–1914
- Bougainville Island,1885–1914
- Buka Island,1885–1914
- Choiseul Island,1885–1900
- Shortland Islands,1885–1900
- Santa Isabel Island,1885–1900
- Nauru,1906–1914
- Northern Mariana Islands,1899–1914
- Caroline Islands,1899–1914
- Palau Islands,1899–1914
- Marshall Islands,1906–1914
- German Samoa,1900–1914
- Protectorate of theMarshall Islands,1885–1906
- Nauru,1888–1906
Nazi Germany
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- Netherlands,1940–1945
- Norway,1940–1945
- Belgium and Northern France,1944
- Ukraine,1940–1944
- Ostland,1941–1945
See also
[edit]- Ernst Thälmann Island
- German colonial projects before 1871
- German colonization of the Americas
- Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty
- Klein-Venedig
- New Swabia
- Postage stamps and postal history of the German colonies
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Media related toFormer colonies of Germanyat Wikimedia Commons
- German colonies(in German)
- WorldStatesmen