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German Chileans (Spanish: germanochilenos; German: Deutsch-Chilenen) are Chileans descended from German immigrants, about 30,000 of whom arrived in Chile between 1846 and 1914. Most of these were from Bavaria , Baden and the Rhineland , and also from Bohemia in present-day Czech Republic , which were traditionally Catholic.
The impact of the German immigration was such that Valdivia was for a while a Spanish–German bilingual city with "German signboards and placards alongside the Spanish". [14] The prestige [ E ] of the German language helped it to acquire qualities of a superstratum in southern Chile. [ 1 ]
The coup by Augusto Pinochet against Chilean President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973 sparked the biggest migratory wave in Chile’s history. Even though the number of migration is heavily tipped towards Spain, this can be traced back to closer cultural ties for Chileans to Spain as a first European country to which to migrate other than Germany.
The impact of the German immigration to southern Chile was such that Valdivia was for a while a Spanish–German bilingual city with "German signboards and placards alongside the Spanish". [6] The prestige of the German language helped it to acquire qualities of a superstratum in southern Chile. [7]
According to the last census and estimations, year 2019, 9,689 German immigrants resided in Chile at that time, [8] and their descendants are to be 500,000 people. [5] The origin of the massive immigration of Germans (includes Poles due to Partitions of Poland , German-speaking Swiss , Silesians , Alsatians , Austrians , and Sudeten Germans ...
Pages in category "German emigrants to Chile" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
After Chile's independence successive waves of Spanish, Italians, Irish, French, Greeks, Germans, British, Dutch, Croats, Russians, Poles, Hungarians, Portuguese and Middle Eastern people immigrated to the country. A substantial German immigration took place in 1848, laying the foundation for the German-Chilean community.
Many of its present-day inhabitants speak German [131] In the 18th century, German immigrants settled the areas of Tingo Maria, Tarapoto, Moyobamba, and the Amazonas Department. [132] German immigrants largely settled in Lima, and to a lesser extent Arequipa. [133] Uruguay: By 1940, there were 50,000 Germans living in the country. [110] Venezuela