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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 prestige of Germany and German culture in Chile remained high after the First World War but did not return to its pre-war levels. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Indeed in Chile, the war bought an end to a period of scientific and cultural influence which writer Eduardo de la Barra scornfully called "the German bewitchment" ( Spanish : el embrujamiento alemán ).
From 1850 to 1875, some 30,000 German immigrants settled in the region around Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue in Southern Chile as part of a state-led colonization scheme. Some of these immigrants had left Europe in the aftermath of the German revolutions of 1848–49.
Colonia Dignidad ('Dignity Colony') was an isolated colony established in post-World War II Chile by emigrant Germans which became notorious for the internment, torture, and murder of dissidents during the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s while under the leadership of German emigrant preacher Paul Schäfer. [2]
Immigration to Chile has contributed to the demographics and the history of this South American nation. Chile is a country whose inhabitants are mainly of Iberian, mostly of Andalusian and Basque origin, [1] and Native American, mostly descended from Mapuche peoples. [2]
Like many cities settled by Germans, its development was greatly influenced by them and today the city has many examples of an architectural style brought by German, Swiss and Austrian immigrants. It was named after Carlos Weiderhold , a German Chilean from the city of Osorno who settled in the region, and the city has become one of Argentina's ...
German people, culture, science and institutions have greatly influenced Chile.Following the Chilean independence in 1818, German influence increased gradually with Imperial Germany effectively displacing France as the prime role model for Chile in the second half of the 19th century. [1]
The list of German ambassadors in Chile contains the highest-ranking representatives of the German Empire and the Federal Republic of Germany in Chile. The embassy is located in Santiago de Chile . German Empire