Hungarians in Germany

There are around 207,000 Hungarians in Germany (, ) Around 75% of this population live in the states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.

Population Only about 60% arrived with a Hungarian passport, as many of them arrived from areas of the former Kingdom of Hungary (see Treaty of Trianon, 1920).

Major population changes: About 30,000 arrived after 1945 About 25,000 arrived after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 25,000 Gastarbeiter from Yugoslavia after 1960 Around 5,000 migrants from Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring of 1968 Approx. 30,000 Hungarians from Transylvania after 1975 About 15,000 fleeing communism in Hungary 15,000 moving to East Germany (until the 1990 German reunification)

Culture In 2006/2007, Hungary presented its country and culture in Germany with a whole series of cultural events including the exhibition "Germans in Hungary – Hungarians in Germany. European Lives".

Notable individuals

Albrecht Dürer, painter (his father moved to Germany from Hungary) Béla Ernyey, actor Collien Fernandes, television presenter, VJ, and actress (Hungarian on maternal side) Joschka Fischer, politician, foreign minister, his family was expelled from Hungary in 1946 Imre Kertész, writer, recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature Kevin Kurányi, football player (Hungarian on paternal side) Philipp Lenard, physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 Franz Liszt, composer Leslie Mándoki, musician Dzsenifer Marozsán, football player, captain of the Germany women's national football team Willi Orban - football player Gabor Steingart, journalist Niklas Süle, football player George Tabori, writer Patrick Buzas, ice hockey player Béla Réthy, sport reporter György Grozer, volleyball player Palkó Dárdai, football player Matyas Szabo, fencer Zoltán Sebescen, football player Nadine Schatzl, handball player Vera Molnar, actress Szebasztián Szabó, swimmer

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Hungarians in Germany

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