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Uruguayans in Germany 
Summary
Uruguayans in Germany are people born in Uruguay who live in Germany, or German-born people of Uruguayan descent.
3,200 | |
|---|---|
 Distribution of Uruguayan citizens in Germany (2021) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish language German language | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Uruguayan diaspora |
Overview edit
Generally speaking, Uruguayans went to Germany as part of a wave of emigration due to economic or political reasons. Many of them got established in Germany for decades.[1]
In the GDR edit
During the civic-military dictatorship in Uruguay, the German Democratic Republic received several exiled Uruguayan communists.[2] Maybe the most prominent of them was Marina Arismendi (a future Senator and Minister in the 2000s), who spent there many years as a Spanish-language teacher.[3]
Institutions edit
Uruguayans have their own institutions in Germany, such as the Deutsch-Uruguayische Gesellschaft e.V.[4]
Notable people edit
- Adrian Sutil, sportsman
- Bob Humid, DJ
- Carlos Nevado, field hockey player
- Enrique Loedel Palumbo, scientist
- Gary Kagelmacher, footballer
- Nicolás Pasquet, musician
- Marina Arismendi, politician and teacher
See also edit
Bibliography edit
- Florencia Racioppi Rüsch. Mundos paralelos: uruguayos en Alemania y su vinculación con el país de origen (Report). Retrieved 30 April 2016.
References edit
- ^ "President Tabaré Vázquez addresses Uruguayan émigrés in Germany". El País. 10 February 2017. (in Spanish)
- ^ Panzl, Sebastián (23 November 2019). "Uruguayans in the GDR". El Observador. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Marina Arismendi awarded the Premio Profesores en Resistencia". BioBioChile.cl. 7 November 2013. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Deutsch-Uruguayische Gesellschaft e.V." Retrieved 24 July 2020. (in German)