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This is a list of former German colonies owned by states of Germany:
Holy Roman Empire and German Confederation
Brandenburg-Prussia
- Groß Friedrichsburg (in Ghana), 1683–1718
- Arguin (in Mauritania), 1685–1721
- Whydah (in present Bénin), c. 1700 (this Brandenburg 'colony' was just a minor point of support, a few dwellings at a site co-inhabited by British and Dutch)
- Saint Thomas. Leased by Brandenburg from the Danish West India Company, 1685–1720.
- Island of Crabs (Krabbeninsel in German) (Caribbean, now US), Brandenburg annexation in the Danish West Indies, 1689–1693
- Tertholen (Caribbean), Occupied in 1696
Duchy of Courland
- "New Courland", (1637, 1642, 1654–1659, 1680–1690)
- Courlander Gambia
- Fort Bayona, 1651–1660
- Fort Jacob, 1651–1660
- Fort Jillifree, 1651–1660
Free City of Augsburg
- Klein-Venedig,1528–1545
County of Hanau
- Hanauish-Indies, Planned in 1669 but later canceled in 1672
House of Ascania
- Neu-Askania, 1828–1856
Habsburg Monarchy
These were colonies of the Habsburg monarchy, part of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation realm until 1804, German Confederation from 1815 to 1848 and from 1850 to 1866.
- Banquibazar, 1719–1723
- Cabelon, 1744–1750
- Delagoa Bay, 1777–1781
- Nicobar islands, 1778–1783
German Empire
Africa
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
These treaty ports were German concessions in China, leased to it by the Qing dynasty:
- Kiautschou Bay concession, 1898–1914
- German concession in Tientsin, 1895–1917
- German concession in Hankou, 1895–1917
- Chefoo, 1901–1914
Pacific
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 the Marshall Islands, 1885–1906
- Nauru, 1888–1906
Nazi Germany
- Netherlands, 1940–1945
- Norway, 1940–1945
- Belgium and Northern France, 1944
- Ukraine, 1940–1944
- Ostland, 1941–1945
See also
- 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
External links
- Media related to Former colonies of Germany at Wikimedia Commons
- German colonies (in German)
- WorldStatesmen
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