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This is list of former German colonies owned by states of Germany:
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
*Maputo Bay, Delagoa Bay, 1777-1781
* Austrian colonization of the Nicobar Islands, Nicobar islands, 1778–1783
*German South West Africa, 1884 to 1915
*German West Africa, 1884 to 1915
**Togoland, 1884 to 1916
**Kamerun, from 1884 to 1916
**Kapitaï and Koba, 1884 to 1885
**Mahinland, March 11, 1885 to October 24, 1885
*German East Africa, 1885 to 1918
*Wituland#German Protectorate (1885–1890), Witu Protectorate, 1885 to 1890
*German Somali Coast, 1885 to 1888
*German Congo Expedition, German Congo, 1884 to 1885
*German Katanga, 1886
*Gando Protectorate, 1895 to 1897
*Gulmu Protectorate, 1895 to 1897
*German South African, German South Africa, 1884 to 1885
These were German colonies established in the Pacific:
*German New Guinea, 1884 to 1919
**Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, 1885 to 1914
**Bismarck Archipelago, 1885 to 1914
**North Solomon Islands, German Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1885 to 1914
***Bougainville Island, 1885 to 1914
***Buka Island, 1885 to 1914
***Choiseul Island, 1885 to 1900
***Shortland Islands, 1885 to 1900
***Santa Isabel Island, 1885 to 1900
**Nauru, 1888 to 1914
**Northern Mariana Islands, 1899 to 1914
**Caroline Islands, 1899 to 1914
**Palau Islands, 1899 to 1914
**Marshall Islands, 1885 to 1914
*German Samoa, 1900 to 1914
German colonies
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This is list of former German colonies owned by states of Germany:
Holy Roman Empire & German Confederation
Brandenburg-Prussia
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*Arguin
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), 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, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas. Leased by Brandenburg from the Danish West India Company, 1685–1720.
*Vieques, Puerto Rico, 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
*Tobago, "New Courland", (1637, 1642, 1654–1659, 1680–1690) *Courlander Gambia **Banjul, Fort Bayona, 1651-1660 **Kunta Kinteh Island, Fort Jacob, 1651-1660 **Jufureh, Fort Jillifree, 1651-1660Free City of Augsburg
* Klein-Venedig,1528–1545County of Hanau
* Hanauish-Indies, Planned in 1669 but later canceled in 1672House of Ascania
*Askania-Nova (urban-type settlement), Neu-Askania, 1828-1856Habsburg Mornachy
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
*Maputo Bay, Delagoa Bay, 1777-1781
* Austrian colonization of the Nicobar Islands, Nicobar islands, 1778–1783
German Empire
Africa
The following were German African protectorates:
*German South West Africa, 1884 to 1915
*German West Africa, 1884 to 1915
**Togoland, 1884 to 1916
**Kamerun, from 1884 to 1916
**Kapitaï and Koba, 1884 to 1885
**Mahinland, March 11, 1885 to October 24, 1885
*German East Africa, 1885 to 1918
*Wituland#German Protectorate (1885–1890), Witu Protectorate, 1885 to 1890
*German Somali Coast, 1885 to 1888
*German Congo Expedition, German Congo, 1884 to 1885
*German Katanga, 1886
*Gando Protectorate, 1895 to 1897
*Gulmu Protectorate, 1895 to 1897
*German South African, German South Africa, 1884 to 1885
Pacific
These were German colonies established in the Pacific:
*German New Guinea, 1884 to 1919
**Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, 1885 to 1914
**Bismarck Archipelago, 1885 to 1914
**North Solomon Islands, German Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1885 to 1914
***Bougainville Island, 1885 to 1914
***Buka Island, 1885 to 1914
***Choiseul Island, 1885 to 1900
***Shortland Islands, 1885 to 1900
***Santa Isabel Island, 1885 to 1900
**Nauru, 1888 to 1914
**Northern Mariana Islands, 1899 to 1914
**Caroline Islands, 1899 to 1914
**Palau Islands, 1899 to 1914
**Marshall Islands, 1885 to 1914
*German Samoa, 1900 to 1914
China
These Treaty ports were German concessions in China, leased to it by the Qing Dynasty: * Jiaozhou Bay concession, Kiautschou Bay concession, 1898 to 1914 * Foreign concessions in Tianjin, German concession in Tientsin, 1895 to 1917 * Hankou, German concession in Hankou, 1895 to 1917 * Chefoo, 1901 to 1914Nazi Germany
* Reichskommissariat Niederlande, Netherlands, 1940 to 1945 * Reichskommissariat Norwegen, Norway, 1940 to 1945 * Reichskommissariat of Belgium and Northern France, Belgium and Northern France, 1944 * Reichskommissariat Ukraine, Ukraine, 1940 to 1944 * Reichskommissariat Ostland, Ostland, 1941 to 1945See also
* German colonization of the Americas * German colonial projects before 1871 * Klein-Venedig * Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty * Postage stamps and postal history of the German colonies * New Swabia *Ernst Thälmann IslandReferences
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