There are around 207,000 Hungarians in Germany. Hungarians have emigrated to Germany since the Middle Ages. However, their number continues to grow at an increased pace since the end of World War I. Today, 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 The Prague Spring ( cs, Pražské jaro, sk, Pražská jar) was a period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected First Sec ...

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

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)

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 Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...

, painter (his father moved to Germany from Hungary, his surname refers to their old Hungarian village) *

Béla Ernyey Béla Ernyey (also known as Béla Erny in German speaking countries; born 10 June 1942) is a Hungarian film, television actor and singer with an Austrian passport. Life Ernyey absolved the University of Theater and Movie Art in Budapest after do ...

, actor * Joschka Fischer, politician, foreign minister, his family was expelled from Hungary in 1946 * Imre Kertész, writer, recipient of the 2002

Nobel Prize in Literature ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 , ...

* Kevin Kurányi, football player (Hungarian on paternal side) * Philipp Lenard, physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

, composer * Leslie Mándoki, musician * Dzsenifer Marozsán, football player, captain of the Germany women's national football team *

Willi Orban Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or hypocorism of Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist * Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991), Austrian violini ...

- football player * Gabor Steingart, journalist *

Niklas Süle Niklas Süle (born 3 September 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team. Club career Early career Süle started his career with Rot-Weiß Walldorf. In ...

, football player * George Tabori, writer * Patrick Buzas, ice hockey player *

Béla Réthy Béla Andreas Réthy (born 14 December 1956) is a German sports reporter of Hungarian ancestry. Life When Réthy was born in Vienna, his parents had to leave their home country because of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. They emigrated to Brazil ...

, sport reporter * György Grozer, volleyball player *

Palkó Dárdai Pál "Palkó" Dárdai (born 24 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Fehérvár. Born in Germany, he plays for the Hungary national team. Club career Youth Dárdai began his youth c ...

, football player *

Matyas Szabo Matyas Szabo (born 19 August 1991) is a Romanian-born Hungarian-German fencer, team World champion in 2014. Career Szabo is the eldest son of Vilmos Szabó, bronze medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics in men's team sabre, and Réka Zsófia Lá ...

, fencer *

Zoltán Sebescen Zoltán Sebescen (Hungarian: Sebestyén Zoltán) (born 1 October 1975) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back or right-winger. Club career Sebescen was born in Ehingen. He started his career at Stuttgarter Kickers ...

, football player *

Nadine Schatzl Nadine may refer to: People * Nadine (given name) * Nadine, Countess of Shrewsbury (1913–2003), English opera soprano Film and TV * ''Nadine'' (1987 film), a 1987 film with Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger * , a 2007 Dutch film with Monic Hendri ...

, handball player * Vera Molnar, actress * Szebasztián Szabó, swimmer

Gallery

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, Weimar File:Bayreuthliszt.jpg, Tomb of Franz Liszt,

Bayreuth Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of U ...

File:2013-08-20 Ehemalige Botschaft der Republik Ungarn, Turmstraße 30, Bonn IMG 5066.jpg, Former Hungarian Embassy, Bonn File:Berlin, Mitte, Unter den Linden 76, Botschaft von Ungarn 01.jpg, Hungarian Embassy, Berlin File:Collegium Hungaricum Berlin.jpg, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin

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