German Sikhs are a growing religious minority in

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. The majority of German Sikhs have their roots from the

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with the remaining coming from the Afghan Sikh community or through conversion. The number of Sikhs is estimated to be between 25,000. Germany had the fifth highest Sikh population in Europe after

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(524,000),

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(220,000),

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(35,000) and

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(26,000). The majority of Sikhs can be found in

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Gurdwaras

Here are a list of some of the Gurdwaras in Germany. *Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Sabha,

*Gurdwara Singh Sabha,

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*Gurdwara Singh Sabha,

*Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Aachen *Gurudwara Darbar Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Bochum *Gurdwara Shri Guru Darshan Sahib, Bremen *Gurudwara Singh Sabha Chemnitz, Chemnitz *Sikh Temple Chemnitz *Gurudwara Gurujot Sahib Delmenhorst,

Delmenhorst Delmenhorst (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Demost'') is an urban district ('' Kreisfreie Stadt'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of 74,500 and is located west of downtown Bremen with which it forms a contiguous urban area, whereas the ...

*Gurujot Sikh Temple, Delmenhorst *Gurudwara Sri Guru Nanak Darbar,

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

*Gurdwara Singh Sabha Duisburg,

Moers Moers (; older form: ''Mörs''; archaic Dutch: ''Murse'', ''Murs'' or ''Meurs'') is a German city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel. History Known earliest from 1186, the county of Mo ...

*Gurudwara Shri Guru Ram Das Sahib,

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...

*Gurudwara Sarbat Da Bhala,

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

*Gurdwara Nanaksar, Essen *Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar, Essen *Gurdwara Singh Sabha,

*Gurudwara Guru Nanak Niwas, Frankfurt *Gurudwara Sri Nanaksar,

Goslar Goslar (; Eastphalian: ''Goslär'') is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines ...

*Gurdwara Singh Sabha,

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*Singh Sabha Sikh Center, Hamburg *Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Darbar, Hamburg *Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Darbar,

Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

*Gurudwara Shri Guru Ram Dass Ji, Hannover *Gurdwara Singh Sabha,

Iserlohn Iserlohn (; Westphalian: ''Iserlaun'') is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region. Geography Iserlohn is locat ...

*Gurudwara Sikh Gemeinde Südbaden,

Lahr Lahr (officially Lahr/Schwarzwald since 30 September 1978) (); gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Lohr) is a town in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, approximately 50 km north of Freiburg im Breisgau, 40 km southeast of Strasbourg, and 95&nb ...

*Gurdwara Shri Dashmesh Singh Sabha,

*Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash, Cologne *Gurdwara Shri Guru Teg Bahadar Sahib, Cologne *Gurdwara Guru Shabad Parkash, Cologne *Gurdwara Gurmat Parchar,

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*Gurdwara Shri Singh Sabha,

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...

*Gurudwara Sri Guru Nanak Darbar,

Neunkirchen, Saarland Neunkirchen (; pfl, Neinkeije) is a town and a municipality in Saarland, Germany. It is the largest town in, and the seat of the district of Neunkirchen. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 20 km northeast of Saarbrücken. With abou ...

*Gurdwara Guru Nanak Mission,

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

*Gurudwara Dhan Baba Deep Singh Ji, Nuremberg *Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha,

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...

*Gurudwara Sri Guru Nanak Darbar, Regensburg *Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Regensburg *Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Soest, Germany *Guru Nanak Niwas Gurdwara, Stuttgart *Gurudwara Satsang Darbar, Stuttgart *Gurudwara Baba Deep Singh Ji,

Straelen Straelen (; Low Rhenish: ''Strale'') is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km north-east of Venlo Venlo () is a city and municipality ...

*Gurdwara Sahib,

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...

*Gurdwara Nanak Darbar, Offenbach am Main *Gurudwara Gurmat Parchar, Leinfelden-Echterdingen *Gurudwara Singh Sabha,

Ulm Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...

*Gurudwara Gobind Sager, Wurzburg

List of German Sikhs

* Harmanjot Singh - Cricketer for Germany National Team

Attack on Sikh Community

In April 2016, two 16-year-old Muslims bombed a ''

gurdwara A gurdwara (sometimes written as gurudwara) (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ''guradu'ārā'', meaning "Door to the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs. Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths ...

'' in the German city of Essen using fire extinguishers that were converted into an explosive device. The devices detonated after a wedding party had left for the reception. A gurdwara priest was injured seriously, while two others were treated for minor injuries. The building itself was damaged severely. One of the teens was in

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program. The two denied that it was religiously motivated, saying it was “just for the kick of building fireworks!” However, before setting off the blast, the two tried to break into another gurdwara in

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References

External links

DISR German information center for Sikh Religion, Sikh History and Culture - DISR website
: Information about Sikhism and an updated list of Gurudwaras in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
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Die Sikh Religion

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