page_title: Greeks in Germany
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Greeks in Germany / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das Griechenhaus in Leipzig, Zentrum des mitteleurop. Griechentums von der Renaissance bis in das 20. Jahrhundert, zerstört 1943. Heute befindet sich dort das Café Pinguin, die Gedenktafel ist an der Seite des Gebäudes angebracht. Ελληνικά: Το Γκρίχενχαους στην Λειψία της Γερμανίας, (Katharinenstrasse 4), για αιώνες κέντρο του Ελληνισμού. Καταστράφικε το 1943. English: The Griechenhaus (House of the Greeks) in Leipzig (Katharinenstrasse 4), centre of Hellenism in central Europe since 1700. Destroyed in 1943. Français&#160;: La Griechenhaus (maison des grecs) à Leipzig (Katharinenstrasse 4), centre de l'hellénisme en Europe centrale depuis 1700. Détruite en 1943.
context_page_description: The Greeks in Germany form a significant community with a population of roughly 348,475 people having Greek Citizenship according to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, on December 31, 2016. Some 274,060 of these were born in Greece and 74,415 were born in Germany.
  About 443,000 people of Greek ethnic origin are estimated to live in Germany according to the 2016 Statistical Yearbook. The number varies significantly in other estimations, as the Federal Foreign Office of Germany gives an estimated population of 320,000 people, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece steps it up to 380,000.
context_section_description: The first Greeks came during the time of the Roman Empire to Central Europe. Among the major German cities Offenbach am Main and Stuttgart had the highest share of Greek migrants in 2011 according to German Census data.  Munich was home to the largest Greek community in Germany. According to the same census, there are also large Greek diaspora communities in Nordrhein-Westfalen, especially in Düsseldorf and Bielefeld.
caption: The place where the Griechenhaus stood, a court of Greek merchants in Leipzig
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