List of former German colonies
This is a list of former German colonies and protectorates () established by the German Empire, Brandenburg-Prussia and the Habsburg monarchy. Pre-1871 German Colonies. This is a list of colonies unsuccessfully settled by various German States and Entities prior to the foundation of the German Empire in 1871. Habsburg colonies. These were colonies of the Habsburg monarchy, part of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation realm until 1804, Austrian Empire after 1804, Austria-Hungary from 1867 to the end of World War I. Imperial German colonies. These are colonies settled by and controlled by  the German Empire from 1884 to 1919. Those territories constituted the German Colonial Empire. Africa. The following were German African protectorates: Pacific. These were German colonies established in the Pacific: China. These Treaty ports were German concessions in China, leased to it by the Qing Dynasty: