Germans in Hungary

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Germans in Hungary are an ethnic German minority community with historical roots in various regions of Hungary, maintaining distinct cultural traditions, language, and heritage within the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ethnic minority in Hungary
country Hungary
culturalHeritage German-Hungarian bilingualism
preservation of German dialects in Hungary
culturalTradition German-language folk songs
Swabian cuisine
Swabian folk costumes
wine-growing traditions
education German minority schools in Hungary
ethnicGroupOf Hungary
hasMedia Neue Zeitung (Hungarian German-language newspaper)
hasMinoritySelfGovernment National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary
hasOrganization Landesselbstverwaltung der Ungarndeutschen
historicalEvent Habsburg-era colonization of depopulated Hungarian territories
collective punishment and property confiscation after 1945
expulsions and deportations after World War II
historicalRegion Bakony region
Baranya County
Buda
Danube River region
linked to: Danube region

Pest County
Sopron region
linked to: Fertőzug region

Swabian Turkey
Tolna County
Transdanubia
language German language
linked to: German

Hungarian language
largestSettlement Budapest
nativeName Magyarországi németek
linked to: Germans in Hungary

Ungarndeutsche
notableSettlement Baja
Budaörs
Harta
Mór
Pécs
Sopron
Szekszárd
Véménd
originPeriod 18th century Habsburg resettlement
Middle Ages
populationCensus approximately 185000 German speakers (2011 census, including multiple identities)
populationEstimate approximately 130000 (self-identified, early 21st century)
protectedBy Act on the Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities in Hungary
recognizedAsMinorityBy Hungary
religion Calvinism
Lutheranism
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
subgroupOf Danube Swabians
Germans

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Southern Transdanubia hasMinorityPopulation Germans in Hungary
Ludwig von Benedek ethnicGroup Hungarian Germans
subject linked to: General Ludwig von Benedek
linked to: Germans in Hungary
Szentendre Open-Air Ethnographic Museum hasSection Hungarian Germans
linked to: Germans in Hungary
Germans in Hungary nativeName Magyarországi németek
linked to: Germans in Hungary