Spanish immigration to Germany

Spaniards in Germany
	Distribution of Spanish citizens in Germany (2021)
Total population
	600,000 (with Spaniards ancestry) 181,640 (Spaniards citizens)[failed verification]
Regions with significant populations
	Berlin · Frankfurt · Munich · Hamburg · Cologne
Languages
	German · Spanish
Religion
	Major Catholicism · Others
Related ethnic groups
	Spaniards · Other European peoples

Spanish Germans (Spanish: Españoles en Alemania; German: Spanier in Deutschland) are any citizen or resident of Germany who is of Spanish ancestral origin. Between 1960-1973 up to 600,000 Spaniards emigrated to Germany.^[1]

Notable people

List of Spaniards in Germany: Mario Gomez, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Gonzalo Castro, Francisco Copado, Curro Torres, Enrique Sánchez Lansch, Marc Gallego, Stefan Ortega, Joselu, Daniel Brühl, Aarón (footballer), Oscar Corrochano, Stephanie zu Guttenberg, Alberto Mendez, Vanessa Petruo, Alexandra Sanchez, Santiago Ziesmer, Sercan Sararer, Marcos Alvarez, Marcel Titsch-Rivero, Gabi Delgado-López.

Spaniards in Germany per Bundesland (1980 to 2020)

Spaniards in Germany per County (Kreise) (2001 to 2020)

Population over time

Spaniards in Germany
Year	Population^[3]
1980	179,952
1985	152,781
1990	135,498
1995	132,283
2000	129,471
2005	107,778
2010	105,401
2015	155,918
2020	181,640

#	City	People
Number of Spaniards in larger cities
1.	Berlin	15,045
2.	Munich	9,414
3.	Frankfurt	7,261
4.	Hamburg	6,040
5.	Düsseldorf	4,477
6.	Cologne	4,154
7.	Dortmund	3,623
8.	Bonn	3,282
9.	Stuttgart	3,233
10.	Hanover	2,846
11.	Essen	1,931
12.	Nuremberg	1,872
13.	Mannheim	1,764
14.	Wiesbaden	1,538
15.	Karlsruhe	1,513

References

^ ^a ^b "50 Jahre spanische Einwanderung in der BRD". Retrieved 2024-03-10.
^ "Migration und Integration". Statistisches Bundesamt.
^ "Destatis Statistisches Bundesamt". Retrieved 2024-03-10.

[auto-1] "50 Jahre spanische Einwanderung in der BRD". Retrieved 2024-03-10.

[2] "Migration und Integration". Statistisches Bundesamt.

[3] "Destatis Statistisches Bundesamt". Retrieved 2024-03-10.

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v t e Ethnic groups in Germany
Traditional	Bavarians Danes Franconians Frisians Jews Poles Romani Silesians Sinti Sorbs Swabians
Immigrant	Albanians Americans Armenians Azerbaijanis Brazilians Bulgarians Croats Czechs Eritreans Ethiopians Greeks Hungarians Iranians Iraqis Italians Japanese Kurds Lebanese Macedonians Mexicans Montenegrins Moroccans Pakistanis Romanians Russians Serbs Somalis Spaniards Syrians Turks Ukrainians Yazidis

v t e Immigration to Germany
From Europe	Albanians Bosniaks Britons Irish Bulgarians Croatians Greeks Hungarians Italians Latvians Lithuanians Macedonians Montenegrins Poles Portuguese Romanians Russians Serbs Spaniards Ukrainians
From the Middle East	Armenians Assyrians Azerbaijanis Georgians Lazs Iranians Iraqis Kurds (Yazidis) Lebanese Syrians Turks
From Africa	Eritreans Ghanaians Moroccans Somalis
From Asia-Pacific	Australians Afghans Chinese Filipinos Indians Japanese Düsseldorf Koreans Nepalis Pakistanis Tamils Vietnamese Berlin
From the Americas	Americans Brazilians Mexicans
Other	Afro-Germans Arabs Roma

Total population
Distribution of Spanish citizens in Germany (2021)
600,000 (with Spaniards ancestry) ^[1] 181,640 (Spaniards citizens)^[2]^{[failed verification]}
Regions with significant populations
Berlin · Frankfurt · Munich · Hamburg · Cologne
Languages
German · Spanish
Religion
Major Catholicism · Others
Related ethnic groups
Spaniards · Other European peoples