Total population | |
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19,612 Recorded (2019) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Jakarta, Bali, Bogor, Puncak, Surabaya | |
Languages | |
Indonesian, German | |
Religion | |
Majority Christian ( Roman Catholic, Protestantism, Calvinism), minority Islam ( Sunni Islam) and Irreligious | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Dutch people, German diaspora, Indo people |
Indonesian Germans are people of German descent who were brought by the Dutch army and settled in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). [1] There are 19,612 Germans in Indonesia as of 2019 [ citation needed] and most of them live in Jakarta, Bogor, Puncak, Surabaya.
There is a long history between Germans and Indonesians, dating back to the 16th century when German traders travelling on Dutch and Portuguese ships came to what was then known as the East Indies. During the Company rule of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) thousands of Germans came to Indonesia, both as administrative employees under the Dutch Colony, as well as engineers, researchers, technical scientists and German soldiers. Most infamously the Württemberg Regiment. The Württemberg Regiment, also known as the Contract Army, was a regiment of Germans from Württemberg who were contracted into the Dutch East Indies army in 1790–1808. The Württemberg regiment numbered 2,000 soldiers. [2]
In the nineteenth century, German-speaking European physicians constituted the largest group of non-Dutch European physicians in the Dutch East Indies. In the nineteenth century, more than 300 German, Swiss, and Austro-Hungarian medical practitioners served in the Dutch colonial health service, with the majority joining the medical corps of the Dutch Colonial Army (KNIL) and others serving in the comparatively small colonial civil health service. [2]
German industry has been present in Indonesia since the mid-19th century. After 1945, German entrepreneurs, German experts in development cooperation as well as in education and research, and intensive academic exchanges continued the good relations between Germany and Indonesia. [1]
Total population | |
---|---|
19,612 Recorded (2019) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Jakarta, Bali, Bogor, Puncak, Surabaya | |
Languages | |
Indonesian, German | |
Religion | |
Majority Christian ( Roman Catholic, Protestantism, Calvinism), minority Islam ( Sunni Islam) and Irreligious | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Dutch people, German diaspora, Indo people |
Indonesian Germans are people of German descent who were brought by the Dutch army and settled in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). [1] There are 19,612 Germans in Indonesia as of 2019 [ citation needed] and most of them live in Jakarta, Bogor, Puncak, Surabaya.
There is a long history between Germans and Indonesians, dating back to the 16th century when German traders travelling on Dutch and Portuguese ships came to what was then known as the East Indies. During the Company rule of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) thousands of Germans came to Indonesia, both as administrative employees under the Dutch Colony, as well as engineers, researchers, technical scientists and German soldiers. Most infamously the Württemberg Regiment. The Württemberg Regiment, also known as the Contract Army, was a regiment of Germans from Württemberg who were contracted into the Dutch East Indies army in 1790–1808. The Württemberg regiment numbered 2,000 soldiers. [2]
In the nineteenth century, German-speaking European physicians constituted the largest group of non-Dutch European physicians in the Dutch East Indies. In the nineteenth century, more than 300 German, Swiss, and Austro-Hungarian medical practitioners served in the Dutch colonial health service, with the majority joining the medical corps of the Dutch Colonial Army (KNIL) and others serving in the comparatively small colonial civil health service. [2]
German industry has been present in Indonesia since the mid-19th century. After 1945, German entrepreneurs, German experts in development cooperation as well as in education and research, and intensive academic exchanges continued the good relations between Germany and Indonesia. [1]