German minority in Romania
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Distribution of Germans in Romania (2002 census)
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (36,884) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Transylvania, Banat, and Bukovina | |
| Languages | |
| mainly German (that is Standard German including the dialects of Swabian German, Sathmar Swabian, Zipser German, and Transylvanian Saxon) also Romanian and Hungarian |
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| Religion | |
| Lutheranism and Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Austrians, Luxembourgers, Walloons, other Germanic-speaking peoples, as well as other German-speaking minorities from Central and Southeastern Europe (including Carpathian Germans, Germans of Hungary, Germans of Poland, Germans of Croatia, or Germans of Serbia) |
The Germans of Romania or Rumäniendeutsche are an ethnic group of Romania. During the interwar period in Romania, the total number of ethnic Germans amounted to as much as 786,000 (according to some sources and estimates dating to 1939), a figure which had subsequently fallen to circa 37,000 as of 2011 in contemporary Romania. They are not a single group; thus, in order to understand their language, culture, and history, one must regard them as the following independent groups:
See Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania for their official representation.
Members of the German family of Hohenzollern who ruled over Romania for a period:
The data displayed in the table below highlights notable settlements (of at least 1%) of the German minority in Romania according to the 2011 Romanian census. Note that some particular figures might be estimative.
Below is represented the notable German minority population (of at least 1%) for some counties, according to the 2011 census.
In Bucharest there are two German schools, namely Deutsche Schule Bukarest and Deutsches Goethe-Kolleg Bukarest. The Deutsche Schule Bukarest serves Kinderkrippe, Kindergarten, Grundschule, and Gymnasium (high school).
In Timișoara, the Nikolaus Lenau High School was founded during the late 19th century. It was named this way in reference to Nikolaus Lenau, a Banat Swabian Romantic poet. Nowadays, the Nikolaus Lenau High School is considered the most important of its kind from Banat.
In Sibiu, the Samuel von Brukenthal National College is the oldest German-language school from Romania (recorded as early as the 14th century), being also classified as a historical monument. It was subsequently renamed this way in reference to baron Samuel von Brukenthal, a Transylvanian Saxon aristocrat.
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