This is a list of former German colonies owned by states of Germany:

Holy Roman Empire and German Confederation

Brandenburg-Prussia

  • Groß Friedrichsburg (in Ghana), 1683–1718
  • Arguin (in Mauritania), 1685–1721

Duchy of Courland

  • Curlander Gambia 1651–1660, 1660–1661
  • St. Andrew's Island
  • Juffure
  • Banjul Island
  • Neu-Kurland (on Tobago) 1642–1650, 1654–1659, 1660–1666

Free City of Augsburg

  • Klein-Venedig (in Venezuela), 1528–1545

County of Hanau

  • Hanauish-Indies, Planned in 1669 but later canceled in 1672

House of Ascania

  • Neu-Askania, 1828–1856

German Empire

Africa

thumb|right|German colonies in Africa, 1914

The following were German African protectorates:

  • Kionga Triangle, 1894–1916
  • German South West Africa, 1884–1915
  • German West Africa, 1884–1915
  • Togoland, 1884–1916
  • Kamerun, from 1884–1916
  • Kapitaï and Koba, 1884–1885
  • Mahinland, March 11, 1885 – October 24, 1885
  • German East Africa, 1885–1918
  • Witu Protectorate, 1885–1890
  • German Somali Coast, 1885–1888
  • German Congo, 1884–1885
  • German Katanga, 1886
  • Gwandu Protectorate, 1895–1897
  • Gulmu Protectorate, 1895–1897
  • German South Africa, 1884–1885

China

These treaty ports were German concessions in China, leased to it by the Qing dynasty:

  • Kiautschou Bay concession, 1898–1914
  • German concession in Tientsin, 1895–1917
  • German concession in Hankou, 1895–1917
  • Chefoo, 1901–1914
  • German Peking Legation, 1900–1917

Pacific

thumb | 220x124px | right | alt= Map of German colonies in the Pacific | Map of German Colonies in the Pacific, 1914. Brown, German New Guinea; Orange, North Solomons; Red, German Samoa; Yellow, Other Pacific Territories

These were German colonies established in the Pacific:

  • German New Guinea, 1884–1919
  • Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, 1885–1914
  • Bismarck Archipelago, 1885–1914
  • German Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1885–1914
  • Bougainville Island, 1885–1914
  • Buka Island, 1885–1914
  • Choiseul Island, 1885–1900
  • Shortland Islands, 1885–1900
  • Santa Isabel Island, 1885–1900
  • Nauru, 1906–1914
  • Northern Mariana Islands, 1899–1914
  • Caroline Islands, 1899–1914
  • Palau Islands, 1899–1914
  • Marshall Islands, 1906–1914
  • German Samoa, 1900–1914
  • Protectorate of the Marshall Islands, 1885–1906
  • Nauru, 1888–1914

Nazi Germany

  • Poland (1939–1945)
  • Netherlands, 1940–1945
  • Norway, 1940–1945
  • Belgium and Northern France, 1944
  • Ukraine, 1940–1944
  • Ostland, 1941–1945

See also

  • Ernst Thälmann Island
  • German colonial projects before 1871
  • German colonization of the Americas
  • Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty
  • Klein-Venedig
  • New Swabia
  • Postage stamps and postal history of the German colonies
  • Reichskommissariat

References

  • WorldStatesmen