Germans in the Czech Republic
German citizens in the Czech Republic as of December 31 | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1994 | 4,195 | — |
2000 | 4,968 | +18.4% |
2005 | 7,187 | +44.7% |
2010 | 13,871 | +93.0% |
2014 | 19,687 | +41.9% |
Source: [1][2][3] |
There are various communities of Germans in the Czech Republic (Czech: Německá menšina v Česku, German: Deutsche in Tschechien). In the 2001 census, 39,106 Czech citizens, or around 0.4% of the Czech Republic's total population, declared German ethnicity.[4] Government statistics also showed 19,687 German citizens living in the CR as of December 31, 2014.[3]
After the Czech Republic joined the European Union in the 2004 enlargement and was incorporated into the Schengen Area, migration between the two countries became relatively unrestricted. Both countries share a land border of 815 kilometers (506 mi).[5]
Education
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Deutsche Schule Prag
The Deutsche Schule Prag is a German international school in Prague.
Media
References
- ↑
- ↑
- 1 2 Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic - 2015
- ↑ "29-5. Population: by nationality and municipality size group", Basic results of the Population and Housing Census 2001, Czech Statistical Office, 2001-03-01, retrieved 2009-12-23
- ↑ "CIA – The World Factbook – Germany". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. May 31, 2012. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
Further reading
- Cordell, Karl; Stefan Wolff (June 2005), "Ethnic Germans in Poland and the Czech Republic: a comparative evaluation", Nationalities Papers, 33 (2): 255–276, doi:10.1080/00905990500088610.
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