Polish minority in Germany
- Polish minority in Germany
Infobox Ethnic group
group = Polish Germans
poptime = 2-3 million 2.4%-3.6% of the German population
popplace =
langs = Polish, German
rels = Christianity, Judaism
Polish minority in Germany, or the Polish community in Germany, is the second largest Polonia in the world and the biggest in Europe, numbering about 2 million. [ [http://www.wspolnota-polska.org.pl/index.php?id=pwko90 prof. dr hab. inż. Piotr Małoszewski, "Sytuacja Polaków w Niemczech w zakresie dostępu do nauki języka ojczystego".] ] Calling the Polish presence a minority is misleading, since Poles, or people of a mixed German-Polish descent are not an officially recognized minority in Germany. It is estimated that as many as three million people living in Germany may be of Polish descent, although the vast majority of them identify themselves as Germans. The main Polonia organization in Germany are Union of Poles in Germany and Congress of Polonia in Germany. Polish surnames are relatively common in Germany.
Famous Polish-Germans
Polish-Germans are people of Polish or often also mixed German-Polish descent living in Germany or vice versa; who have either recently immigrated from one of those countries to another or have otherwise strong ties with both countries.
* Daria Bijak, Gymnast.
* Henryk M. Broder, author
* Miroslav Klose, football player.
* Dariusz Michalczewski, former boxer.
* Lukas Podolski, football player.
* Ernst Pohl, former football player
* Marcel Reich-Ranicki, former literary critic
* Fritz Szepan, football player,
* Dariusz Wosz, football player.
ee also
* Polonia
* Masurians
* Ruhrpolen
* Silesians
* German minority in Poland
References
External links
* [http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/401/212schlott.html Polonia in Germany]
* [http://www.mypolacy.de Web site of Polish community in Gergmany]
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