Hungarians in Germany

There are around 207,000 Hungarians in Germany. Hungarians have emigrated to Germany since the Middle Ages. However, their number continues to grow at an increased pace since the end of World War I. Today, around 75% of this population live in the states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.

Population
Only about 60% arrived with a Hungarian passport, as many of them arrived from areas of the former Kingdom of Hungary (see Treaty of Trianon, 1920).

Major population changes:
 * About 30,000 arrived after 1945
 * About 25,000 arrived after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
 * 25,000 Gastarbeiter from Yugoslavia after 1960
 * Around 5,000 migrants from Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring of 1968
 * Approx. 30,000 Hungarians from Transylvania after 1975
 * About 15,000 fleeing communism in Hungary
 * 15,000 moving to East Germany (until the 1990 German reunification)

Culture
In 2006/2007, Hungary presented its country and culture in Germany with a whole series of cultural events including the exhibition "Germans in Hungary – Hungarians in Germany. European Lives".

Notable individuals

 * Albrecht Dürer, painter (his father moved to Germany from Hungary, his surname refers to their old Hungarian village)
 * Béla Ernyey, actor
 * Joschka Fischer, politician, foreign minister, his family was expelled from Hungary in 1946
 * Imre Kertész, writer, recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Kevin Kurányi, football player (Hungarian on paternal side)
 * Philipp Lenard, physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905
 * Franz Liszt, composer
 * Leslie Mándoki, musician
 * Dzsenifer Marozsán, football player, captain of the Germany women's national football team
 * Willi Orban - football player
 * Gabor Steingart, journalist
 * Niklas Süle, football player
 * George Tabori, writer
 * Patrick Buzas, ice hockey player
 * Béla Réthy, sport reporter
 * György Grozer, volleyball player
 * Palkó Dárdai, football player
 * Matyas Szabo, fencer
 * Zoltán Sebescen, football player
 * Nadine Schatzl, handball player
 * Vera Molnar, actress
 * Szebasztián Szabó, swimmer