List of former German colonies

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

Brandenburg-Prussia

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

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

Africa


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, 1861-1917

Pacific


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, 1888–1906

Nazi Germany

 * Netherlands, 1940–1945
 * Norway, 1940–1945
 * Belgium and Northern France, 1944
 * Ukraine, 1940–1944
 * Ostland, 1941–1945