Bosniaks in Germany
Bosniaks in Germany (German: Bosniaken in Deutschland) ancestry can be traced to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sanjak region. The vast majority of Bosniaks immigrated to Germany during and after the Bosnian War which lasted from 1992–95. The largest Bosniak population can be found in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and other bigger cities in Germany.
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| Total population | |
| 438,000[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Dortmund, Dresden, Hanover, Bremen | |
| Languages | |
| German · Bosnian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Muslim · Irreligious | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other South Slavs in Germany |
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It is estimated that there are around 438,000 Bosniaks in Germany.[1]
History
Prussia
The Bosniak Corps (German: Bosniakenkorps, Serbo-Croatian: Bošnjački korpus) was a Prussian Army unit of lancers of Bosnian origin. In 1745 they were organised in the 1st Hussar Regiment "von Ruesch".[3]
The army has frequently performed functions of a Gendarmerie, or as the military police of the modern military. Bosniak army soldiers wore distinctive, high fur hats, decorated pony tails and ropes, they wore emblems of the province in which they served. As for weapons, they used their swords and spears, as well as their counterparts in the Imperial Army - Cossacks.[4]
The first time they fought was during the Seven Years' War, and numbered nearly 1,000 people. Later, during the war because of the Bavarian allocations, as well as in Kostyuk uprising in 1796.
The ethnic composition of the Prussian Bosniaks has not been finally clarified. Originally, it was assumed in the literature that they were all Bosnians because of the name , i.e. they came from Bosnia and were exclusively or predominantly Muslim Bosnians.[4][5][6]
References
- "Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund – Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus 2019 –" (PDF). destatis.de (in German). 2020-07-28.
- Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland: "Leichter Anstieg der Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund". Pressemitteilung Nr.105 vom 11 March 2008
- Franz Genthe: Die Bosniaken in der preussischen Armee. In: Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen aus Bosnien und der Herzegowina. Bosnisch-Herzegowinisches Landesmuseum in Sarajewo, Band 8, Wien 1901, S. 145–200, S. 161.
- Guddat, Martin (2001). Handbuch zur preussischen Militärgeschichte 1701–1786. Hamburg: Mittler. p. 35. ISBN 3-8132-0732-3.
- Franz Genthe: Die Bosniaken in der preussischen Armee. In: Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen aus Bosnien und der Herzegowina Bosnisch-Herzegowinisches Landesmuseum in Sarajewo, Band 8, Vienna 1901, page 152 and 202
- Deutsches Soldatenjahrbuch 1961, page 92
