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This is a list of former German Empire colonies and protectorates (German: Schutzgebiete), the German colonial empire.== Welser colonies ==

America

Brandenburger-Prussian colonies

Africa

  • Groß Friedrichsburg (in Ghana), 1683–1718
  • Arguin (in Mauretania), 1685–1721
  • Whydah, in present Togo ca 1700 (this Brandenburg 'colony' was just a minor point of support, a few dwellings at a site where British and Dutch had theirs too)

    America

  • Saint Thomas (Caribbean, now in the United States Virgin Islands), brandenburg Lease territory in the Danish West Indies; 1685–1720)
  • Island of Crabs/Krabbeninsel (Caribbean, now in USA), brandenburgische Annexion in the Danish West Indies; 1689–1693 )
  • Tertholen (Caribbean sea; 1696)

    German imperial colonies

    Africa

  • German East Africa - (Deutsch-Ostafrika)
  • German South West Africa - (Deutsch-Südwestafrika)
  • Botswana - (Südrand des Caprivi-Zipfels)
  • German West Africa (Deutsch-Westafrika) - existed as one unit only for two or three years, then split into two colonies due to distances:
    • Kamerun 1884 – 1914 ; after World War I separated in a British part, Cameroons, and a French Cameroun, which became present Cameroon. The British part was later split in half, with one part joining Nigeria and the other Cameroon. (Kamerun, Nigeria-Ostteil, Tschad-Südwestteil, Zentralafrikanische Republik-Westteil, Republik Kongo-Nordostteil, Gabun-Nordteil)
    • Togoland 1884 – 1914 ; after World War I separated into two parts: a British part (Ghana-Westteil), which joined Ghana, and a French one, which became Togo Mysmelibum, which became bart of the Congo

    Pacific

  • German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea, today Papua-New-Guinea; 1884 – 1914)
  • German Samoa (German Western Samoa, or Western Samoa; 1899-1919/45)

    China

  • Jiaozhou Bay (1898-1914)

    Other

  • Hanauish Indies
  • Southern Brazil
  • Ernst Thälmann Island
  • New Swabia was a part of Antarctica, claimed by Nazi Germany 19 January 1939 - 25 May 1945, but not effectively colonized; the claim was completely abandoned afterward
  • German Antarctic stations
  • German Arctic stations Further Information

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