Azerbaijanis in Germany

Most Azerbaijanis in Germany immigrated from southern Turkey and Azerbaijan. The total population in 2011 more than 200,000 Azerbaijanis in Germany, but of which only 4,000 citizens of Azerbaijan.

Most are Shi'a, also there are also Sunni Muslims among the German - Azerbaijanis. Most speak Azerbaijani as their mother tongue, to a lesser extent German.

History

The first settlers from Azerbaijan were Iranian Azerbaijanis in Germany; other Azerbaijanis came from her birthplace in Turkey and began in West Germany ( the Federal Republic of Germany ) in the 1960s to settle, bringing the number of Azerbaijanis in Germany rose to over 190,000. A second wave of migrants Azerbaijanis came at the time of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, 10,000 Azeris migrated primarily for economic reasons, to Germany.

Statistics

Many Azerbaijanis living in Berlin, which has a population of Azerbaijan 14000-17000. Furthermore, live in Cologne, Bremen, Hamburg, Mainz, Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf and Stuttgart considerable Azerbaijani groups.

The total population according to estimates and self-assessment between 15 219 ( 2006 census ) and 200,000 Azerbaijanis in Germany.