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German Assyrians
Total population
over 130,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg
German Assyrians are Germans of Assyrian descent or Assyrians who have German citizenship. The Assyrians in Germany mainly came from Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.[2]
The immigrant community of people of Assyrian descent in Germany is estimated at over 130,000 people.[1] They are known in German either as Assyrer ("Assyrians") or as Aramäer ("Arameans").[3] Significant local communities exist in certain cities and towns such as Gütersloh, Wiesbaden, Paderborn, Gießen, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Ahlen, Berlin, Hamburg, Köln and Augsburg.[citation needed]
^ ab"Diskussion zum Thema 'Aramäische Christen' im Kapitelshaus" Borkener Zeitung (in German) (archived link, 8 October 2011)
^Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century By Sargon Donabed
^Lembert, Christiane (2002): Migranten aus dem Tur Abdin: Suryoye in einer diaspora community. In: Martin Tamcke (ed.), Daheim und in der Fremde: Beiträge zur jüngeren Geschichte und Gegenwartslage der orientalischen Christen. Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 143–162.
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