List of former German colonies
This is a list of former German colonies owned by states of Germany:
Holy Roman Empire and German Confederation
Brandenburg-Prussia
- Groß Friedrichsburg, 1683–1718
- Arguin, 1685–1721
Duchy of Courland
- Curlander Gambia 1651–1660, 1660–1661
- *St. Andrew's Island
- *Juffure
- *Banjul Island
- Neu-Kurland 1642–1650, 1654–1659, 1660–1666
Free City of Augsburg
- Klein-Venedig, 1528–1545
County of Hanau
- Hanauish-Indies, Planned in 1669 but later canceled in 1672
House of Ascania
- Neu-Askania, 1828–1856
German Empire
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
- Kiautschou Bay concession, 1898–1914
- German concession in Tientsin, 1895–1917
- German concession in Hankou, 1895–1917
- Chefoo, 1901–1914
- German Peking Legation, 1900–1917
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, 1888–1914
Nazi Germany
- Poland
- Netherlands, 1940–1945
- Norway, 1940–1945
- Belgium and Northern France, 1944
- Ukraine, 1940–1944
- Ostland, 1941–1945