List of former German colonies
This is a list of former German colonies and protectorates established by the German Empire, Brandenburg-Prussia and the Habsburg Monarchy. This list may be incomplete, you can help by expanding it.Brandenburg–Prussian colonies
These were colonies unsuccessfully settled by Brandenburg-Prussia, after 1701 Kingdom of Prussia, before the foundation of the German Empire in 1871.Africa
- Groß Friedrichsburg, 1683–1718
- Arguin, 1685–1721
- Whydah, circa 1700
North America
These territories were held briefly under lease or occupation during the early European colonization of the New World.
- Saint Thomas. Leased by Brandenburg from the Danish West India Company, 1685–1720.
- Island of Crabs , Brandenburg annexation in the Danish West Indies, 1689–1693
- Tertholen, 1696. Occupation.
South America
- Klein-Venedig,1528–1545
Habsburg colonies
These were colonies of the Habsburg Monarchy, part of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation realm until 1804, Austrian Empire after 1804, Austria-Hungary from 1867 to the end of World War I.
These are colonies settled by and controlled by the German Empire from 1884 to 1919. Those territories constituted the German Colonial Empire.Africa
The following were German African protectorates:
These were German colonies in the Pacific:
China
These Treaty ports were German concessions in China, leased to it by the Qing Dynasty:
