German Peruvians are

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vian citizens of full or partial German ancestry. In general, the term is also applied to descendants of other

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-speaking immigrants, such as

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s or the

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, or to someone who has immigrated to Peru from German-speaking countries.

History

Since independence Germans had been immigrating to

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on a small scale. The first wave of immigration was in 1853, organized by then-president Ramon Castilla. These immigrants established themselves in the cities of

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Tarapoto Tarapoto is a commercial hub town in the San Martín Province of the Department of San Martín of northern Peru. It is an hour by plane from Lima, in the high jungle plateau to the east of what is known as the ''selva baja'' (low jungle). Althou ...

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, and in the department of Amazonas. Baron Kuno Damian Freiherr Schutz von Holzhausen, the leader of the immigration movement, consulted with the then Peruvian Minister of Foreign Relations, Manuel Tirado. The meeting's purpose was to colonize the central jungle to better link the

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coasts. The colonists would end up colonizing Pozuzo. In 1854, the first immigration contract was signed between the Baron and then-

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. The next year, in 1855, this contract was nullified as Echenique had been ousted and Ramon Castilla had assumed the presidency again. The Baron signed a new contract with the new president on December 6, 1855. According to the contract each colonist would be reimbursed by the government for the cost of the voyage from Europe to Pozuzo, the construction of a new highway from

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to Pozuzo, each colonist 15 years old or older would receive 15 pesos, the distribution of land between the colonists of which they would have legal ownership, exemption for the first six months of taxes, and the responsibility to build schools, churches, and other basic needs. The government, however, required that the colonists be

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and workers skilled at a trade. To make this project possible the Baron was hired by the Peruvian government to oversee the colonization, paying him a salary of 2,400 pesos annually. The first wave of colonists departed

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in 1857 and arrived in the

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vian port of

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two months later. The third wave of immigrants to the jungle occurred in 1868, taking the same route as the second wave of immigrants did. In later years, the descendants of the German immigrants would go on to found new cities throughout the central jungle such as Oxapampa and Villa Rica. Throughout the history of

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, particularly in the 19th and 20th centuries, a substantial number of

immigrants have settled in other parts of

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, primarily in

. Also, many of these German immigrants have

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heritage.

Education

German schools in Peru: *

Colegio Peruano-Alemán Beata Imelda Colegio Peruano-Alemán Beata Imelda (german: Deutsch-Peruanische Schule Beata Imelda) is a German international school in Lurigancho-Chosica Lurigancho-Chosica is a district of Lima Province, Peru, located in the valley of the Rímac River whic ...

Deutsche Schule Lima Alexander von Humboldt ''Deutsche Schule Alexander von Humboldt Lima'' ( es, Colegio Peruano Alemán Alexander von Humboldt) is a German international school with two campuses in Lima, Peru: one in Miraflores and one in Surco, with a recreational centre in Huampaní. ...

(Lima) *

Deutsche Schule Max Uhle Arequipa Colegio Max Uhle (german: Deutsche Schule Max Uhle Arequipa) is a German international school in Arequipa, Peru. It serves years 1-12. The school's activities began in 1956. History In 1961 the school had 269 students, with 70 in kindergarten, ...

* Reina del Mundo Schule (Colegio Peruano-Alemán Reina del Mundo)

Notable German Peruvians

Andrea Moberg Andrea Moberg Tobies (born 4 June 1994) is a Peruvian model, activist and beauty queen, who will represent that country in the Miss Grand International 2018 contest. Early life She was born and raised in the city of Iquitos, the capital of the L ...

Moritz Hochschild Moritz (Mauricio) Hochschild (February 17, 1881 – June 12, 1965) was a leading mining industry businessman in the first half of the twentieth century. Along with Simón Iturri Patiño and Carlos Víctor Aramayo, he was one of the three so-calle ...

* Liesel Holler * Federico Kauffmann *

Jorge Koechlin Jorge Koechlin von Stein (born February 12, 1950 Huacho, Peru) is a former racing driver and magazine publisher. Koechlin began racing professionally in Formula Ford Merlyn Mk20A, and then in a works Elden Mk8C making his debut on a self built car ...

* Maju Mantilla *

Claudio Pizarro Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio (; born 3 October 1978) is a Peruvian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently serving as Club Ambassador for Bayern Munich. He was captain of Peru's national football team, being ...

* Alberto Thieroldt * Edith Noeding *

Barton Zwiebach Barton Zwiebach (born ''Barton Zwiebach Cantor'', October 4, 1954) is a Peruvian string theorist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Work Zwiebach's undergraduate work was in Electrical Engineering at the Universidad N ...

Juliane Koepcke Juliane Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), also known by her married name Juliane Diller, is a German-Peruvian mammalogist and biologist. In 1971, when she was 17 years old, Koepcke survived the LANSA Flight 508 plane crash. After falling while ...

* Martha Hildebrandt *

Antonio Brack Egg Antonio José Brack Egg (3 June 1940 – 30 December 2014) was an agronomist engineer, an ecologist Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers o ...

* Isaac Mekler *

Christian Meier Christian Dietrich Meier Zender (born June 23, 1970), best known as Christian Meier, is a Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America, the US Hispanic market, and around the Spanish speaking world. Biography Meier was born in Lima, Peru, the yo ...

* Guillermo Wiese de Osma *

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Gladys Zender Gladys Rosa Zender de Meier (née Zender Urbina; born October 19, 1939) is a Peruvian model and beauty queen who became the first Latin American to win the Miss Universe title. She was crowned Miss Peru Universe 1957 by Miss Peru Universe 1956, ...

Francisco Sagasti Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhausler OSP ( (); born 10 October 1944) is a Peruvian engineer, academic, and author who served as the President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021. Sagasti has worked as an advisor for economic development ...

* Tracy Freundt

German Peruvian institutions and associations

Instituto Superior Tecnologico Privado Peruano

Colegio Peruano Alemán - Alexander von Humboldt

Colegio Waldorf Lima

Colegio Peruano Alemán "Beata Imelda"

Instituto Cultural Peruano Aleman

Colegio Peruano-Alemán "Max Uhle"

Colegio Peruano Alemán Augusto Weberbauer

Club Peruano Aleman

CAPA - Centro de Amistad Peruano Alemán

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080723121305/http://www.centromallqui.org.pe/ Centro Mallqui
Fundación Brandt

Cultural Acupari

Agro Acción Alemana / Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (DWHH)

Comisión Brandt

History

Education

Notable German Peruvians

German Peruvian institutions and associations

See also