Colombia–Germany relations
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On the diplomatic level, Colombia–Germany relations have existed since 1872 and thus for more than 140 years.[1][2]
History
[edit]The German conquistador Ambrosius Ehinger died at Chinácota in Colombia in 1533.[1]
In 1889, Leo S. Kopp, a native of Offenbach, Germany, founded Sociedad Kopp's German Brewery, now known as Bavaria Brewery., the largest brewery in Colombia. In 1919, the German-Colombian Airline (Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes/SCADTA) was founded as the second oldest airline in the world still in existence. Its successor, Avianca, is today the largest Colombian airline.[1]
During World War II, Colombia – after massive pressure from the US – was one of the last Latin American countries to declare war on Germany on 27 November 1943.[3] The declaration of war did not have military consequences, but it did allow for the confiscation of property from Germans.[4]
After the war, relations were initially resumed as trade relations. In early 1949, the Bank deutscher Länder and the Colombian Central Bank agreed that Colombia would deliver coffee (worth US$4 million), bananas (worth US$3 million), and tobacco (worth US$2 million), among other goods, to the Trizone from 1 July 1949, to 30 June 1950, and that this was to be settled with the delivery of German machinery and vehicles.[5]
According to the German Foreign Office, "friendly and increasingly close relations" have existed between the two countries for a long time.[2]
Economic relations
[edit]Bilateral trade volume in 2021 was 2.6 billion euros.[6] This makes Germany the fifth-largest trading partner for Colombia and the largest within the EU. A free trade agreement between Colombia and the EU has been in place since 2013.[2]
German Colombians
[edit]Famous German Colombians include:
- Ambrosius Ehinger
- Nikolaus Federmann
- Carlos Ardila Lülle
- Rudolf Hommes
- Aura Cristina Geithner
- Helmut Bellingrodt
- Antonio Navarro Wolff
- Carlos Lemos Simmonds
- Jacquin Strouss Lucena
- Leopoldo Rother
- Marino Klinger
- Roberto Gerlein
- Carlos Lehder
Diplomatic locations
[edit]- Germany has an embassy in Bogotá.[7]
- Colombia has an embassy in Berlin and a consulate general in Frankfurt am Main.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Deutsch-kolumbianische Beziehungen – pangloss.de". www.pangloss.de. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ a b c "Germany and Colombia: Bilateral relations". German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Birgit Morgenrath und Karl Rössel (Red.): „Unsere Opfer zählen nicht". Die Dritte Welt im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Assoziation A, Berlin und Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-935936-26-5, p 163.
- ^ Thomas Fischer: Kolumbiens Außenbeziehungen. In: Werner Altmann und andere (Hrsg.): Kolumbien heute. Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur. Vervuert, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-89354-562-X, p 149–174
- ^ Entwicklung der Beziehungen zwischen Kolumbien und beiden deutschen Staaten nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. In: Claudia Tapis (Hrsg.): (spanish edition: Presencia alemana en Colombia. Bogotá 1993). Mayr y Cabal / Editorial Nomos, Bogotá 1994, ISBN 958-9107-07-9, p. 197.
- ^ "Rangfolge der Handelspartner im Außenhandel" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Deutsche Vertretungen in Kolumbien". Auswärtiges Amt (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Amt, Auswärtiges. "Vertretungen Kolumbiens in Deutschland". Auswärtiges Amt (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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