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Indonesian Germans are people of German descent who were brought by the Dutch army and settled in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). There are 19,612 Germans in Indonesia as of 2019 and most of them live in Jakarta, Bogor, Puncak, Surabaya.




History



There is a long history between Germans and Indonesians, dating back to the 16th century when German traders travelling on Dutch and Portuguese ships came to what was then known as the East Indies. During the Company rule of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) thousands of Germans came to Indonesia, both as administrative employees under the Dutch Colony, as well as engineers, researchers, technical scientists and German soldiers. Most infamously the Württemberg Regiment. The Württemberg Regiment, also known as the Contract Army, was a regiment of Germans from Württemberg who were contracted into the Dutch East Indies army in 1790–1808. The Württemberg regiment numbered 2,000 soldiers.
In the nineteenth century, German-speaking European physicians constituted the largest group of non-Dutch European physicians in the Dutch East Indies. In the nineteenth century, more than 300 German, Swiss, and Austro-Hungarian medical practitioners served in the Dutch colonial health service, with the majority joining the medical corps of the Dutch Colonial Army (KNIL) and others serving in the comparatively small colonial civil health service.
German industry has been present in Indonesia since the mid-19th century. After 1945, German entrepreneurs, German experts in development cooperation as well as in education and research, and intensive academic exchanges continued the good relations between Germany and Indonesia.




Notable German Indonesians


Nike Ardilla, Rock musician
Meriam Bellina, actress
Melanie Berentz, actress, TV commercial model, and beauty pageant titleholder
Eva Celia, actress and Jazz musician
Marcel Chandrawinata, actress and model
Nadine Chandrawinata, actress, award-winning film producer, model and beauty pageant titleholder
Ahmad Dhani, famous Rock musician
Adipati Dolken, actor and brand-ambassador
Megan Domani, actor
Ernest Douwes Dekker (half-Indo), national hero and political figure in the Indonesian freedom movement.
Nino Fernandez, actor
Baby Huwae, celebrated actress, model, and singer
Cinta Laura, singer, actress, and model
Franz Magnis-Suseno, Jesuit priest and philosopher
Zaskia Adya Mecca, actress
Agnez Mo, famous singer
L. B. Moerdani, ABRI Commander
Carissa Putri, actor and model
Jonas Rivanno (half-Ambonese-Chinese), actor
Nicholas Saputra, actor and film producer
Brandon Scheunemann, footballer
Claudia Scheunemann, footballer
Timo Scheunemann, Indonesian association football manager
Fajar Legian Siswanto, footballer
Maya Soetoro-Ng, Indonesian-American academic and the maternal half-sister of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
Christian Sugiono, actor and model
Suzzanna, Horror actress
Nafa Urbach, musician
S. Waldy, celebrated stage and film actor
Masniari Wolf, athlete, gold-medalist In the 2021 SEA Games




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