Her People

Germans are descendents from the several Germanic tribes that inhabited the German- speaking part of Europe in the past which is now known as Germany. These tribes emerged during the Middle Ages from the multi-ethnic Holy Roman Empire the Peace of Westphalia (1648) which left a core territory that was to become Germany. That was how the ethnic people of Germany came to be.

Thus, most inhabitants of Germany are ethnic German. There are, however, more than 7 million foreign residents, many of whom are the descendents of "guest workers" (foreign workers, invited to Germany in the 1950s and 1960s to fill labour shortages) who remained in Germany and settled down. Germany has a sizable ethnic Turkish population (2.4% at the beginning of 2010) thus them being the largest community. Germany is also a prime destination for political and economic refugees from many developing countries.