Subsequently, a new wave of German immigrants arrived in Chile, with many settling in Temuco, and Santiago. [16][15] Some foreign observers made exaggerated accounts regarding the impact Germans had in local affairs; for example, Isaac F. Marcosson wrote in 1925 that Valdivia "was a collection of mud houses" before the arrival of Germans. [8], Trade between Germans and German-Chileans with indigenous peoples was not uncommon. [10] There are also German schools[11] and German-language newspapers and periodicals in Chile (e.g., Cóndor – a weekly German-language newspaper). Concentrated in the south and center of the country, where they find a more congenial climate, its network of institutions is wide. Even before the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933, a German Chilean youth organization was established with strong Nazi influence. Johann von Bohon (known in Spanish as Juan Bohón) was also part of Valdivia's expedition and was ordered to establish the city of La Serena in 1544. The origin of the German immigrants in Chile began with the Law of Selective Immigration of 1845. Over the course of the last 150 years many Germans have settled in Chile for several different reasons. [1] The use of rr is an adaptation of guttural sounds found in German but difficult to pronounce in Spanish.
[17] German and German-Chilean enterprises in southwestern Argentina acted as brokers for both Chile and Argentina, assisting both nations in controlling traffic across the southern Andes. [16] Mañil's uprising did provoke a decision by Chilean authorities to conquer the Mapuche in Araucanía; this in turn opened more land for European and Chilean colonization,[B] at the expense of the Mapuche. Troubled by Catholic bishops in Germany who opposed the departure of their parishioners, Philippi asked for and was granted permission to recruit non-Catholic immigrants. Submitted by Roseanne Chantiluke on July 15, 2014 - 17:16. Of course, expat living in Chile is not just about shipping your belongings and filing in some bureaucratic papers. [16], As German colonization expanded into new areas beyond the designated colonization areas, such as the coastal region of Osorno and some Andean lakes and valleys, settlers began to have conflicts with indigenous peoples. The 19th-century immigrants settled chiefly in Chile’s Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos regions in the so-called Zona Sur of Chile, including the Chilean lake district. [8], Following independence in 1820, Valdivia entered a period of economic decline. Traditional vernacular architecture in the form of colourful timber structures or gothic ecclesiastical buildings loom amidst a stunning natural backdrop of snowy peaks and evergreen forests. [16], Among the achievements of the German immigrants was a deepening of the division of labour, the introduction of wage labour in agriculture, and the establishment of Chile's first beer brewery in Valdivia in 1851 by Carl Anwandter. With financial backing from Flindt, Philippi purchased land in Valdivia and along the southern bank of the Bueno River to be developed by future immigrants. [15] Since colonial times the city had been isolated from Central Chile by hostile Mapuche-controlled territory, and it depended heavily upon seaborne trade with the port of Callao in Peru. Before that Bernhard Eunom Philippi recruited nine working families to emigrate from Hesse to Chile. [21], Vicente Pérez Rosales burned down huge tracts of forested lands to clear lands for the settlers. From Valdivia to the Aysén Region, this game is called bochas contrary to the word bolitas used further north. [18][16] With land ownership heavily concentrated among a few families, many indigenous Huilliche of Osorno became peasants of large estates (latifundia) owned by Germans. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672, Short documentary about German migration in Southern Chile, "Germans and Chilotes in Patagonia" Atlas vivo, Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_Chileans&oldid=977960993, Articles containing Spanish-language text, Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text, "Related ethnic groups" needing confirmation, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2009, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Deutsche Schule Los Leones und Wilh.-v.-Humboldt-Seminar für Lehrer und Kindergärtnerinnen, This page was last edited on 12 September 2020, at 01:20. [2], The immigrants recruited by Philippi arrived in 1850 at Valdivia, where Vicente Pérez Rosales was declared colonization agent by the Chilean government.

By 1871, Puerto Montt had over 3,000 inhabitants and the whole Llanquihue Province had a population of 17,538.[13]. Some German immigrants moved further south to places such as Puyuhuapi in the Aysén region. What You Need to Know About Travel Insurance During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Why are Parks Important? Blumenthal took part in the defence of the Spanish settlement of Santiago when the Mapuchelaunched a …

Many founded businesses; for example, Horst Paulmann's small store in the capital of the Araucanía Region grew into Cencosud, one of the largest businesses in the region. They settled primarily in the Llanquihue in the towns of Frutillar, Puerto Octay, Puerto Varas, Osorno and Puerto Montt. Both schemes were rejected by Chilean authorities. [6] The area affected by these fires spanned a strip in the Andean foothills from the Bueno River to Reloncaví Sound. [15] The nature of the German immigrants to Valdivia contributed to the city's urban and cosmopolitan outlook, especially when compared to Osorno. Although it is mainly sold and read in Chile, particularly the Southern and Central regions, the Cóndor also boasts a North American and European readership, especially in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium.
The latter conquistador ousted the indigenous population and founded the city of Santiago. Everywhere you meet German faces, German signboards and placards alongside the Spanish. [12] Puerto Montt and the zone around Llanquihue Lake developed rapidly; its status as a colonization territory, established in 1853, was superseded in 1861 when the Llanquihue area was constituted as a regular province. The exact number German-Chileans is unknown because many of the early arrivals' descendants have intermarried and assimilated over the past 150 years. [16] A lucrative leather industry that Germans created was supplied by indigenous traders from across the Andes until the 1880s when the Argentine Army displaced indigenous communities. Philippi's brother, Rodolfo Amando Philippi, contributed to the colonization plans by recruiting nine German families to emigrate to Chile. Get this from a library! The city of Hamburg had vital trading links with the port city of Valparaíso, and many Germans who fled from the 1848 Revolution set up homes in southern Chile. Compared to Germans who settled in the big cities and ports of northern Chile, the Germans of southern Chile retained much of their German culture or Deutschtum. Kindermann supported German immigration and took over Flindt's responsibilities. The second scheme considered the colonization of both the shores of Llanquihue Lake and the mouth of the Maullín River in what is now the Los Lagos Region of southern Chile. The port city of Valparaíso became a major center for trade with Hamburg, with commercial travellers and merchants from Germany staying for lengthy periods of time to work in Valparaíso. [8] This became particularly egregious in the period after 1870, when improved roads made connection from the hinterland of Llanquihue Lake to the coast easy. 'There are clinics, clubs, a Chilean-German League, fire companies and a German weekly newspaper called Condor. [17] The city of Bariloche in present-day Argentina grew out by a shop established by German-Chilean merchant Carlos Wiederhold.