Baltic Germans (German: Deutsch-Balten or Deutschbalten, later Baltendeutsche) are ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their resettlement in 1945 after the end of World War II, Baltic Germans have markedly declined as a geographically determined ethnic group in the ...

The Baltic Germans, calling themselves "Balts" and occasionally referred to as "German Balts" (Baltendeutsche, Balten, and Deutschbalten respectively), were the ethnically German inhabitants of that area on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea which forms today the countries of …

The Baltic German nobility was a privileged social class in the territories of modern-day Estonia and Latvia. It existed continuously from the Northern Crusades and the medieval foundation of Terra Mariana .

This is a list of notable Baltic Germans. Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, (1745–1826), military Governor of St. Petersburg from 1798 to 1801, played pivotal role in the assassination of Emperor Paul. ^ "German traces in Latvia: Paul Max Bertschy – architect and builder of Liepāja". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2023-01-27.

Baltic Germans were German speaking people who lived the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Hitler agreed with Stalin in 1939 that they should be moved to German territory as part of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact .

The Baltic Germans dominated the political, cultural and social life of what are now Latvia and Estonia for generations. They were not only prominent landowners and writers but also soldiers and administrators in the Swedish and Tsarist empires.

A German upper class, the so-called Baltic Germans, descendants of migrants who had arrived as early as the 12th century, exerted great influence on the politics and culture of Estonia, Livonia and Courland.

2018年10月26日 · Formerly a dominant force in Latvia's politics, and, as the country became independent, its cultural and economic life, the Baltic Germans disappeared in a matter of months, thanks to occupying forces and local nationalist currents. In 1939, there were 62,000 Baltic Germans living in Latvia.

Visitors gain insights into prominent Baltic German careers in the Tsarist empire and into urban life with their merchants, guilds, art and science. Nobility and manor houses are contrasted by the rural life of Latvians and Estonians.

2019年12月18日 · While the Baltic German culture isn’t yet completely lost to history, interest is growing in Latvia about who they were, how they lived, and how they viewed the country. The translation and re-publishing of Vegesack’s book and Kairišs’ play are just a few examples, as well as the many groups that have popped up on sites such as Facebook.