The Germans of Romania or Rumäniendeutsche were 786000 strong in interwar Romania in 1939, a number that had fallen to 36,884 by 2011 in modern Romania. They are not a single group; thus, to understand their language, culture, and history, one must view them as independent groups:
- Transylvanian Saxons - the largest and oldest, often simply equated with the Germans of Romania
- Satu Mare Swabians and most Banat Swabians, groups of Danube Swabians in Romania
- Transylvanian Landler Protestants
- Zipser Germans in Maramureş (Borşa, Vişeu)
- Regat Germans, including the Dobrujan Germans
- Bukovina Germans (Târgu Neamţ, Gura Humorului and Câmpulung Moldovenesc)
- Bessarabia Germans (for the period 1918–1940)
See Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania for their official representation.
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