Living together, working together: concentrations amongst German immigrants in the Netherlands in the nineteenth century

Abstract

German immigrants who came to the Netherlands in the nineteenth century did not concentrate in ‘Little Germanys’ within Dutch towns, as they did in some other countries. Some concentrations amongst German immigrants can, however, be pointed out. Contrary to what perhaps might be expected, it was not a common religion or a shared regional background that explains these concentrations. A shared profession does explain some, but only if the nature of a particular profession allowed or encouraged concentration.