"Germans in Korea prior to 1910"
"1910年까지 韓國에 있었던 獨逸人"

is a site about a part of the historical relations between Germany and Korea. Here you can find a list of German citizens who have been in Korea prior to 1910.

At the end of 1905 the Korean government was forced by Japan to accept a treaty which declared Korea a Japanese protectorate. Because of this all foreign diplomats left the country in March 1906. Finally in 1910 Korea was officially made a part of the Japanese empire and the name "Korea" disappeared from all maps. Due to this my list of German citizens in Korea has to be restricted to the time before the loss of Korean sovereignty.
Although my information concerning the various persons is more detailed than shown here, I found it appropriate to limit myself to the following data: Name, occupation, time and place of residence in Korea. Since the source material was sometimes extremely difficult to obtain and also of differing  quality, in some cases I was only able to give one or two of the above mentioned items. As well as that there were great differences in the reliability of the various sources, especially where the time of residence was concerned. Because of this I gave the data recorded in the majority of the sources.
The list itself is categorized according to activities of the persons concerned. Entry into this list, however, was restricted to those, whose names appear in literature. That means crews of boats, for example, who are not named were excluded from consideration. None-German nationals, like Austrian or Swiss citizens, are excluded as well. Please see the category Other Nationalities! In order to easily find the person you are looking for you can use the Search-Engine of this site.

If you would like to have some more information on a certain person or you know of another German citizen, who has been in Korea up to 1910 and is not mentioned here, please don't hesitate to send me a message. Comments & suggestions are very welcomed as well!!

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