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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.
- Baltic German nobility
The Baltic German nobility was a privileged social class in...
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- Baltic states
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- Baltic German nobility
Die Deutsch-Balten (oder Deutschbalten, auch Balten oder Baltendeutsche) waren eine im Bereich des heutigen Estland und Lettland ansässige deutschsprachige Minderheit, die ab dem späten 12. Jahrhundert als eingewanderte Oberschicht großen Einfluss auf Religion, Kultur und Sprache der Letten und Esten hatte.
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 Estonia and Latvia.
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.
