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Germany–Uruguay relations are foreign relations between Germany and Uruguay. Germany has an embassy in Montevideo. Uruguay has an embassy in Berlin, a general consulate in Hamburg and 6 honorary consulate (in Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Potsdam and Stuttgart). Germany is Uruguay's principal trading partner in the European Union.〔 ==History== Starting in the 1850s German immigrants have made an important contribution to the development of Uruguay.〔 Uruguay offered asylum to German Jews starting in 1935.〔 Mennonite communities emigrated from Germany to Uruguay after World War II, starting in 1948.〔 During World War I, Uruguay sided against Germany and broke off diplomatic relations. On December 13, 1939 the Battle of the River Plate took place off the coast of Uruguay where British forces sunk the German Graf Spee. Most of the Graf Spee’s surviving crew of 1,150 were interned in Uruguay and Argentina and many remained after the war. A German Embassy official in Uruguay said his government has sent an official letter stating its position as to whether Germany claims ownership of the vessel. The German claim would be invalid because early in 1940 the Nazi government sold salvaging rights to the vessel to a Uruguayan businessman who was acting on behalf of the British government. However, any salvaging rights would have expired under Uruguayan law. By 1940 Germany had threatened to break of diplomatic relations with Uruguay. Nazi Germany protested that Uruguay gave safe harbor to the (Carnarvon Castle ) after it was attacked by a Nazi raider. The ship was repaired with steel plate reportedly salvaged from the Graf Spee. On January 25, 1942 Uruguay broke diplomatic relations with Nazi Germany. After WWII, Uruguay established diplomatic relations with both the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. In October 2011, Uruguayan President José Mujica paid an official visit to Germany. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Germany–Uruguay relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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