Germany

The Basque centres of Germany are young associations, and at least two of them work without premises of their own. The Basque Government’s official register recognises four in the country.¹

The first is Gernika, Deutsch-Baskischer Kulturverein, in Berlin, recognised in 2009 (see its history). The register gives it 60 members.¹

The second came to Munich. Munitxeko Euskal Elkartea was founded in 2013 according to the register and recognised on 10 March 2015, as the second Basque centre in Germany and number 188 on the register. It then had 34 members, most of them young, highly qualified professionals living in the Bavarian capital for work. It has no premises of its own and uses facilities belonging to the city, and that same month it organised the Korrika in Munich.⁷¹

In Bremen there is the Bremengo Euskal Kultur Elkartea (BEKE), founded in 2024 according to the register. It presents itself as a meeting point for Basque speakers and for those interested in Basque culture in the Bremen area, with gatherings throughout the year, and it says it is officially recognised by the Basque Government.⁸¹

The most recent is Txengel Etxea, in Koblenz, born in May 2025 on the banks of the Rhine. It takes its name from the Schängel (txengel in Basque), the city’s symbolic figure. It gives Basque and mus classes, has a txalaparta and holds a patxaran contest, and in February 2026 it was awaiting recognition from the Basque Government.⁹¹ Its first act of memory was to plant a sapling of the Tree of Gernika in the city on 26 April 2026, on the eighty-ninth anniversary of the bombing, together with the Basque community of the area and local authorities.¹⁰