Carlos Anwandter

Carlos Anwandter (1 April 1801, in Luckenwalde, Prussia – 10 July 1889, in Valdivia, Chile) was a German political exile who emigrated to Valdivia, Chile in 1850 after participating in the Revolutions of 1848.

He migrated to Valdivia in 1850, the leader of the first contingent of German colonists sent by Philippi.

As representative of the German immigrants to Chile he swore: "We will be as honest and laborious Chileans as the best of them.

Never will the country that adopts us as her children, reason to repent of this enlightened, human and generous deed.

"[1] Instituto Alemán Carlos Anwandter, Valdivia's German School, is named after him.