The German Uruguayans in Uruguay numbers ca.

[1] Most of them live in the Montevideo area, although there are German minorities in Paysandú, Río Negro, San José and Canelones.

One of the first Germans to come to the region was Ulrich Schmidl (known locally as Ulrico Smidel), who arrived at the oriental shores of the River Plate in the early 16th century and described the Charrúas.

[2] The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 1,167 people who declared Germany as their country of birth.

[3] Local Germans practise different Christian religions: There is also an important presence of German Jews,[4] with religious activities at the NCI Synagogue.