The earliest known German settlement in the then French colony of Saint-Domingue was in the village of Bombardopolis, located south of the capital of the arrondissement of Môle-Saint-Nicholas in the département of Nord-Ouest.

However, since the region in the northwest is one of the most infertile parts of Haiti, the settlers left the colony after a short time for Guyana and Louisiana.

[2] Among the French troops of General Charles Leclerc, who were to suppress the uprisings in the colony in 1802 and 1803 and were over 30,000 strong, were once again Germans, in addition to Dutch and Polish soldiers from the countries occupied by Napoleon Bonaparte.

[3] In the mid-19th century, merchants from the Hanseatic Cities of Hamburg, Bremen, and Lübeck began to open offices in Haiti and establish trade relations.

[4][5] Before the foundation of the German Empire in 1871, the independent Hanseatic cities and Prussia were represented in Haiti by so-called ministerial residents.

German merchant Emil Lüders was involved in a brawl with police in Port-au-Prince and sentenced to one year in prison.

The commander of the SMS Charlotte, demanded payment of $20,000 in damages to Lüders, permission for his re-entry into Haiti, an apology to the Imperial Government, and the firing of 21-gun salutes in honor of the national flag of the German Empire within an ultimatum of four hours.

Despite the protests of the captain and the German consul in Cap-Haïtien, arms and ammunition were seized and transferred to the Crête à Pierrot.

[8] After the end of World War I, most Germans left Haiti due to the continued American occupation of the country and the resulting hostile atmosphere.

[citation needed] After the resumption of diplomatic relations, Kurt Luedde-Neurath became the first ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Port-au-Prince in 1958.

[citation needed] After the earthquake near Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010, German aid organizations provided humanitarian assistance on a large scale.

[11] In 1974, the Haitian national football team managed to qualify for the first time and was thus able to participate in the World Cup 1974 in West Germany.