In the narrow sense, Lebanese people in Germany (Arabic: اللبنانيون في ألمانيا, romanized: al-Lubnānīyūn fī Almāniyā) include migrants from Lebanon living in Germany and their descendants, excluding Palestinians.

Although there has been sporadic migration from the Middle East to Germany since the 20th century, the real growth of the German Lebanese population began in 1975, with the start of the civil war in Lebanon which drove thousands of people away.

Other big cities with a high percentage are Essen, Ruhr area Bremen and Hannover Region.

Examples of large Mhallami clans are Al-/El-Zein, Omeirat, Miri, Remmo/Rammo, Saado, Semmo, Fakhro and Ali-Khan.

Many clans were found in West Berlin in 1980s and later in Bremen and Ruhr area in cities like Essen and Duisburg.

There were many injuries and the danger in public safety for normal civilians to get involved in brawl were higher.

A lot of them had lived in refugees camps in Lebanon for some years or longer before they moved on to Germany.

Most German Palestinians live in Berlin by far where they form the largest community of Arabs besides Lebanese.

Indeed, many Lebanese Turks were aware of the large Turkish-German population and saw this as an opportunity to find work once settling in Europe.