The first German merchants and missionaries, including Bruno of Querfurt, arrived in what is now Belarus in the late 10th and early 11th century.
The medieval Duchy of Polatsk had active trade contacts with the Hanseatic League and the city of Polatsk had a notable German community.

Significant numbers of Germans settled in what is now Belarus during the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and after the annexation of the lands by the Russian Empire.

In early 20th century there were close to 50 thousands ethnic Germans living in Belarus.
Minsk was home to a two thousand people strong community of Germans with a Lutheran church and a German-populated area around it.

Germans faced deportations after the beginning of the First World War and during the Soviet repressions in Belarus.
After the Second World War, the historical German communities in Belarus disappeared.
A minor number of ethnic Germans from Kazakhstan and Russia migrated to Belarus during the Soviet occupation after the Second World War.
A small German expat community emerged after Belarus regained independence in 1991.

According to a census conducted in 2009, 2,474 ethnic Germans lived in Belarus.
There are Lutheran church buildings in Hrodna and Polatsk.
A sign commemorating the German community of Minsk was opened in May 2019.
The first German merchants and missionaries, including Bruno of Querfurt, arrived in what is now Belarus in the late 10th and early 11th century. The medieval Duchy of Polatsk had active trade contacts with the Hanseatic League and the city of Polatsk had a notable German community.
Significant numbers of Germans settled in what is now Belarus during the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and after the annexation of the lands by the Russian Empire.
In early 20th century there were close to 50 thousands ethnic Germans living in Belarus. Minsk was home to a two thousand people strong community of Germans with a Lutheran church and a German-populated area around it.
Germans faced deportations after the beginning of the First World War and during the Soviet repressions in Belarus. After the Second World War, the historical German communities in Belarus disappeared. A minor number of ethnic Germans from Kazakhstan and Russia migrated to Belarus during the Soviet occupation after the Second World War. A small German expat community emerged after Belarus regained independence in 1991.
According to a census conducted in 2009, 2,474 ethnic Germans lived in Belarus. There are Lutheran church buildings in Hrodna and Polatsk. A sign commemorating the German community of Minsk was opened in May 2019.
Germans in Belarus