page_title: Argentina–Germany relations
section_title: Cultural relations
hierarchical_section_title: Argentina–Germany relations / Cultural relations
caption_attribution_description: Hermann Burmeister (1807-1892), German born Argentinian zoologist Deutsch: de:Hermann Burmeister English: en:Hermann Burmeister Français&#160;: fr:Hermann Burmeister Italiano: it::Karl Hermann Konrad von Burmeister
context_page_description: Argentina–Germany relations are foreign relations between Argentina and Germany. The free city-state of Hamburg was the first German state to establish diplomatic relations with Argentina in 1829. The first ambassador of Germany to Argentina was sent on 7 May 1871.
  German immigration in Argentina is the largest in Hispanic America. Over 3,000,000 Argentines are of German descent.
  They had great influence in the Argentine education system and many German schools were a place in the country. In fact, the Argentine army planned to recruit many German scientists and technicians for industry. Many German entrepreneurs and professionals believe that Argentina was industrialized and could be narrowed through greater ties of German technology. The creation of newspapers in German as Argentinisches Tageblatt, which means "Argentine newspaper" outstanding and continues to this day.
context_section_description: Famous German-Argentine scientists, architects, artist, musicians and writers:
  Carlos Berg, naturalist and entomologist.
  Silvio Gesell, theoretical economist, social activist.
  Johannes Franz Hartmann, physicist and astronomer. He was the director of the La Plata Astronomical Observatory.
  Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg, natural historian and novelist.
  Alejandro Korn, physician, psychiatrist, philosopher, reformist and politician.
  Otto Krause, engineer and educator.
  Federico Kurtz, botanist.
  Paul Günther Lorentz, botanist.
  Raúl Prebisch, economist known for his contributions to structuralist economics such as the Prebisch–Singer hypothesis, which formed the basis of economic dependency theory.
  Carlos Segers, astronomer. The crater Segers on the Moon is named after him.
  Friedrich Schickendantz, scientist who worked in the fields of mineralogy, chemistry, botany, geology, and meteorology.
  Alfred Wilhelm Stelzner, geologist.
  Annemarie Heinrich, photographer.
  Federico Lussenhoff, former footballer.
  Marcelo Bosch, rugby player.
  Liliana Heker, writer.
  Sebastian Spreng, visual artist and music journalist.
  Natty Hollmann, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on March 2, 2009.
  Federico Sturzenegger, Chairman of the Central Bank of Argentina.
  Margarita Stolbizer, politician.
  Francis Mallmann, celebrity chef.
  among others.
caption: Hermann Burmeister was a prolific Argentine-German naturalist, paleontologist and zoologist, founder of the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina.
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