Diaspora community · Germany
Celle
A town in Lower Saxony that is one of the best-known centres of Yazidi life in Germany.
Overview
About Celle
Celle, in Lower Saxony, is among the most prominent centres of the Yazidi diaspora in Germany, home to a large community with active associations and institutions. Germany hosts the world's largest Yazidi diaspora, estimated well above 150,000 people.
Communities like Celle grew from the emigration of Yazidis from Turkey in the late twentieth century and were reinforced by later arrivals from Iraq and Syria.
Diaspora communities are described at the level of city or country. Estimates vary widely between sources, so ranges and named sources are preferred over single headline figures.
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References for this place
This entry is an editorial synthesis of the references below, chosen for the place type. It reproduces no restricted or copyrighted text and should be expanded only after specialist review.
The Yezidis
Saqi, 2005, with later fieldwork on persecution, displacement, and ritual change. Used for contemporary community and displacement context.
The Religion of the Peacock Angel
Routledge, 2014. Reference for the Yazidis of the Caucasus — Armenia, Georgia, and the communities that spread into Russia.
“Yazidis i. General,” Encyclopaedia Iranica
Specialist overview of Yazidi history, geography, community, and identity across the homeland, the Caucasus, and the diaspora.