Diaspora community · Germany
Oldenburg
A city in north-western Germany with a long-established Yazidi community and cultural institutions.
Overview
About Oldenburg
Oldenburg has one of the older and larger Yazidi communities in Germany, with roots in the Turkish emigration of the 1980s and 1990s and a network of cultural and religious associations.
It is often cited alongside Celle, Bielefeld, and Hanover as one of the anchor points of Yazidi life in the country.
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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Source note
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.