Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory
| Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory 膠州灣租借地 (Chinese) | |||||||||||
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| Colony of the German Empire | |||||||||||
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Service flag of the Colonial Office
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Contemporary German map of Kiautschou | |||||||||||
| Anthem | |||||||||||
| "Heil dir im Siegerkranz" (German) (English: "'Hail to Thee in the Victor's Crown") | |||||||||||
| Capital | Qingdao (Tsingtau) | ||||||||||
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• 1912 | 552 km2 (213 sq mi) | ||||||||||
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| Government | |||||||||||
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• 1898–1899 | Carl Rosendahl (first) | ||||||||||
• 1911–1914 | Alfred Meyer-Waldeck (last) | ||||||||||
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• Leased to Germany | 6 March 1898 | ||||||||||
| 7 November 1914 | |||||||||||
• Returned to China | 10 December 1922 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Qingdao Prefecture, Shandong, China | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 膠州灣租借地 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 胶州湾租借地 | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Kiaochow Bay | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Jiaozhou Bay Leased Territory | ||||||||||||
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| German | Deutsches Pachtgebiet Kiautschou | ||||||||||||
The Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory (German: Deutsches Pachtgebiet Kiautschou), also known as the Jiaozhou, Kiaochau, Kiaochow, Kiauchau, and Kiao-chau Bay Concession, was a German leased territory in Imperial and Early Republican China from 1898 to 1914. Covering an area of 552 km2 (213 sq mi), it centered on Jiaozhou Bay (Kiautschou-Bucht) on the southeastern coast of the Shandong Peninsula. The administrative center was at Qingdao (Tsingtau). It was operated by the East Asia Squadron of the Imperial German Navy. The Russian Empire resented the German move as an infringement on Russian ambitions in the region.