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The Challenge is this, with a PoD somewhere between 1492 (Columbus' voyage to the Americas) and 1763 (The end of the Seven-Years War and all subsequent conflicts around the world) have at least one German state (or more if possible) succeffully make a lasting colonial possession.

Bonus points if the colony either lasts to the modern day, or becomes an independent, German-speaking nation.
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