From 1950 onwards, sinology developed vigorously in Germany. Universities in Hamburg, Bonn and elsewhere established or re-established sinology departments or offered Chinese language courses, and in 1953 Germany's first six postwar doctorates in sinology were awarded at Hamburg, Munich and Gottingen. Their re`cipients included Tilemann Grimm, Wolfgang Bauer and Gunther Debon, all of whom later became pillars of German sinology.
從一九五○年開始，德國的漢學逐漸蓬勃發展，漢堡大學、波昂大學先後成立漢學系或開設中文課程，一九五三年，漢堡、慕尼黑和哥廷根大學培養出戰後第一批漢學博士共六人，其中，葛林、鮑吾剛和德博後來都成為德國漢學界的棟樑。