早在1829年,当史丹福·萊佛士建立新加坡十年之后,德国商船“露易絲公主”号,在它駛往中国途中,第一次訪問了新加坡。数年后新加坡設立了第一所德国人的商业机构,同时汉堡的商人及不来梅和汉堡的船只亦开始定期开往新加坡。旧記錄曾指出那时期新加坡与德国之間的貿易发展良好。 As early as 1829, ten years after Stamford Raffles established Singapore, the German merchant Princess Louise visited Singapore for the first time on its way to China. A few years later Singapore opened its first German business unit, while traders from Hamburg and ships from Bremen and Hamburg began regular trips to Singapore. The old records have pointed out that the trade between Singapore and Germany was well under development during that period.