List of diplomatic missions of Germany
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Germany. Historically, the German state of Prussia and several smaller German states had sent emissaries abroad prior to the establishment of the North German Confederation, the precursor to the modern Federal Republic of Germany.
In 1874, Germany had only four embassies (in London, Paris, Saint Petersburg, and Vienna), but this was complemented by non-ambassadorial representation in the form of 14 ministerial posts (in Athens, Bern, Brussels, The Hague, Constantinople, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, Stockholm, Peking, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C., and to the Holy See), seven consulates-general with diplomatic status (in Alexandria, Belgrade, Bucharest, London, New York, Budapest, and Warsaw), and 37 consulates and vice-consulates headed by consular officers. By 1914, five additional embassies were established in Constantinople, Madrid, Rome, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo. The Foreign Office progressively reformed itself at this time to serve Germany's rising commercial and colonial interests abroad, as well as to reflect the professionalization of diplomacy generally.
Politics of the Third Reich affected the Foreign Office. In 1935 the Reich Citizenship Act led to the forced retirement of over 120 tenured civil servants. Positions and structures were created to imbed NSDAP representatives, and the SS began to be posted abroad as "police attachés". Under Joachim von Ribbentrop the Reich Foreign Ministry grew from 2,665 officers in 1938 to a peak of 6,458 in 1943, despite missions abroad closing as a consequence of the Second World War.
Germany's post-war diplomatic network started as early as 1949 with a mission in Paris to the newly formed Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The following year consulates-general were (re)opened in London, New York City, Paris, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Brussels, Rome, and Athens (until 1951 these were not embassies, as by virtue of the Occupation Statute the three allied powers had competence of foreign affairs; these consulates were intended to just manage commercial and consular affairs). West Germany's Federal Foreign Office grew, and by the time of Germany's reunification in 1990, there were 214 diplomatic missions abroad. Following German reunification, the Federal Republic inherited several diplomatic representations of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of former East Germany.[1]
The West German embassy in Stockholm was occupied by the Red Army Faction in 1975. In 1989 its embassies in Budapest and Prague sheltered fleeing East Germans while waiting for permission to travel onwards to West Germany; permission was subsequently given by the Czechoslovakian and Hungarian governments, accelerating the collapse of socialist hegemony in Eastern Europe.
Today Germany manages 227 diplomatic missions abroad (listed below). Of these, 153 are embassies, 54 general consulates, 7 professional consulates and 12 multilateral missions making it one of the world's largest diplomatic networks.[2] In addition, there are 337 honorary consuls, which are not included in this list. Furthermore, the German state maintains a liaison office in Taipei.
Africa[]
Algeria
- Algiers (Embassy)
Angola
- Luanda (Embassy)
Benin
- Cotonou (Embassy)
Botswana
- Gaborone (Embassy)
Burkina Faso
- Ouagadougou (Embassy)
Burundi
- Bujumbura (Embassy)
Cameroon
- Yaoundé (Embassy)
Chad
- N'Djamena (Embassy)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kinshasa (Embassy)
Republic of the Congo
- Brazzaville (Embassy)
Djibouti
- Djibouti City (Embassy)
Egypt
- Cairo (Embassy)
Equatorial Guinea
- Malabo (Embassy)
Eritrea
- Asmara (Embassy)
Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa (Embassy)
Gabon
- Libreville (Embassy)
Gambia
Ghana
- Accra (Embassy)
Guinea
- Conakry (Embassy)
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
- Abidjan (Embassy)
Kenya
- Nairobi (Embassy)
Liberia
- Monrovia (Embassy)
Libya
- Tripoli (Embassy)
Madagascar
- Antananarivo (Embassy)
Malawi
- Lilongwe (Embassy)
Mali
- Bamako (Embassy)
Mauritania
- Nouakchott (Embassy)
Morocco
- Rabat (Embassy)
Mozambique
- Maputo (Embassy)
Namibia
- Windhoek (Embassy)
Niger
- Niamey (Embassy)
Nigeria
Rwanda
- Kigali (Embassy)
Senegal
- Dakar (Embassy)
Sierra Leone
- Freetown (Embassy)
South Africa
South Sudan
- Juba (Embassy)
Sudan
- Khartoum (Embassy)
Tanzania
- Dar es Salaam (Embassy)
- Dodoma (Embassy liaison office)
Togo
- Lomé (Embassy)
Tunisia
- Tunis (Embassy)
Uganda
- Kampala (Embassy)
Zambia
- Lusaka (Embassy)
Zimbabwe
- Harare (Embassy)
German Embassy in Dar es Salaam
German Embassy in Maputo
German Embassy in Monrovia
Americas[]
Argentina
- Buenos Aires (Embassy)
Bolivia
- La Paz (Embassy)
Brazil
Canada
- Ottawa (Embassy)
- Montreal (Consulate-General)
- Toronto (Consulate-General)
- Vancouver (Consulate-General)
Chile
- Santiago (Embassy)
Colombia
- Bogotá (Embassy)
Costa Rica
- San José (Embassy)
Cuba
- Havana (Embassy)
Dominican Republic
- Santo Domingo (Embassy)
Ecuador
- Quito (Embassy)
El Salvador
- San Salvador (Embassy)
Guatemala
- Guatemala City (Embassy)
Haiti
- Port-au-Prince (Embassy)
Honduras
- Tegucigalpa (Embassy)
Jamaica
- Kingston (Embassy)
Mexico
- Mexico City (Embassy)
Nicaragua
- Managua (Embassy)
Panama
- Panama City (Embassy)
Paraguay
- Asunción (Embassy)
Peru
- Lima (Embassy)
Trinidad and Tobago
- Port of Spain (Embassy)
United States
- Washington, D.C. (Embassy)
- Atlanta (Consulate-General)
- Boston (Consulate-General)
- Chicago (Consulate-General)
- Houston (Consulate-General)
- Los Angeles (Consulate-General)
- Miami (Consulate-General)
- New York (Consulate-General)
- San Francisco (Consulate-General)
Uruguay
- Montevideo (Embassy)
Venezuela
- Caracas (Embassy)
German Embassy in Mexico City
German Embassy in Montevideo
German Embassy in Ottawa
German Embassy in Port of Spain
German Embassy in Washington, D.C.
German Consulate-General and Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City
German Consulate-General in San Francisco
Asia[]
Armenia
- Yerevan (Embassy)
Azerbaijan
- Baku (Embassy)
Bahrain
- Manama (Embassy)
Bangladesh
- Dhaka (Embassy)
Brunei
- Bandar Seri Begawan (Embassy)
Cambodia
- Phnom Penh (Embassy)
China
- Beijing (Embassy)
- Chengdu (Consulate-General)
- Guangzhou (Consulate-General)
- Hong Kong (Consulate-General)
- Shanghai (Consulate-General)
- Shenyang (Consulate-General)
Georgia
- Tbilisi (Embassy)
India
- New Delhi (Embassy)
- Bangalore (Consulate-General)
- Chennai (Consulate-General)
- Kolkata (Consulate-General)
- Mumbai (Consulate-General)
Indonesia
- Jakarta (Embassy)
Iran
- Tehran (Embassy)
Iraq
- Baghdad (Embassy)
- Erbil (Consulate-General)
Israel
- Tel Aviv (Embassy)
Japan
- Tokyo (Embassy)
- Osaka (Consulate-General)
Jordan
- Amman (Embassy)
Kazakhstan
- Nur-Sultan (Embassy)
- Almaty (Consulate-General)
Kuwait
- Kuwait City (Embassy)
Kyrgyzstan
- Bishkek (Embassy)
Laos
- Vientiane (Embassy)
Lebanon
- Beirut (Embassy)
Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur (Embassy)
Mongolia
- Ulan Bator (Embassy)
Myanmar
- Yangon (Embassy)
Nepal
- Kathmandu (Embassy)
North Korea
- Pyongyang (Embassy)
Oman
- Muscat (Embassy)
Pakistan
- Islamabad (Embassy)
- Karachi (Consulate-General)
Palestine
- Ramallah (Representative Office)
Philippines
- Manila (Embassy)
Qatar
- Doha (Embassy)
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
- Singapore (Embassy)
South Korea
- Seoul (Embassy)
Sri Lanka
- Colombo (Embassy)
Taiwan
- Taipei (German Institute Taipei)
Tajikistan
- Dushanbe (Embassy)
Thailand
- Bangkok (Embassy)
Turkey
Turkmenistan
- Ashgabat (Embassy)
United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi (Embassy)
- Dubai (Consulate-General)
Uzbekistan
- Tashkent (Embassy)
Vietnam
- Hanoi (Embassy)
- Ho Chi Minh City (Consulate-General)
German Embassy in Ankara
German Consulate-General in Istanbul
German Embassy in Baghdad
German Embassy in Dhaka
German Embassy in Hanoi
German Embassy in Muscat
German Embassy in Pyongyang
German Consulate-General in Shanghai
German Embassy in Tokyo
German Embassy in Vientiane
German Embassy in Yerevan
Europe[]
Albania
- Tirana (Embassy)
Austria
- Vienna (Embassy)
Belarus
- Minsk (Embassy)
Belgium
- Brussels (Embassy)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sarajevo (Embassy)
- Banja Luka (Embassy Outpost)
Bulgaria
- Sofia (Embassy)
Croatia
- Zagreb (Embassy)
Cyprus
- Nicosia (Embassy)
Czech Republic
- Prague (Embassy)
Denmark
- Copenhagen (Embassy)
Estonia
- Tallinn (Embassy)
Finland
- Helsinki (Embassy)
France
- Paris (Embassy)
- Bordeaux (Consulate-General)
- Lyon (Consulate-General)
- Marseille (Consulate-General)
- Strasbourg (Consulate-General)
Greece
- Athens (Embassy)
- Thessaloniki (Consulate-General)
Holy See
- Rome (Embassy)[note 1]
Hungary
- Budapest (Embassy)
Iceland
- Reykjavík (Embassy)
Ireland
- Dublin (Embassy)
Italy
- Rome (Embassy)
- Milan (Consulate-General)
Kosovo
- Pristina (Embassy)
Latvia
- Riga (Embassy)
Lithuania
- Vilnius (Embassy)
Luxembourg
- Luxembourg (Embassy)
Malta
- Valletta (Embassy)
Moldova
- Chişinău (Embassy)
Montenegro
- Podgorica (Embassy)
Netherlands
- The Hague (Embassy)
- Amsterdam (Consulate-General)
North Cyprus[5]
- Lefkoşa (North Nicosia) (Visa office)
North Macedonia
- Skopje (Embassy)
Norway
- Oslo (Embassy)
Poland
Portugal
- Lisbon (Embassy)
Romania
Russia
- Moscow (Embassy)
- Kaliningrad (Consulate-General)
- Novosibirsk (Consulate-General)
- Saint Petersburg (Consulate-General)
- Yekaterinburg (Consulate-General)
Serbia
- Belgrade (Embassy)
Slovakia
- Bratislava (Embassy)
Slovenia
- Ljubljana (Embassy)
Spain
- Madrid (Embassy)
- Barcelona (Consulate-General)
- Las Palmas (Consulate)
- Málaga (Consulate)
- Palma de Mallorca (Consulate)
Sweden
- Stockholm (Embassy)
Switzerland
- Bern (Embassy)
Ukraine
- Kiev (Embassy)
United Kingdom
- London (Embassy)
- Edinburgh (Consulate-General)
German Embassy in Bern
German Embassy in Bratislava
German Embassy in Budapest
German Embassy in Copenhagen
German Embassy in The Hague
German Embassy in Helsinki
German Embassy in Kyiv
German Embassy in Lisbon
German Embassy in Ljubljana
German Embassy in London
German Embassy in Madrid
German Embassy in Minsk
German Embassy in Moscow
German Consulate-General in Saint Petersburg
German Embassy in Sarajevo
German Embassy in Oslo
German Embassy in Prague
German Embassy in Reykjavík
German Embassy in Riga
German Embassy in Rome
German Embassy in Stockholm
German Embassy in Tirana
German Embassy in Tallinn
German Embassy in Vienna
German Embassy in Warsaw
German Consulate-General in Wrocław
Oceania[]
Australia
- Canberra (Embassy)
- Sydney (Consulate-General)
New Zealand
- Wellington (Embassy)
German Embassy in Canberra
German Embassy in Wellington
Multilateral organisations[]
- Brussels (Permanent Mission to the
European Union and 
NATO) - Geneva (Permanent Mission to the
United Nations and other international organisations) - New York (Permanent Mission to the United Nations)
- Paris (Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and
UNESCO) - Strasbourg (Permanent Mission to the
Council of Europe) - Vienna (Permanent Mission to the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) - The Hague (Permanent Representation to the
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons)
Countries without German diplomatic mission[]
Currently, there are no German diplomatic missions (but in some cases honorary consuls) in :
Andorra (handled by German embassy in Madrid; Germany has a consulate-general in Barcelona which serves Andorra and an honorary consul in Andorra-la-Vella)
Antigua and Barbuda (handled by German embassy in Port of Spain)
Bahamas (handled by German embassy in Havana)
Barbados (handled by German embassy in Port of Spain)
Belize (handled by German embassy in Mexico City)
Bhutan (handled by German embassy in New Delhi)
Cape Verde (handled by German embassy in Dakar)
Central African Republic (handled by German embassy in Yaounde)
Cook Islands (handled by German embassy in Wellington; Germany has a consulate in Avarua)
Comoros (handled by German embassy in Dar es Salaam)
Dominica (handled by German embassy in Port of Spain)
East Timor (handled by German embassy in Jakarta)
Eswatini (handled by German embassy in Pretoria)
Fiji (handled by German embassy in Wellington; Germany has consulates in Suva and Nadi)- Gambia (handled by German embassy in Dakar)
Grenada (handled by German embassy in Port of Spain)- Guinea-Bissau (handled by German embassy in Dakar)
Guyana (handled by German embassy in Port of Spain; Germany has a consulate in Georgetown)
Kiribati (handled by German embassy in Wellington)
Lesotho (handled by German embassy in Pretoria)
Liechtenstein (handled by German embassy in Bern; Germany has a consulate in Balzers)
Maldives (handled by German embassy in Colombo; Germany has a consulate in Malé)
Marshall Islands (handled by German embassy in Manila)
Federated States of Micronesia (handled by German embassy in Manila)
Monaco (handled by German embassy in Paris; Germany has a consulate in Monte Carlo)
Nauru (handled by German embassy in Canberra)
Niue (handled by German embassy in Wellington)
Palau (handled by German embassy in Manila; Germany has a consulate in Koror)
Papua New Guinea (handled by German embassy in Canberra)
Solomon Islands (handled by German embassy in Canberra)
Samoa (handled by German embassy in Wellington; Germany has a consulate in Apia)
San Marino (handled by German embassy in Rome)
São Tomé and Príncipe (handled by German embassy in Libreville; Germany has a consulate in Sao Tome)
Seychelles (handled by German embassy in Nairobi; Germany has a consulate in Victoria)
Somalia (handled by German embassy in Nairobi)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (handled by German embassy in Port of Spain)
Saint Lucia (handled by German embassy in Port of Spain)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (handled by German embassy in Port of Spain)
Suriname (handled by German embassy in Port of Spain; Germany has a consulate in Paramaribo)
Tonga (handled by German embassy in Wellington; Germany has a consulate in Nuku'alofa)
Tuvalu (handled by German embassy in Wellington)
Vanuatu (handled by German embassy in Canberra)
When in a non-EU country where there is no German embassy, German citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.
Travel warnings and "Krisenvorsorgeliste"[]
Germany regularly publishes travel warnings on the website of the Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) to its citizens. The Office allows German citizens to register online in a special list, the Krisenvorsorgeliste ("Crisis-Prevention List") before they travel abroad (Elektronische Erfassung von Deutschen im Ausland [ELEFAND] Electronic Registration of Germans Being Abroad). With a password, the registered persons can change or update their data. The registration is voluntary and free of charge. It can be used for longer stays (longer than 6 months), but also for a vacation of only two weeks. The earliest date of registration is 10 days before the planned trip.
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On April 17, 2020, the German Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) published a worldwide travel warning on its website and advised German citizens not to take unnecessary trips abroad.
Meanwhile (July 2020), the warning has been revoked for other EU countries, the EFTA countries, and the microstates (Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City).
The German Government advises its citizens against traveling to Ireland, Malta, and the United Kingdom because of their strict quarantine prescriptions.
On its website, the Auswärtiges Amt will regularly update travel information.
See also[]
- Foreign relations of Germany
- List of German consuls in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa and Eilat § List of consuls in Eilat
Notes[]
- ^ The German Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
References[]
- ^ Biewer, Ludwig. "The History of the German Foreign Office" (PDF). auswaertiges-amt.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ Amt, Auswärtiges. "The German Missions Abroad". German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ "Liasion Office in Banjul and Bissau".
- ^ "Liasion Office in Banjul and Bissau".
- ^ Germany doesn't recognize Northern Cyprus, but has a visa office in North Nicosia.
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