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The following is a partial list of German ambassadors to Austria.

History

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Prior to the North German Confederation, there were Ambassadors to Austria from Prussia, Saxony, and Württemberg among others.

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is in Vienna at Gauermanngasse 2-4, 1030 Wien, and the current Ambassador is Vito Cecere.[1] There are consuls located in Bregenz (the capital of Vorarlberg), Graz (the capital of Styria), Innsbruck (the capital of Tyrol), Linz (the capital of Upper Austria), and Salzburg (the capital of Salzburg).[1]

Ambassador

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
North German Confederation North German Confederation
Karl von Werther 1867 1869[2] Previously the Prussian ambassador to Austria (from 1859)
Hans Lothar von Schweinitz 1869 1871
North German Confederation / German Empire/ German Empire / German Empire
Hans Lothar von Schweinitz 1871 1876
Graf Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode 1876 1878
Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss 1878 1894
Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld 1894 1902
Karl von Wedel 1902 1907
Heinrich Leonhard von Tschirschky und Bögendorff 1907 1916
Botho von Wedel[3] 1916 1919
Prince Wilhelm zu Stolberg-Wernigerode 1919 1920
Frederic von Rosenberg 1920 1922
Maximilian Pfeiffer 1922 1926
Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg 1926 1931
Kurt Rieth 1931 1934
Franz von Papen 1934 1938
"Annexation" of Austria to the German Reich: 1938–1945
Federal Republic of Germany/ Federal Republic of Germany
Carl-Hermann Müller-Graaf 1953 1961
Friedrich Janz[4] 1961 1963
Josef Löns 1963 1970
Hans Schirmer 1970 1974
Horst Grabert 1974 1979
Maximilian von Podewils-Dürniz[5] 1979 1982
Hans Heinrich Noebel[6] 1982 1986
Dietrich Graf von Brühl 1986 1990
Philipp Jenninger 1991 1995
Ursula Seiler-Albring 1995 1999
Wiltrud Holik 1999 2002
Hans-Henning Horstmann 2002 2006
Gerd Westdickenberg 2006 2009
Hans Henning Blomeyer-Bartenstein 2009 2012
Detlev Rünger 2012 2015
Johannes Haindl 2015 2019
Ralf Beste 2019 2022
Michael Klor-Berchtold) 2022 2023
Vito Cecere since 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Amt, Auswärtiges. "German missions in Austria". www.auswaertiges-amt.de. German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ Bundesgesetzblatt des Norddeutschen Bundes 1868, Seite 2 auf Wikisource.
  3. ^ Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland (PDF; 171 kB).
  4. ^ Bundesregierung, Germany (West) (1982). Die Kabinettsprotokolle der Bundesregierung: 1956 (in German). Boldt. p. 149. ISBN 978-3-486-56281-1. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Maximilian Graf von Podewils-Dürniz". www.munzinger.de. Munzinger Biographie. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Wo Kiesinger noch Herr Bundeskanzler ist", Der Spiegel, 5 January, no. 32, 1971
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