List of ambassadors of Austria to Germany

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The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Germany is the Republic of Austria's foremost diplomatic representative in Germany. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the Cabinet of Germany. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in Berlin.{{cite web |last1=Österreich |first1=Außenministerium der Republik |title=Österreichische Botschaft Berlin |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/oeb-berlin |website=www.bmeia.gv.at |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=de-AT}}

History

In the last phase of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806), Austria sent an embassy (1662 to 1806) to the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg. After the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813) and the Congress of Vienna (1815), this was followed by an embassy to the German Confederation (1815–1866), in which 35 sovereign princes and four free cities had joined forces.

From 1815 to 1866, Austria sent diplomatic representatives to the Federal Convention (Bundestag) of the German Confederation in Frankfurt am Main, and from 1871 to the Imperial Court of the German Empire in Berlin.

In addition, some of the Habsburg embassies founded in the 16th century in individual German states continued to exist until the 1920s.

Heads of Mission

= Ambassador to the German Confederation =

Since the Austrian Empire was a member state of the German Confederation, it was not represented in the sense of a foreign state. Like the other members, Austria sent a representative to the Federal Convention. According to the Federal Act, the Austrian representative presided over the Federal Convention and conducted its affairs. Austria was therefore called the "Bundespräsidium" (roughly chairman of the federation). In practice, this was more of an honorary title.

In parallel to the representative in the Federal Convention, there was also temporarily an Austrian embassy to the Free City of Frankfurt.

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| {{sortname|Franz Joseph von|Albini|Franz von Albini}}

|rowspan="5"| German Confederation

| {{datesort|1815-12-16|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Johann Rudolf von|Buol-Schauenstein}}

| {{datesort|1823-02-24|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Joachim Eduard von|Münch-Bellinghausen}}

| {{datesort|1848-03-12|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Franz von|Colloredo-Wallsee}}

| {{datesort|1848-05-14|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Anton von|Schmerling}}

| Later Interior Minister of the Austrian Empire

| {{datesort|1848-07-12|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Karl Ludwig von|Bruck|k=Politiker}}

| Later Finance Minister of the Austrian Empire

| Provisional Central Power

| {{datesort|1848-10-01|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Friedrich von|Thun und Hohenstein}}

|rowspan="4"| German Confederation

| {{datesort|1852-11-01|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Anton|Prokesch von Osten|Anton von Prokesch-Osten}}

| {{datesort|1855-10-12|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Bernhard von|Rechberg}}

| {{datesort|1859-05-04|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Alois|Kübeck von Kübau}}

| {{datesort|1866-08-24|style=text-align:right}}

= Ambassador to the German Empire=

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Austro-Hungarian ambassador (until 1918) and envoy of the First Republic of Austria (from 1919) to the government of the German Empire (until 1918), the Weimar Republic (from 1919) and National Socialist Germany (from 1933).

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| {{sortname|Alajos|Károlyi}}

| Ambassador

|rowspan="4" data-sort-value="Franz Joseph 1"| Franz Joseph I

|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Wilhelm 1"| William I

| {{datesort|1878-11-03|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Emmerich|Széchényi|Imre Széchényi}}

| Ambassador

| {{datesort|1892-10-10|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Ladislaus von|Szögyény-Marich|László Szőgyény-Marich Jr.}}

| Ambassador

| {{datesort|1914-08-04|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Gottfried zu|Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst|Prince Gottfried von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst}}

| Ambassador

|data-sort-value="Wilhelm 2"| William II

| {{datesort|1918-11-11|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Ludwig Moritz|Hartmann|Ludo Moritz Hartmann}}

| Envoy

| {{sortname|Karl|Renner}}

| Council of the People's Deputies

| {{datesort|1920-11-01|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Riedl}}

| Envoy

| {{sortname|Michael|Mayr}}

| {{sortname|Constantin|Fehrenbach}}

| {{datesort|1925-06-30|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Felix|Frank}}

| Envoy

| {{sortname|Rudolf|Ramek}}

| {{sortname|Hans|Luther}}

| {{datesort|1932-11-30|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Josef|Meindl}}

| Chargé d'Affaires

| {{sortname|Karl|Buresch}}

|data-sort-value="Papen"| Papen cabinet

| {{datesort|1933-03-11|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Stephan|Tauschitz}}

| {{sortname|Engelbert|Dollfuß}}

|data-sort-value="Hitler"| Hitler cabinet

| {{datesort|1938-03-13|style=text-align:right}}

= Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany =

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Ambassador of the Second Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany, from 1950 in Bonn, since 1999 in Berlin.

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| {{datesort|1950-05-25|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Josef|Schöner}}

| Head of the Liaison Office

| {{sortname|Leopold|Figl}}

|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Adenauer 1"| First Adenauer cabinet

| {{datesort|1953-06-28|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1953-09-14|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Heinrich|Schmid|Heinrich Schmid (diplomat)}}

| Head of the Liaison Office

|rowspan=4| {{sortname|Julius|Raab}}

| {{datesort|1954-03-10|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1954-03-31|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Adrian|Rotter}}

|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Adenauer 2"| Second Adenauer cabinet

| {{datesort|1955-03-10|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1956-01-06|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Adrian|Rotter}}

| Ambassador

| {{datesort|1958-03-22|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1958-04-18|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Josef|Schöner}}

|data-sort-value="Adenauer 3"| Third Adenauer cabinet

| {{datesort|1966-01-31|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1966-02-17|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Karl|Gruber|k=Politiker, 1909}}

| {{sortname|Josef|Klaus}}

|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Erhard 2"| Second Erhard cabinet

| {{datesort|1966-05-01|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1966-07-29|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Rudolf|Ender}}

| {{sortname|Josef|Klaus}}

| {{datesort|1970-07-29|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1970-12-15|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Willfried|Gredler}}

|rowspan=2| {{sortname|Bruno|Kreisky}}

|data-sort-value="Brandt 1"| First Brandt cabinet

| {{datesort|1977-12-20|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1978-01-06|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Franz|Pein}}

|data-sort-value="Schmidt 2"| Second Schmidt cabinet

| {{datesort|1983-07-25|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1983-08-30|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Willibald|Pahr}}

|rowspan=2| {{sortname|Fred|Sinowatz}}

|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Kohl 2"| Second Kohl cabinet

| {{datesort|1991-12-31|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1986-01-30|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Friedrich|Bauer|Friedrich Bauer (diplomat)}}

| {{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Stephen |title=Who's who in Austria |date=1996 |publisher=Intercontinental Book and Publishing Company |isbn=978-88-85246-30-0 |page=784 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Who_s_who_in_Austria/DXJmAAAAMAAJ |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=en}}

| {{datesort|1990-10-05|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1990-10-10|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Herbert|Grubmayr}}

| {{cite book |title=Peaceworks |date=1995 |publisher=The Institute |page=39 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Peaceworks/VuCNSoDsr9MC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA39 |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=en}}

|rowspan=2| {{sortname|Franz|Vranitzky}}

|data-sort-value="Kohl 3"| Third Kohl cabinet

| {{datesort|1993-01-23|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1993-02-03|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Fritz|Hoess}}

| {{cite book |title=Austrian Information |date=1985 |page=1 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Austrian_Information/SA5QAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA20-PA1 |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=en}}

|data-sort-value="Kohl 4"| Fourth Kohl cabinet

| {{datesort|1997-12-26|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1998-02-16|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Markus|Lutterotti}}

| Bonn office

|rowspan=2| {{sortname|Viktor|Klima}}

|data-sort-value="Kohl 5"| Fifth Kohl cabinet

| {{datesort|1999-08-12|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|1999-08-13|style=text-align:right}}

| Markus Lutterotti

| Berlin{{cite book |last1=Cede |first1=Franz |last2=Prosl |first2=Christian |title=Ambition and Reality: Austria's Foreign Policy since 1945 |date=7 December 2016 |publisher=StudienVerlag |isbn=978-3-7065-5863-1 |page=177 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ambition_and_Reality/3rt4DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT177 |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=de}}

|data-sort-value="Schroder 1"| First Schröder cabinet

| {{datesort|2002-11-16|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|2003|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Christian|Prosl}}

| {{cite news |last1=Editorial |title=Diplomatic Dance: Awards and Heroic Feats Draft |url=https://washingtonlife.com/2011/02/04/diplomatic-dance-awards-and-heroic-feats-draft/ |access-date=17 January 2025 |work=Washington Life Magazine |date=February 4, 2011}}

| {{sortname|Wolfgang|Schüssel}}

|data-sort-value="Schroder 2"| Second Schröder cabinet

| {{datesort|2009|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|2009-12-12|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Ralph|Scheide}}

| {{cite book |last1=Schröter |first1=Gottfried |title=Berlin - I love you |date=1 August 2024 |publisher=Novum Publishing |isbn=978-1-64268-779-8 |page=152 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Berlin_I_love_you/_mUXEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT152 |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=en}}

|rowspan=2| {{sortname|Werner|Faymann}}

|data-sort-value="Merkel 1"| First Merkel cabinet

| {{datesort|2015|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|2015-02-17|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Nikolaus|Marschik}}

| {{cite news |last1=Österreich |first1=Außenministerium der Republik |title=Nikolaus Marschik Appointed as New Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/ministerium/presse/aktuelles/2023/09/nikolaus-marschik-appointed-as-new-secretary-general-of-the-foreign-ministry |access-date=17 January 2025 |work=www.bmeia.gv.at}}

|data-sort-value="Merkel 2"| Second Merkel cabinet

| {{datesort|2017|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|2017-12-15|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Huber|Peter Huber (diplomat)}}

| {{cite web |title=Peter Huber |url=https://humanitariancongress.at/speaker/peter-huber/ |website=humanitariancongress.at |publisher=Humanitarian Congress Vienna |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=de}}

| Christian Kern

|data-sort-value="Merkel 3"| Third Merkel cabinet

| {{datesort|2022|style=text-align:right}}

| {{datesort|2022-06-21|style=text-align:right}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Linhart}}

| Former Foreign Minister{{cite news |last1=Bennhold |first1=Katrin |title=Fake Polls and Tabloid Coverage on Demand: The Dark Side of Sebastian Kurz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/world/europe/austria-sebastian-kurz-scandal-chancellor.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=17 January 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=17 October 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Österreich |first1=Außenministerium der Republik |title=Das Botschaftsteam |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/oeb-berlin/ueber-uns/das-botschaftsteam |website=www.bmeia.gv.at |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=de-AT}}

| Karl Nehammer

|data-sort-value="Scholz"| Scholz cabinet

References

External links

[https://www.bmeia.gv.at/berlin Official website of the Austrian Embassy, Berlin]

Germany

Austria

*Ambassadors of Austria to Germany

List of ambassadors of Austria to Germany

History

Heads of Mission

= Ambassador to the German Confederation =

= Ambassador to the German Empire=

= Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany =

See also

References

External links