List of ambassadors of Germany to Switzerland
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The following is a list of German ambassadors in Switzerland, who is also accredited to Liechtenstein. The seat of the embassy is the German Embassy in Bern.
Heads of Mission
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|+ German ambassador in Bern ! width="250" | Name ! width="100" | Image ! width="100" | Term Start ! width="100" | Term End ! width="300" | Notes |
| colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-top: 1pt black solid;" | File:Flag of Germany (1867–1918).svg North German Confederation |
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| Heinrich von Roeder (1804–1884) | | 1868 | 1870 | From 1867, Prussian ambassador |
| colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-top: 1pt black solid;" | File:Flag of Germany (1867–1918).svg / File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg/ File:Flag of Germany 1933.svg / German Empire |
| Heinrich von Roeder (1804–1884) | | 1871 | 1882 |
| Otto von Bülow (1827–1901) | 100px | 1882 | 1892 |
| Clemens Busch (1834–1895) | 100px | 1892 | 1895 |
| Wolfram Freiherr von Rotenhan (1845–1912) | | 1896 | 1897 |
| Alfred von Bülow (1851–1916) | 100px | 1898 | 1912 |
| Konrad Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg (1866–1939) | | 1912 | 1919 |
| Adolf Gustav Müller (1863–1943) | | 1919 | 1933 |
| Ernst Freiherr von Weizsäcker (1882–1951) | 100px | 1933 | 1937 |
| Otto Carl Köcher (1884–1945) | | 1937 | 30 April 1945 | Arrested by American forces on 31 July 1945 and held at a prison camp in Ludwigsburg, where he committed suicide on 27 December 1945 |
| colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1pt black solid; border-top: 1pt black solid;" |File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg/ Federal Republic of Germany |
| Friedrich Holzapfel (1900–1969) | 100px | 1951 | 1958 | Head of mission until April 1952, then envoy until July 1957 |
| Ernst-Günther Mohr (1904–1991) | 100px | 1958 | 1963 |
| Wolfgang von Welck (1901–1973) | | 1963 | 1966 |
| Friedrich Buch (1906–1992) | | 1966 | 1970 |
| |Josef Löns (1910–1974) | 100px | 1970 | 1973{{citation |title=Ab-Lösung |url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-42001280.html |author= |work=Der Spiegel |year=1973 |volume= |issue=21 |series=23 January |pages= |quote= }} |
| Jürgen Diesel (1926–1993) | | 1973 | 1977 |
| Ulrich Lebsanft (1916–2014) | | 1977 | 1981 |
| Helmut Redies (1927–1998) | | 1981 | 1983 |
| Gerhard Fischer (1921–2006) | | 1983 | 1985 |
| Jens Petersen (* 1923) | | 1986 | 1988 |
| Wolfram Dufner (* 1926) | | 1989 | 1991 |
| Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (* 1929) | | 1991 | 1994 |
| Eberhard Heyken (1935–2008) | | 1994 | 1996 |
| Lothar Wittmann (* 1933) | | 1996 | 1998 |
| Klaus Bald (1936–2018) | | 1998 | 2001 |
| Reinhard Hilger (* 1937) | | 2001 | 2003 |
| Frank Elbe (1941–2022) | 100px | 2003 | 2005 |
| Andreas von Stechow (1943–2013) | | 2006 | 2008 |
| Axel Berg (* 1951) | 100px | 2008 | 2011 |
| Peter Gottwald (* 1948) | | 2011 | 2013 |
| Otto Lampe (* 1951) | 100px | 2013 | 2017 |
| Norbert Riedel (* 1960) | 100px | 2017 | 2020 |
| Michael Flügger (* 1959) | | 2020 | |
== Envoys of the German States (before 1871) ==
= Baden envoys =
1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations{{citation|author=Tobias C. Bringmann|date=2001|location=Berlin|pages=20 f|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|title=Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und Deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer|isbn=978-3-11-095684-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXWJpFbz1AoC}}
- 1807–1818: Joseph Albrecht von Ittner (1754–1825)
- 1818–1821: Franz Albert von Friedrich (1775–1843)
- 1821–1826: Vacant
- 1826–1838: Alexander von Dusch (1789–1876) (father of Theodor von Dusch)
- 1838–1843: Ludwig Rüdt von Collenberg-Bödigheim (1799–1885) Resident in Stuttgart
- 1843–1851: August Marschall von Bieberstein (1804–1888)
- 1851–1853: Christian Friedrich Gustav von Berckheim (1817–1889)
- 1853–1872: Ferdinand von Dusch (1819–1889) Resident in Stuttgart
1872: Abolition of the embassy
= Bavarian envoys =
{{Main|List of ambassadors of Bavaria to Switzerland}}
=== Prussian ambassadors ===
{{Main|List of ambassadors of Prussia to Switzerland}}
= Württemberg envoys =
1807: Establishment of diplomatic relationsHerwig John, Hartmut Obst u. a.: Ministerium der auswärtigen Angelegenheiten betr. Württembergische Gesandtschaft in der Schweiz und Württembergisches Konsulat Bern, Hauptstaatsarchiv, Stuttgart, 2000 ([http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=1-5414 online])
- 1807–1812: Johann Baptist Martin von Arand (1743–1821)
- 1812–1814: August Friedrich von Batz (1757–1821)
- 1814–1817: Carl Philipp von Kaufmann (1789–1876)
- 1818–1864: Vacant
- 1865–1867: Carl Hugo von Spitzemberg (1826–1880)
- 1867–1872: Adolf von Ow-Wachendorf (1818–1873)
1873: Abolition of the embassy
== See also ==
External links
- [https://bern.diplo.de/ Website of the German Embassy in Bern]
References
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