The Federal Republic of Germany manages 227 diplomatic missions abroad. Of these, 153 are embassies, 52 consulates-general, 7 consulates, and 12 multilateral missions, making it one of the world's largest diplomatic networks.
In addition, there are 337 honorary consuls, which are not included in this list. Furthermore, Germany maintains a representative office in Ramallah and an institute in Taipei, which serves as de facto embassies to the State of Palestine and Taiwan, respectively.
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.
History
Historically, the German state of Prussia and several smaller German states had sent emissaries abroad prior to the establishment of the North German Confederation, a 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 City, 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 & 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.
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 Czechoslovak and Hungarian governments, accelerating the collapse of socialist hegemony in Eastern Europe.
Current missions
Africa
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Algiers | Embassy | ||
| Angola | Luanda | Embassy | ||
| Benin | Cotonou | Embassy | ||
| Botswana | Gaborone | Embassy | ||
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Embassy | ||
| Burundi | Bujumbura | Embassy | ||
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Chad | N'Djamena | Embassy | ||
| Congo-Brazzaville | Brazzaville | Embassy | ||
| Congo-Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Embassy | ||
| Djibouti | Djibouti City | Embassy | International Organizations:
| |
| Egypt | Cairo | Embassy | ||
| Eritrea | Asmara | Embassy | ||
| Eswatini | Mbabane | Liaison office | ||
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Embassy | International Organizations:
| |
| Gabon | Libreville | Embassy | Countries:
International Organizations: | |
| Gambia | Banjul | Embassy | ||
| Ghana | Accra | Embassy | ||
| Guinea | Conakry | Embassy | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | Liaison office | ||
| Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Embassy | ||
| Kenya | Nairobi | Embassy | Countries:
International Organizations:
| |
| 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 | Abuja | Embassy | International Organizations: | |
| Lagos | Consulate-General | |||
| Rwanda | Kigali | Embassy | ||
| Senegal | Dakar | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | Embassy | ||
| South Africa | Pretoria | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Cape Town | Consulate-General | |||
| South Sudan | Juba | Embassy | ||
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Dodoma | Liaison office | |||
| Togo | Lomé | Embassy | ||
| Tunisia | Tunis | Embassy | ||
| Uganda | Kampala | Embassy | ||
| Zambia | Lusaka | Embassy | International Organizations: | |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | Embassy |
- Embassy in Dar es Salaam
- Embassy in Lilongwe
- Embassy in Maputo
- Embassy in Monrovia
Americas
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | Embassy | ||
| Bolivia | La Paz | Embassy | ||
| Brazil | Brasília | Embassy | ||
| Porto Alegre | Consulate-General | |||
| Recife | Consulate-General | |||
| Rio de Janeiro | Consulate-General | |||
| São Paulo | Consulate-General | |||
| Canada | Ottawa | Embassy | ||
| Montreal | Consulate-General | |||
| Toronto | Consulate-General | |||
| Vancouver | Consulate-General | |||
| Chile | Santiago de Chile | 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 | Countries:
| |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | Embassy | ||
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Embassy | ||
| Jamaica | Kingston | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Mexico | Mexico City | Embassy | ||
| Nicaragua | Managua | Embassy | ||
| Panama | Panama City | Embassy | ||
| Paraguay | Asunción | Embassy | ||
| Peru | Lima | Embassy | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| United States | Washington, D.C. | Embassy | International Organizations:
| |
| Atlanta | Consulate-General | |||
| Boston | Consulate-General | |||
| Chicago | Consulate-General | |||
| Houston | Consulate-General | |||
| Los Angeles | Consulate-General | |||
| Miami | Consulate-General | |||
| New York City | Consulate-General | |||
| San Francisco | Consulate-General | |||
| Uruguay | Montevideo | Embassy | ||
| Venezuela | Caracas | Embassy |
- Building hosting the Embassy in Guatemala City
- Embassy in Mexico City
- Embassy in Montevideo
- Embassy in Port of Spain
- Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro
- Embassy in Santiago
- Embassy in Washington, D.C.
- Consulate-General and Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City
- Consulate-General in San Francisco
Asia
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Countries:
| |
| Bengaluru | Consulate-General | |||
| Chennai | Consulate-General | |||
| Kolkata | Consulate-General | |||
| Mumbai | Consulate-General | |||
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Embassy | Countries:
International Organizations: | |
| Iraq | Baghdad | Embassy | ||
| Erbil | Consulate-General | |||
| Iran | Tehran | Embassy | ||
| Israel | Tel Aviv | Embassy | ||
| Japan | Tokyo | Embassy | ||
| Osaka | Consulate-General | |||
| Jordan | Amman | Embassy | ||
| Kazakhstan | Astana | Embassy | ||
| Almaty | Consulate-General | |||
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | Embassy | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Embassy | ||
| Laos | Vientiane | Embassy | ||
| Lebanon | Beirut | Embassy | ||
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Embassy | ||
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Embassy | ||
| Myanmar | Yangon | Embassy | ||
| Nepal | Kathmandu | Embassy | ||
| Oman | Muscat | Embassy | ||
| Pakistan | Islamabad | Embassy | ||
| Karachi | Consulate-General | |||
| Palestine | Ramallah | Representative Office | ||
| Philippines | Manila | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Qatar | Doha | Embassy | ||
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | Taipei | Institute | ||
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Embassy | ||
| Jeddah | Consulate-General | |||
| Singapore | Singapore | Embassy | ||
| South Korea | Seoul | Embassy | ||
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Syria | Damascus | Embassy | ||
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Embassy | ||
| Thailand | Bangkok | Embassy | ||
| Turkey | Ankara | Embassy | ||
| Istanbul | Consulate-General | |||
| İzmir | Consulate-General | |||
| Antalya | Consulate | |||
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | Embassy | ||
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Embassy | ||
| Dubai | Consulate-General | |||
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Embassy | ||
| Vietnam | Hanoi | Embassy | ||
| Ho Chi Minh City | Consulate-General |
- Embassy in Ankara
- Consulate-General in Istanbul
- Embassy in Baghdad
- Embassy in Damascus
- Embassy in Dhaka
- Embassy in Hanoi
- Embassy in Muscat
- Consulate-General in Shanghai
- Embassy in Tokyo
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Osaka
- Embassy in Vientiane
- Embassy in Yerevan
Europe
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Tirana | Embassy | ||
| Austria | Vienna | Embassy | ||
| Belarus | Minsk | Embassy | ||
| Belgium | Brussels | Embassy | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Embassy | ||
| 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 | Countries:
| |
| Bordeaux | Consulate-General | |||
| Lyon | Consulate-General | |||
| Marseille | Consulate-General | |||
| Strasbourg | Consulate-General | |||
| Greece | Athens | Embassy | ||
| Thessaloniki | Consulate-General | |||
| Holy See | Rome | Embassy | Sovereign Entity: | |
| Hungary | Budapest | Embassy | ||
| Iceland | Reykjavík | Embassy | ||
| Ireland | Dublin | Embassy | ||
| Italy | Rome | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Milan | Consulate-General | |||
| Kosovo | Pristina | Embassy | ||
| Latvia | Riga | Embassy | ||
| Lithuania | Vilnius | Embassy | ||
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | Embassy | ||
| Malta | Valletta | Embassy | ||
| Moldova | Chişinău | Embassy | ||
| Montenegro | Podgorica | Embassy | ||
| Netherlands | The Hague | Embassy | ||
| Amsterdam | Consulate-General | |||
| North Cyprus | North Nicosia | Embassy Office | ||
| North Macedonia | Skopje | Embassy | ||
| Norway | Oslo | Embassy | ||
| Poland | Warsaw | Embassy | ||
| Gdańsk | Consulate-General | |||
| Kraków | Consulate-General | |||
| Wrocław | Consulate-General | |||
| Opole | Consulate | |||
| Portugal | Lisbon | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Romania | Bucharest | Embassy | ||
| Sibiu | Consulate | |||
| Timișoara | Consulate | |||
| Russia | Moscow | Embassy | ||
| Saint Petersburg | Consulate-General | |||
| Serbia | Belgrade | Embassy | ||
| Slovakia | Bratislava | Embassy | ||
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | Embassy | ||
| Spain | Madrid | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Barcelona | Consulate-General | |||
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Consulate | |||
| Málaga | Consulate | |||
| Palma de Mallorca | Consulate | |||
| Sweden | Stockholm | Embassy | ||
| Switzerland | Bern | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | Embassy | ||
| United Kingdom | London | Embassy | ||
| Edinburgh | Consulate-General |
- Embassy in Belgrade
- Embassy in Bern
- Embassy in Bratislava
- Embassy in Budapest
- Embassy in Copenhagen
- Embassy in The Hague
- Embassy in Helsinki
- Embassy in Kyiv
- Embassy in Lisbon
- Embassy in Ljubljana
- Embassy in London
- Embassy in Madrid
- Embassy in Minsk
- Embassy in Moscow
- Consulate-General in Saint Petersburg
- Embassy in Oslo
- Embassy in Reykjavík
- Embassy in Riga
- Embassy in Rome
- Embassy in Sarajevo
- Embassy in Sofia
- Embassy in Stockholm
- Embassy in Tallinn
- Embassy in Tirana
- Embassy in Vienna
- Embassy in Warsaw
- Consulate-General in Wrocław
Oceania
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Canberra | Embassy | Countries:
| |
| Sydney | Consulate-General | |||
| Fiji | Suva | Embassy | ||
| New Zealand | Wellington | Embassy | Countries:
|
- Embassy in Canberra
Multilateral organisations
| Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference on Disarmament | Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | ||
| Council of Europe | Strasbourg | France | Permanent Mission | ||
| European Union | Brussels | Belgium | Permanent Representation | ||
| Food and Agriculture Organization | Rome | Italy | Permanent Representation | International Organizations:
| |
| NATO | Brussels | Belgium | Permanent Delegation | ||
| OECD | Paris | France | Permanent Representation | ||
| OPCW | The Hague | Netherlands | Permanent Representation | ||
| OSCE | Vienna | Austria | Permanent Representation | ||
| United Nations | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | ||
| Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations:
| ||
| Vienna | Austria | Permanent Mission | International Organizations:
| ||
| UNESCO | Paris | France | Permanent Representation |
Closed missions
Africa
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | Bangui | Embassy | 1997 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Embassy | 2021 | |
| Lesotho | Maseru | Embassy | 1994 | |
| Sudan | Khartoum | Embassy | 2023 |
Americas
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Seattle | Consulate | 2000 |
Asia
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Kabul | Embassy | 2021 | |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | Consulate-General | 2021 | ||
| North Korea | Pyongyang | Embassy | 2020 | |
| South Vietnam | Saigon | Embassy | 1975 | |
| Yemen | Sana'a | Embassy | 2015 |
Europe
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banja Luka | Liaison office | 2012 | |
| East Germany | East Berlin | Permanent Mission | 1989/1990 | |
| Italy | Naples | Consulate-General | 2013 |
Oceania
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | Embassy | 1999 |
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 preparedness 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 3 months), but also for a vacation of only two weeks. The earliest date of registration is 10 days before the planned trip.
See also
- Foreign relations of Germany
- List of diplomatic missions in Germany
- PSA BPOL the security team of Germany tasked with providing protection for German embassies abroad
- List of German consuls in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa and Eilat § List of consuls in Eilat
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