List of ambassadors of Germany to Denmark

The following is a partial list of German diplomatic representatives to Copenhagen in Denmark.

History

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Prussian envoys have been appointed to Copenhagen since 1656, and from the North German Confederation since 1868. The German Empire appointed envoys to Copenhagen since 1871. During the occupation by the German Reich from 1940 to 1945, these were replaced by Reich Plenipotentiaries. In January 1951, a Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany was set up in Copenhagen, which was converted into an embassy in June 1951.

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is currently headed by Prof. Dr. Pascal Hector, Ambassador and is located at Göteborg Plads 1, 2150 Nordhavn, Copenhagen. There are German consuls in Aarhus (the seat of Aarhus Municipality), Haderslev (the administrative seat of Haderslev Municipality), Nuuk (the capital of Greenland), Nørresundby (a city in Aalborg Municipality), Odense (the largest city on the island of Funen), Rønne (the largest town on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea), and Tórshavn (capital of the Faroe Islands).[1]

Envoys from the German States (before 1871)

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Hanseatic envoys

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Gerhard Ernst von Franckenau 1720 1720 Chargé d'affaires (Lübeck only)
Johann Gottfried Masius 1720 1723 Agent (Lübeck only)
Hieronymus Nicolaus Gercken 1723 Agent
Hermann Jacob Forck 1752 1759 Resident (for Bremen from 1757).
Heinrich Carl Meinig 1759 1810 Resident, agent until 1805 (for Hamburg from 1769)
Interruption of relationships as a result French annexation of the Hanseatic cities: 1810-1814
August Wilhelm Pauli 1814 1848 Resident minister, agent until 1829
Vacant: 1848-1855
Friedrich Krüger   1855 1864 Resident Minister
Vacant: 1865-1868[2]

Saxon envoys

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Diplomatic relations were established in 1743.

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Johann von Schade 1700 1703
Ernst Christoph von Manteuffel   1705 1711
Jost Friedrich von Arnstedt 1711 1711
Heinrich Friedrich von Frisen 1714 1715
Hieronymus von Leipziger 1717 1720
Gustav Georg von Völkersahm 1757 1768
Karl Heinrich von Schlitz   1778
Hans Rudolph August von Gersdorf 1815 1808
Benedict Christian von Merbitz 1815 1836

Prussian envoys

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Diplomatic relations were established in 1656.

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Friedrich Christian Hieronymus von Voss 1748 1752
Wilhelm Heinrich Maximilian zu Dohna-Schlobitten 1814 1826
Charles-Gustave de Meuron 1826 1830
Atanazy Raczyński   1830 1842
August Ludwig Schoultz von Ascheraden 1842 1847
Vacant: 1847-1850
Karl von Werther 1850 1854
Alphonse von Oriola 1854 1859
Hermann Ludwig von Balan   1859 1864
Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa   1864 1867 Became Envoy of the North German Confederation in 1867.
Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa   1867 1871 Became Envoy of the German Empire in 1871.

Envoy of the German Empire

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa   1871 1878
Anton von Magnus 1878 1881
Maximilian von Philipsborn 1881 1885
Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm 1885 1887
Egon von den Brincken 1887 1895
Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter 1895 1899
Wilhelm von Schoen 1900 1905
Viktor Henckel von Donnersmarck 1906 1910
Julius von Waldthausen 1910 1912
Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau   1912 1918
Konstantin von Neurath   1919 1922
Frédéric von Rosenberg   1922 1922
Gerhard von Mutius 1923 1926
Ulrich von Hassell   1926 1930
Herbert von Richthofen[3] 1930 1936
Cécil von Renthe-Fink 1936 1942
Werner Best   1942 1945 German occupation of Denmark during World War II
Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Wilhelm Nöldeke[4] 1951 1954 Consul General from January 1951; Ambassador from June 1951
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz   1954 1958
Gerhart Feine 1958 1959
Hans Berger 1959 1963
Friedrich Buch 1963 1966
Klaus Simon 1966 1970
Günther Scholl 1970 1973
Werner Ahrens 1973 1977
Harald Hofmann 1977 1981
Rudolf Jestaedt 1981 1986
Helmut Redies 1986 1987
Rüdiger von Pachelbel 1988 1991
Hermann Gründel 1991 1996
Johann Dreher 1997 2001
Johannes Dohmes 2001 2005
Gerhard Nourney 2005 2008
Christoph Jessen 2008 2011
Michael Zenner 2011 2014
Claus Robert Krumrei 2014 2017
Andreas Meitzner 2017 2019
Detlev Rünger   2019 2021
Pascal Hector 2021 Present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Amt, Auswärtiges. "German missions in Denmark". www.auswaertiges-amt.de. German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ^ Hamburgischer Staats-Kalender auf das Jahr 1867, Nestler & Melle, Hamburg 1867, S. 89
  3. ^ "Richthofen'scher Familienverband" (Die Familie in der Zeit der Weltkriege von 1914 bis 1945). Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  4. ^ bundesarchiv.de