List of ambassadors of Germany to Spain
This list contains the German ambassadors and heads of mission in Spain. Since 1995, the German ambassador in Madrid has also been double accredited to Andorra and traditionally presents his credentials for Andorra to the Co-Prince of Andorra, the Bishop of Urgell.
History
editThe Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is located on Calle de Fortuny in Madrid.[1] There is a Consulate General located in Barcelona (the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia); Consulates in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (the capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands), Málaga (the capital of the province of Málaga), and La Palma (one of the Canary Islands); and honorary consuls in Almería (the capital of the province of Almería), Alicante (the capital of the province of Alicante), Bilbao (the largest city in the province of Biscay), Menorca (one of the Balearic Islands), Playa Blanca (a town on the island of Lanzarote), Puerto de la Cruz (a city in the northern part of the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands), Santa Cruz de La Palma (capital of the island of La Palma), Valencia (the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia), Vigo (a city in the province of Pontevedra), and Zaragoza (the capital city of the province of Zaragoza).[1]
Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany
editName | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
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/ Federal Republic of Germany | ||||
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria | 1952 | 1956 | ||
Karl Heinrich Knappstein | 1956 | 1958 | ||
Wolfgang von Welck | 1958 | 1963 | Military attaché from 1958–1964: Achim Oster | |
Helmut Allardt | 1963 | 1968 | ||
Hermann Meyer-Lindenberg | 1968 | 1974 | ||
Georg von Lilienfeld | 1974 | 1977 | ||
Lothar Lahn | 1977 | 1982 | ||
Guido Brunner | 1982 | 1992 | ||
Hermann Huber | 1992 | 1995 | ||
Henning Wegener | 1995 | 1999 | ||
Joachim Bitterlich | 1999 | 2002 | [2] | |
Georg Boomgaarden | 2003 | 2005 | [3] | |
Wolf-Ruthart Born | 2006 | 2009 | [4] | |
Reinhard Silberberg | 2009 | 2014 | [5] | |
Peter Tempel | 2014 | 2018 | [6] | |
Wolfgang Dold | 2018 | 2022 | [7] | |
Maria Margarete Gosse | 2022 | Present | [8][9] |
Ambassadors of the German Empire
editName | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
North German Confederation | ||||
Julius von Canitz und Dallwitz | 1867 | 1871 | From 1867: Prussian ambassador | |
/ / / German Empire | ||||
Julius von Canitz und Dallwitz | 1871 | 1874 | ||
Paul von Hatzfeldt | 1874 | 1878 | Envoy | |
Eberhard zu Solms-Sonnenwalde | 1878 | 1887 | Envoy | |
Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm | 1887 | 1892 | Envoy | |
Joseph Maria von Radowitz Jr. | 1892 | 1908 | ||
Christian von Tattenbach | 1908 | 1910 | ||
Max von Ratibor und Corvey | 1910 | 1918 | ||
Vacant | 1918 | 1920 | ||
Leopold von Hoesch | 1920 | 1920 | Chargé d’Affaires from January to October 1920 | |
Ernst Langwerth von Simmern | 1920 | 1925 | ||
Johannes von Welczeck | 1926 | 1936[10] | ||
April to July 1936: Eberhard von Stohrer received his letter of accreditation as ambassador on 24 July 1936, but did not hand it in to the government of the Spanish Republic because the German did not want to commit itself diplomatically to the putsch. | ||||
Hans Hermann Völckers | 1936 | 1939[11] | Chargé d'affaires[12] | |
Wilhelm Faupel | 1936 | 1937[13] | First consul general of the German Empire to Francisco Franco in Salamanca | |
Eberhard von Stohrer | 1937 | 1942[14] | ||
Hans-Adolf von Moltke | 1943 | 1943[15] | ||
Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff | 1943 | 1944[16] | ||
Sigismund von Bibra | 1944 | 1945 | Chargé d'affaires from September 2, 1944 | |
1945 to 1952: No relationship |
Envoys of the German States (before 1871)
editHanoverian envoys
edit- 1863–1866: Adolf von Grote
Hanseatic envoys
editName | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1649: Establishment of diplomatic relations | ||||
Walter Delbrügge | 1649 | 1697 | General Procurator and Plenipotentiary Minister | |
Joseph Delbrügge | 1697 | 1725 | Agent and Minister Plenipotentiary, son of Walter Delbrügge | |
Joseph de Lauro | 1725 | 1728 | Agent and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
Joseph Delbrügge | 1729 | 1732 | Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
Isaac del Grado | 1732 | 1739 | Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
Antoine de Conti | 1739 | 1762 | Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
Johan Frans van der Lepe | 1764 | 1796 | Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
Carl Andreoli | 1796 | 1806 | Resident Minister, full-time Habsburg embassy secretary | |
Wilhelm Ferdinand von Genotte | 1807 | 1809 | Resident minister, full-time from 1806 to 1809 | |
1809 to 1814: Interruption of relations as a result of the Spanish War of Independence (Genotte withdrew to Cádiz) | ||||
Wilhelm Ferdinand von Genotte | 1814 | 1817 | Ministerial resident for Hamburg and Bremen | |
Johann von Provost | 1817 | 1819 | Resident minister, full-time from 1817 to 1819 | |
Lazar von Brunetti | 1819 | 1823 | Resident minister, full-time from 1819 to 1834 | |
Johann Frank von Negelsfürst | 1823 | 1824 | ||
Lazar von Brunetti | 1824 | 1834 | Resident minister, full-time from 1819 to 1834 | |
Johann von Reymond | 1834 | 1837 | Resident minister, 1834 to 1836 full-time | |
1837: Abolition of the ministerial residency, diplomatic representation by the German Empire from 1871 |
Prussian ambassadors
edit1782: Establishment of diplomatic relations
- 1810–1821: Heinrich Wilhelm von Werther
- 1821–1823: Daniel Andreas Berthold von Schepeler
- 1823–1824: Bogislaw von Maltzan
- 1824–1825: Peter Heinrich August von Salviati
- 1825–1835: August von Liebermann
- 1835–1848: Interruption of relations
- 1848–1852: Atanazy Raczyński
- 1853–1864: Ferdinand von Galen
- 1864–1867: Georg von Werthern
- 1867–1874: Julius von Canitz und Dallwitz
From 1867: Ambassador of the North German Confederation, from 1871: Ambassador of the German Empire
Saxon ambassadors
edit1739: Establishment of diplomatic relations
- 1739–1761: Johann Joseph Hyazinth von Kolowrat-Krakowsky
- 1761–1763: k. A
- 1763–1766: Johann Joseph Hyazinth von Kolowrat-Krakowsky
- 1766–1773: Friedrich Magnus von Saul
…
- 1788–1789: Sigismund Ehrenreich Johann von Redern
…
- 1811–1819: Vacant
- 1819–1820: Carl von Friesen
- 1820–1824: Friedrich Bernhard Biedermann
- 1824–1828: Hans Heinrich von Könneritz
- 1828–1852: Interruption of relations
- 1852–1853: Oswald von Fabrice
- 1853–1856: Adolph Keil
- 1856–1870: Vacant
1870: Dissolution of the embassy
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Amt, Auswärtiges. "German missions in Spain". www.auswaertiges-amt.de. German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Joachim Bitterlich, Ambassador ret. – Convoco!". www.convoco.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Harding, Luke (21 September 2012). "Germany's ambassador to the UK, Georg Boomgaarden - your questions answered". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Dr. Wolf-Ruthart Born – IFAIR". Young Initiative on Foreign Affairs and International Relations. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Taylor, Simon (17 June 2014). "Germany appoints Silberberg as ambassador to EU". POLITICO. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Saldaña, Jorge (18 November 2020). "Peter Tempel, Germany Ambassador to Mexico". MEXICONOW. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "GERMAN AMBASSADOR, H.E. WOLFGANG DOLD, VISITS SATCEN". SatCen. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ ""We must always remember that the EU is the heart of a peaceful Europe"". The Diplomat in Spain. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "German ambassador: Europe needs today "unity, strength and resilience"". The Diplomat in Spain. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ March 1926 to April 1936
- ^ July to November. Also embassy councilor Karl C. Schwendemann, Detective Inspector Paul Winzer
- ^ La defensa de Madrid, Hans Völkers
- ^ November 28, 1936 to February 12, 1937. Ambassador in Salamanca February 12, 1937 to August 18, 1937. The Ibero-American Institute awarded him the title of ambassador, his is in the files of the Foreign Office Letter filed in the non-diplomatic department.
- ^ September 23, 1937 – December 16, 1942. Cf Erich W. Gardemann (1963), "Gast bei Juanito", Der Spiegel, 10 January, no. 36 Marine attaché Gerhard Wagner
- ^ January 1, 1943 to March 22, 1943
- ^ March 30, 1943 to September 2, 1944. August 1943 to May 1945 Military Attaché: Hans Doerr