List of ambassadors of Germany to Spain explained

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

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is located on Calle de Fortuny in Madrid. 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

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
/ Federal Republic of Germany
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria19521956
Karl Heinrich Knappstein19561958
Wolfgang von Welck19581963Military attaché from 1958–1964: Achim Oster
Helmut Allardt19631968
Hermann Meyer-Lindenberg19681974
Georg von Lilienfeld19741977
Lothar Lahn19771982
Guido Brunner19821992
Hermann Huber19921995
Henning Wegener19951999
Joachim Bitterlich19992002[2]
Georg Boomgaarden20032005[3]
Wolf-Ruthart Born20062009[4]
Reinhard Silberberg20092014[5]
Peter Tempel20142018[6]
Wolfgang Dold20182022[7]
Maria Margarete Gosse2022Present[8] [9]

Ambassadors of the German Empire

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
North German Confederation
Julius von Canitz und Dallwitz18671871From 1867: Prussian ambassador
/ / / German Empire
Julius von Canitz und Dallwitz18711874
Paul von Hatzfeldt18741878Envoy
Eberhard zu Solms-Sonnenwalde18781887Envoy
Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm18871892Envoy
Joseph Maria von Radowitz Jr.18921908
Christian von Tattenbach19081910
Max von Ratibor und Corvey19101918
Vacant19181920
Leopold von Hoesch19201920Chargé d’Affaires from January to October 1920
Ernst Langwerth von Simmern19201925
Johannes von Welczeck19261936[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 Völckers19361939[11] Chargé d'affaires[12]
Wilhelm Faupel19361937[13] First consul general of the German Empire to Francisco Franco in Salamanca
Eberhard von Stohrer19371942[14]
Hans-Adolf von Moltke19431943[15]
Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff19431944[16]
Sigismund von Bibra19441945Chargé d'affaires from September 2, 1944
1945 to 1952: No relationship

Envoys of the German States (before 1871)

Hanoverian envoys

Hanseatic envoys

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
1649: Establishment of diplomatic relations
Walter Delbrügge16491697General Procurator and Plenipotentiary Minister
Joseph Delbrügge16971725Agent and Minister Plenipotentiary, son of Walter Delbrügge
Joseph de Lauro17251728Agent and Minister Plenipotentiary
Joseph Delbrügge17291732Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary
Isaac del Grado17321739Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary
Antoine de Conti17391762Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary
Johan Frans van der Lepe17641796Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary
Carl Andreoli17961806Resident Minister, full-time Habsburg embassy secretary
Wilhelm Ferdinand von Genotte18071809Resident 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 Genotte18141817Ministerial resident for Hamburg and Bremen
Johann von Provost18171819Resident minister, full-time from 1817 to 1819
Lazar von Brunetti18191823Resident minister, full-time from 1819 to 1834
Johann Frank von Negelsfürst18231824
Lazar von Brunetti18241834Resident minister, full-time from 1819 to 1834
Johann von Reymond18341837Resident minister, 1834 to 1836 full-time
1837: Abolition of the ministerial residency, diplomatic representation by the German Empire from 1871

Prussian ambassadors

1782: Establishment of diplomatic relations

From 1867: Ambassador of the North German Confederation, from 1871: Ambassador of the German Empire

Saxon ambassadors

1739: Establishment of diplomatic relations

1870: Dissolution of the embassy

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amt . Auswärtiges . German missions in Spain . www.auswaertiges-amt.de . . 10 January 2024 . en.
  2. Web site: Joachim Bitterlich, Ambassador ret. – Convoco! . www.convoco.co.uk . 10 January 2024.
  3. News: Harding . Luke . Germany's ambassador to the UK, Georg Boomgaarden - your questions answered . 10 January 2024 . . 21 September 2012.
  4. News: Dr. Wolf-Ruthart Born – IFAIR . 10 January 2024 . . 14 September 2016.
  5. News: Taylor . Simon . Germany appoints Silberberg as ambassador to EU . 10 January 2024 . . 17 June 2014 . en.
  6. News: Saldaña . Jorge . Peter Tempel, Germany Ambassador to Mexico . 10 January 2024 . MEXICONOW . 18 November 2020.
  7. News: GERMAN AMBASSADOR, H.E. WOLFGANG DOLD, VISITS SATCEN . 10 January 2024 . SatCen.
  8. News: "We must always remember that the EU is the heart of a peaceful Europe" . 10 January 2024 . The Diplomat in Spain . 18 September 2023.
  9. News: German ambassador: Europe needs today "unity, strength and resilience" . 10 January 2024 . The Diplomat in Spain . 29 September 2023.
  10. March 1926 to April 1936
  11. July to November. Also embassy councilor Karl C. Schwendemann, Detective Inspector Paul Winzer
  12. La defensa de Madrid, Hans Völkers
  13. 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.
  14. September 23, 1937 – December 16, 1942. Cf Marine attaché Gerhard Wagner
  15. January 1, 1943 to March 22, 1943
  16. March 30, 1943 to September 2, 1944. August 1943 to May 1945 Military Attaché: Hans Doerr