List of ambassadors of Germany to France explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	Germany to France
Native Name:	Deutscher Botschafter in Frankreich
Insignia:	Plaque of German foreign missions.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Incumbent:	Hans-Dieter Lucas
Incumbentsince:	2020
Style:	Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
Residence:	Paris
Inaugural:	Harry von Arnim
Formation:	1871

This is an incomplete list of ambassadors from Germany to France.

Diplomatic missions

In 1874, the Embassy in Paris was one of only four Germany embassies alongside London, Saint Petersburg, and Vienna, Today, of 226 diplomatic missions abroad, Germany has five diplomatic and consular missions in France. The German Embassy is in Paris.^[1] In 1961, France returned the Hôtel de Beauharnais, the former German embassy in Paris which had been expropriated by France at the end of World War II, as a gesture of solidarity between the two nations.^[2] Additionally, there are four consulates-general in Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Strasbourg.^{[3] [4]}

The Hôtel de Beauharnais in the 7th arrondissement of Paris serves as the official residence of the German Ambassador to France.

Ambassadors

Ambassadors of the German Empire

• 1871–1873: Harry von Arnim^[5]
• 1874–1885: Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
• 1885–1900: Georg Herbert Münster^[6]
• 1900–1910: Hugo von Radolin^[7]
• 1910–1914: Wilhelm von Schoen^[8]

• 1920–1923: Wilhelm Mayer^[9]
• 1924–1932: Leopold von Hoesch^{[10] [11]}

• 1933–1935: Roland Köster
• 1936–1939: Johannes von Welczeck^[12]
• 1940–1944: Otto Abetz^[13]

Ambassadors of the German Democratic Republic

• 1956–1962: Herbert Merkel
• 1962–1962: Herbert Schulze
• 1963–1967: Willi Diebenkorn
• 1967–1973: Gerhard Schramm
• 1973–1974: Gerhard Schramm
• 1974–1976: Ernst Scholz^[14]
• 1976–1984: Werner Fleck
• 1984–1990: Alfred Marter

West Germany

• • 1950–1955: Wilhelm Hausenstein 1955–1958: Vollrath von Maltzan^{[15] [16]}
• 1963–1965: Herbert Blankenhorn^[17]
• 1965–1968: Manfred Klaiber
• 1968–1970: Sigismund von Braun^[18]
• 1970–1972: Hans Hellmuth Ruete
• 1972–1976: Sigismund von Braun^[19]
• 1976–1983: Axel Herbst
• 1983–1987: Franz Jochen Schoeller^[20]
• 1987–1991: Franz Pfeffer

Post-German reunification

• 1991–1995: Jürgen Sudhoff^[21]
• 1995–1998: Immo Stabreit^[22]
• 1998–2000: Peter Hartmann
• 2000–2004: Fritjof von Nordenskjöld
• 2004–2007: Klaus Neubert
  • 2007–2008: Peter Ammon 2008–2012: Reinhard Schäfers
  • 2012–2015: Susanne Wasum-Rainer 2015–2020: Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut^{[23] [4]}
• 2020–date: Hans-Dieter Lucas^[24]

Envoys from the German States (before 1871)

Baden envoys

• 1791: Establishment of diplomatic relations
• 1713–1734: Johann Rudolf Fäsch
• 1761–1762: Ulrich von Thun
• 1772–1781: Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
• 1781–1782: Giorgio di Santi
• 1783–1789: Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
• 1789–1803:
• 1803–1809: Emmerich Joseph von Dalberg
• 1810–1831: Johann Baptist von Pfirdt
• 1831–1843: Christian Friedrich Gerstlacher
• 1843–1846: Franz Xaver von Andlaw-Birseck
• 1846–1871: Ferdinand Allesina von Schweitzer^[25]

Bavarian envoys

Envoys from the Electorate of Bavaria

• 1666: Establishment of diplomatic relations
• 1733–1736: Louis Joseph d’Albert de Luynes von Grimbergen
• 1737–1741: Ignaz von Törring^[26]
• 1741–1742: Louis Joseph d’Albert de Luynes von Grimbergen
• 1742–1743: von Spon
• 1743–1745: Joseph Piosasque de Non
• 1745–1747: Louis Joseph d’Albert de Luynes von Grimbergen^[27]
• 1747–1755:
• 1755–1777: Maximilian von Eyck
• 1778–1787: Karl Heinrich Joseph von Sickingen
• 1787–1799: Vacant
• 1799–1805: Anton von Cetto^[28]

Envoys of the Kingdom of Bavaria

• 1806–1813: Anton von Cetto
• 1813-1817: No relations
  • 1817–1821: Wilibald von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen 1821-1823: Vacant
• 1823–1827: Franz Gabriel von Bray-Steinburg
• 1827–1834: Christian Hubert von Pfeffel
• 1835–1839: Franz Oliver von Jenison-Walworth
  • 1840–1846: Friedrich von Luxburg 1846–1847: Ludwig von Oettingen-Wallerstein
• 1847-1850: Vacant
• 1850–1866: August von Wendland
• 1866–1868: Maximilian Joseph Pergler von Perglas
• 1868–1871: Friedrich von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny
• 1871–1877: Gideon von Rudhart
• 1877–1889: Johann von Reither
• 1889–1896: Heinrich Tucher von Simmelsdorf
• 1896–1903: Rudolph von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen
• 1903–1903: Georg von und zu Guttenberg
• 1903–1906: Karl Moy de Sons
• 1906–1909: Friedrich von Ortenburg
• 1909–1914: Lothar von Ritter zu Groenesteyn
• 1914: End of diplomatic relations

Hanseatic envoys

• 1689–1717: Christophle Brosseau
• 1717–1727: Jacques de Cagny
• 1727–1729: Antoine Poille
• 1730–1776: Luc Courchetet d’Esnans
• 1776–1785: Louis d’Hugie
• 1785–1786: Jean Diodati
• 1786–1793: Michel-Alexis Fauvet de La Flotte
• 1795–1803: Friedrich Joachim Schlüter
• 1803–1810: Konrad Christoph Abel
• 1810–1814: No relations while the Hanseatic cities belonged to the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1814–1823: Konrad Christoph Abel
• 1824–1864: Vincent Rumpff
• 1864–1870: Hermann von Heeren

Prussian envoys

Envoys from the Elector of Brandenburg

• 1648: Establishment of diplomatic relations
• 1626–1649: Abraham de Wicquefort
• 1658: Christoph von Brandt

Ambassadors of the King of Prussia

• 1716–1717: Adam Otto von Viereck
• 1717–1719: Friedrich Ernst zu Innhausen und Knyphausen
• 1721–1751: Jean de Chambrier
• 1751–1754: George Keith
• 1754–1756: Dodo Heinrich zu Innhausen und Knyphausen
• 1756–1763: None due to the Seven Years' War
• 1768–1792: Wilhelm Bernhard von der Goltz
• 1792: Break in relations due to French Revolutionary Wars
  • 1815–1822: Karl von der Goltz 1824–1837: Heinrich von Werther
• 1841–1845: Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim
• 1846–1848: Heinrich Alexander von Arnim
• 1849–1859: Maximilian von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg
• 1859–1861: Albert von Pourtalès
• 1862–1862: Otto von Bismarck
• 1862–1868: Robert Heinrich Ludwig von der Goltz

Ambassadors of the North German Confederation

• 1868–1869: Robert von der Goltz
• 1869–1870: Karl von Werther

Saxon envoys

Envoys from the Electorate of Saxony

• 1664: Establishment of diplomatic relations
• 1709–1720: Burchard von Suhm
• 1720–1729: Carl Heinrich von Hoym
• 1729–1734: Samuel de Brais
• 1735–1737: Vacant
• 1737–1741: Samuel de Brais
• 1741–1753: Johann Adolph von Loß
• 1753–1754: Samuel Gottfried Spinnhirn
• 1754–1755: Claude Marie Noyel Bellegarde d'Entremont
• 1755–1757: Ludwig Siegfried Vitzthum von Eckstädt
• 1757–1768: Kaspar Franz von Fontenay
• 1768–1770:
• 1770–1772: Johann Georg Heinrich von Werthern

Envoys from the Kingdom of Saxony

• 1815–1827: Carl Emil von Üchtritz
• 1827–1828: Georg Rudolf von Gersdorff
• 1828–1849: Hans Heinrich von Könneritz
• 1850–1852: Karl Adolf von Hohenthal-Knauthain
• 1853–1870: Albin Leo von Seebach
• 1870–1871: Vacant

Württemberg envoys

• 1650: Establishment of diplomatic relations
• 1814–1815: Ferdinand Ludwig von Zeppelin
• 1815–1817: R. von Schwarz
• 1817–1820: Peter von Gallatin
• 1821–1838: Bernhard von Mülinen
• 1838–1849: Christian Wilhelm August von Fleischmann
• 1849–1850: Vacant
• 1850–1871: August von Wächter
• 1871: Dissolution of legation

See also

• France–Germany relations
• Lists of ambassadors of Germany

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Germany Embassy in Paris France . www.allemagneenfrance.diplo.de/ . 17 April 2020.
2. News: Times . Special to The New York . Germany Regains Old Paris Embassy . 17 April 2020 . . 21 July 1961.
3. https://allemagneenfrance.diplo.de/fr-de/vertretungen/botschaft Embassy of Germany in Paris
4. Web site: Amt . Auswärtiges . France . auswaertiges-amt.de . . 17 April 2020 . en.
5. News: Complaint of President Grant The French Ambassador in England The Next German Ambassador to France. Etienne Arago's Mission to Italy Garibaidi Again invited to the Assembly. . 11 February 2021 . . 26 February 1871.
6. News: PRINCE MUENSTER RESIGNS.; Gives Up German Ambassadorship at Paris on Account of His Great Age. . 10 February 2021 . . 29 November 1900.
7. News: To be German Ambassador to France. . 11 February 2021 . . 30 November 1900.
8. News: GERMAN ENVOY RECEIVED.; French Recognition of Mayer Restores Pre-War Diplomatic Relations . 11 February 2021 . . 30 September 1920.
9. News: 7 March 1923. DR. WILHELM MAYER IS DEAD AT MUNICH; German Ambassador Left France td the Beginning of the Occupation of the Ruhr.. The New York Times. 11 February 2021.
10. News: 3 February 1924. BERLIN NAMES ENVOYS.; Hoesch Promoted Ambassador to Paris, Keller Sent to Brussels.. The New York Times. 11 February 2021.
11. News: TIMES. Special Cable to THE NEW YORK. 11 April 1936. VON HOESCH DIES; GERMAN DIPLOMAT; Ambassador to London, Under Strain Since Locarno Coup, Succumbs to Heart Attack.. The New York Times. 11 February 2021.
12. News: TIMES. Wireless to THE NEW YORK. 14 August 1939. REICH ENVOY QUITS FRANCE IN A HURRY; Welczeck Is Believed to Be on Way to Report to Hitler on the Situation in Paris. The New York Times. 11 February 2021.
13. News: 30 October 1945. OTTO ABETZ. The New York Times. 11 February 2021.
14. News: Binder . David . East Berlin Guns Fire Over Border; Shooting by Guards Is First Since Early October . 11 February 2021 . . 10 December 1961.
15. News: Times . the New York Times Company by Wireless To the New York . BARON VON MALTZAN AND 5 OTHERS KILLED IN REICH AIR CRASH; Lufthansa Plane Carrying the Ambassador Crumples as One Wing Is Severed. PASSENGERS DIE INSTANTLY Talk of Sabotage Discredited and Cause of Disaster May Never Be Known. GREAT SHOCK TO GERMANY Washington, Where Envoy Was Very Popular, Profoundly Moved -- Fervent Tributes Paid to Him. BARON VON MALTZAN AND 5 OTHERS KILLED . 11 February 2021 . . 24 September 1927.
16. News: Sullivan . Walter . BONN-SOVIET TALK ON TIES STALLED; Complicated Issues Arise in Paris -- Moscow Halts Return of Prisoners . 11 February 2021 . . 15 November 1955.
17. News: Times . Special to The New York . Western European Council Meets Again Without France . 11 February 2021 . . 27 February 1969.
18. News: Middleton . Drew . DE GAULLE IS TOLD OF BONN 'DISQUIET'; Partly Reassures Envoy on Rejection of Unity Talks . 11 February 2021 . . 31 March 1965.
19. News: Sulzberger . C. L. . Foreign Affairs: A New Look in Paris . 11 February 2021 . . 13 March 1968.
20. News: FRENCH JOIN CEREMONY FOR GERMAN WAR DEAD LA CAMBE, France, June 8 (AP) - Officials from France and West Germany gathered today to honor German soldiers who died trying to hold back the Allied forces in Normandy 40 years ago. . 11 February 2021 . . 9 June 1984.
21. News: Markham . James M. . Times . Special To the New York . SPY SCANDAL IN WEST GERMANY WIDENS . 11 February 2021 . . 30 August 1985.
22. News: Tribune . International Herald . Opinion Makings of the Balkan War : Letters to the Editor . 11 February 2021 . . 27 July 1993.
23. Christoph Scheuermann and Christoph Schult (April 18, 2018), Außenpolitik: Maas wechselt deutsche Botschafter aus Spiegel Online.
24. News: Stam . Claire . Grüll . Philipp . Europe must become more sovereign, says German ambassador to France . 10 February 2021 . www.euractiv.com . 7 December 2020.
25. Book: The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe . 1914 . Harrison & Sons . 1337 . 11 February 2021 . en.
26. Book: Freising.) . Antonius von Steichele (abp of Munich and . Das Bisthum Augsburg, historisch und statistisch beschrieben von A. Steichele (fortgesetzt von A. Schröder, F. Zoepfl). . 1883 . 954 . 11 February 2021 . de.
27. Book: "Das" Rheinufer von Coblenz bis Bonn; 12. Band: Mittelrhein : 312 . 1866 . 219 . 11 February 2021 . de.
28. Book: Acton . John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron . Lord Acton and the First Vatican Council: A Journal . 1975 . Catholic Theological Faculty . 978-0-909246-11-2 . X . 11 February 2021 . en.