List of ambassadors of Germany to Switzerland explained

The following is a list of German ambassadors in Switzerland, who is also accredited to Liechtenstein. The seat of the embassy is the German Embassy in Bern.

Heads of Mission

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ImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
North German Confederation
Heinrich von Roeder
(1804–1884)
18681870From 1867, Prussian ambassador
/ / / German Empire
Heinrich von Roeder
(1804–1884)
18711882
Otto von Bülow
(1827–1901)
18821892
Clemens Busch
(1834–1895)
18921895
Wolfram Freiherr von Rotenhan
(1845–1912)
18961897
Alfred von Bülow
(1851–1916)
18981912
Konrad Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg
(1866–1939)
19121919
Adolf Gustav Müller
(1863–1943)
19191933
Ernst Freiherr von Weizsäcker
(1882–1951)
19331937
Otto Carl Köcher
(1884–1945)
193730 April 1945Arrested by American forces on 31 July 1945 and held at a prison camp in Ludwigsburg, where he committed suicide on 27 December 1945
/ Federal Republic of Germany
Friedrich Holzapfel
(1900–1969)
19511958Head of mission until April 1952, then envoy until July 1957
Ernst-Günther Mohr
(1904–1991)
19581963
Wolfgang von Welck
(1901–1973)
19631966
Friedrich Buch
(1906–1992)
19661970
Josef Löns
(1910–1974)
19701973
Jürgen Diesel
(1926–1993)
19731977
Ulrich Lebsanft
(1916–2014)
19771981
Helmut Redies
(1927–1998)
19811983
Gerhard Fischer
(1921–2006)
19831985
Jens Petersen
(* 1923)
19861988
Wolfram Dufner
(* 1926)
19891991
Werner Graf von der Schulenburg
(* 1929)
19911994
Eberhard Heyken
(1935–2008)
19941996
Lothar Wittmann
(* 1933)
19961998
Klaus Bald
(1936–2018)
19982001
Reinhard Hilger
(* 1937)
20012003
Frank Elbe
(1941–2022)
20032005
Andreas von Stechow
(1943–2013)
20062008
Axel Berg
(* 1951)
20082011
Peter Gottwald
(* 1948)
20112013
Otto Lampe
(* 1951)
20132017
Norbert Riedel
(* 1960)
20172020
Michael Flügger
(* 1959)
2020

Envoys of the German States (before 1871)

Baden envoys

1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations

1872: Abolition of the embassy

Prussian ambassadors

See main article: List of ambassadors of Prussia to Switzerland.

Württemberg envoys

1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations[1]

1873: Abolition of the embassy

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Herwig John, Hartmut Obst u. a.: Ministerium der auswärtigen Angelegenheiten betr. Württembergische Gesandtschaft in der Schweiz und Württembergisches Konsulat Bern, Hauptstaatsarchiv, Stuttgart, 2000 (online)