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

The 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

The new building of the German Embassy, built in 1967, architect: Alexander von Branca
Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Federal Republic of Germany/ 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

The German Embassy building in Madrid (about 1930) on the Paseo de la Castellana
Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
North German Confederation North German Confederation
Julius von Canitz und Dallwitz 1867 1871 From 1867: Prussian ambassador
North German Confederation / German Empire/ German Empire / 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)

Hanoverian envoys

Hanseatic envoys

Name 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

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

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1870: Dissolution of the embassy

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Amt, Auswärtiges. "German missions in Spain". www.auswaertiges-amt.de. German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Joachim Bitterlich, Ambassador ret. – Convoco!". www.convoco.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ^ Harding, Luke (21 September 2012). "Germany's ambassador to the UK, Georg Boomgaarden - your questions answered". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Dr. Wolf-Ruthart Born – IFAIR". Young Initiative on Foreign Affairs and International Relations. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ^ Taylor, Simon (17 June 2014). "Germany appoints Silberberg as ambassador to EU". POLITICO. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  6. ^ Saldaña, Jorge (18 November 2020). "Peter Tempel, Germany Ambassador to Mexico". MEXICONOW. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  7. ^ "GERMAN AMBASSADOR, H.E. WOLFGANG DOLD, VISITS SATCEN". SatCen. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  8. ^ ""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.
  9. ^ "German ambassador: Europe needs today "unity, strength and resilience"". The Diplomat in Spain. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  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 Erich W. Gardemann (1963), "Gast bei Juanito", Der Spiegel, 10 January, no. 36 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