The Federal Republic of Germany manages 227 diplomatic missions abroad. Of these, 153 are embassies, 52 consulates-general, 7 consulates, and 12 multilateral missions, making it one of the world's largest diplomatic networks.
In addition, there are 337 honorary consuls, which are not included in this list. Furthermore, Germany maintains a representative office in Ramallah and an institute in Taipei, which serves as de facto embassies to the State of Palestine and Taiwan, respectively.
When in a non-EU country where there is no German embassy, German citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.
History Historically, the German state of Prussia and several smaller German states had sent emissaries abroad prior to the establishment of the North German Confederation, a precursor to the modern Federal Republic of Germany.
In 1874, Germany had only four embassies (in London, Paris, Saint Petersburg, and Vienna), but this was complemented by non-ambassadorial representation in the form of 14 ministerial posts (in Athens, Bern, Brussels, The Hague, Constantinople, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, Stockholm, Peking, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C., and to the Holy See), seven consulates-general with diplomatic status (in Alexandria, Belgrade, Bucharest, London, New York City, Budapest, and Warsaw), and 37 consulates and vice-consulates headed by consular officers. By 1914, five additional embassies were established in Constantinople, Madrid, Rome, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo. The Foreign Office progressively reformed itself at this time to serve Germany's rising commercial and colonial interests abroad, as well as to reflect the professionalization of diplomacy generally.
Politics of the Third Reich affected the Foreign Office. In 1935 the Reich Citizenship Act led to the forced retirement of over 120 tenured civil servants. Positions and structures were created to imbed NSDAP representatives, and the SS began to be posted abroad as "police attachés". Under Joachim von Ribbentrop the Reich Foreign Ministry grew from 2,665 officers in 1938 to a peak of 6,458 in 1943, despite missions abroad closing as a consequence of the Second World War.
Germany's post-war diplomatic network started as early as 1949 with a mission in Paris to the newly formed Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The following year consulates-general were (re)opened in London, New York City, Paris, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Brussels, Rome, and Athens (until 1951 these were not embassies, as by virtue of the Occupation Statute the three allied powers had competence of foreign affairs; these consulates were intended to just manage commercial & consular affairs). West Germany's Federal Foreign Office grew, and by the time of Germany's reunification in 1990, there were 214 diplomatic missions abroad. Following German reunification, the Federal Republic inherited several diplomatic representations of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of former East Germany.
The West German embassy in Stockholm was occupied by the Red Army Faction in 1975. In 1989 its embassies in Budapest and Prague sheltered fleeing East Germans while waiting for permission to travel onwards to West Germany; permission was subsequently given by the Czechoslovak and Hungarian governments, accelerating the collapse of socialist hegemony in Eastern Europe.
Current missions
Africa Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Algiers Embassy Luanda Embassy Cotonou Embassy Gaborone Embassy Ouagadougou Embassy Bujumbura Embassy Yaoundé Embassy N'Djamena Embassy Brazzaville Embassy Kinshasa Embassy Djibouti City Embassy Cairo Embassy Asmara Embassy Mbabane Liaison office Addis Ababa Embassy Libreville Embassy Banjul Embassy Accra Embassy Conakry Embassy Bissau Liaison office Abidjan Embassy Nairobi Embassy Monrovia Embassy Tripoli Embassy Antananarivo Embassy Lilongwe Embassy Bamako Embassy Nouakchott Embassy Rabat Embassy Maputo Embassy Windhoek Embassy Niamey Embassy Abuja Embassy Lagos Consulate-General Kigali Embassy Dakar Embassy Freetown Embassy Pretoria Embassy Cape Town Consulate-General Juba Embassy Dar es Salaam Embassy Dodoma Liaison office Lomé Embassy Tunis Embassy Kampala Embassy Lusaka Embassy Harare Embassy
Americas Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Buenos Aires Embassy La Paz Embassy Brasília Embassy Porto Alegre Consulate-General Recife Consulate-General Rio de Janeiro Consulate-General São Paulo Consulate-General Ottawa Embassy Montreal Consulate-General Toronto Consulate-General Vancouver Consulate-General Santiago de Chile Embassy Bogotá Embassy San José Embassy Havana Embassy Santo Domingo Embassy Quito Embassy San Salvador Embassy Guatemala City Embassy Port-au-Prince Embassy Tegucigalpa Embassy Kingston Embassy Mexico City Embassy Managua Embassy Panama City Embassy Asunción Embassy Lima Embassy Port of Spain Embassy Washington, D.C. Embassy Atlanta Consulate-General Boston Consulate-General Chicago Consulate-General Houston Consulate-General Los Angeles Consulate-General Miami Consulate-General New York City Consulate-General San Francisco Consulate-General Montevideo Embassy Caracas Embassy
Asia Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Yerevan Embassy Baku Embassy Manama Embassy Dhaka Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan Embassy Phnom Penh Embassy Beijing Embassy Chengdu Consulate-General Guangzhou Consulate-General Hong Kong Consulate-General Shanghai Consulate-General Shenyang Consulate-General Tbilisi Embassy New Delhi Embassy Bengaluru Consulate-General Chennai Consulate-General Kolkata Consulate-General Mumbai Consulate-General Jakarta Embassy Baghdad Embassy Erbil Consulate-General Tehran Embassy Tel Aviv Embassy Tokyo Embassy Osaka Consulate-General Amman Embassy Astana Embassy Almaty Consulate-General Kuwait City Embassy Bishkek Embassy Vientiane Embassy Beirut Embassy Kuala Lumpur Embassy Ulaanbaatar Embassy Yangon Embassy Kathmandu Embassy Muscat Embassy Islamabad Embassy Karachi Consulate-General Ramallah Representative Office Manila Embassy Doha Embassy Taipei Institute Riyadh Embassy Jeddah Consulate-General Singapore Embassy Seoul Embassy Colombo Embassy Damascus Embassy Dushanbe Embassy Bangkok Embassy Ankara Embassy Istanbul Consulate-General İzmir Consulate-General Antalya Consulate Ashgabat Embassy Abu Dhabi Embassy Dubai Consulate-General Tashkent Embassy Hanoi Embassy Ho Chi Minh City Consulate-General
Europe Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Tirana Embassy Vienna Embassy Minsk Embassy Brussels Embassy Sarajevo Embassy Sofia Embassy Zagreb Embassy Nicosia Embassy Prague Embassy Copenhagen Embassy Tallinn Embassy Helsinki Embassy Paris Embassy Bordeaux Consulate-General Lyon Consulate-General Marseille Consulate-General Strasbourg Consulate-General Athens Embassy Thessaloniki Consulate-General Rome Embassy Budapest Embassy Reykjavík Embassy Dublin Embassy Rome Embassy Milan Consulate-General Pristina Embassy Riga Embassy Vilnius Embassy Luxembourg City Embassy Valletta Embassy Chişinău Embassy Podgorica Embassy The Hague Embassy Amsterdam Consulate-General North Nicosia Embassy Office Skopje Embassy Oslo Embassy Warsaw Embassy Gdańsk Consulate-General Kraków Consulate-General Wrocław Consulate-General Opole Consulate Lisbon Embassy Bucharest Embassy Sibiu Consulate Timișoara Consulate Moscow Embassy Saint Petersburg Consulate-General *to be closed Sept. 2026 Belgrade Embassy Bratislava Embassy Ljubljana Embassy Madrid Embassy Barcelona Consulate-General Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Consulate Málaga Consulate Palma de Mallorca Consulate Stockholm Embassy Bern Embassy Kyiv Embassy London Embassy Edinburgh Consulate-General
Oceania Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Canberra Embassy Sydney Consulate-General Suva Embassy Wellington Embassy
Multilateral organisations Organization Host city Host country Mission Concurrent accreditation Conference on Disarmament Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission Strasbourg France Permanent Mission Brussels Belgium Permanent Representation Food and Agriculture Organization Rome Italy Permanent Representation Brussels Belgium Permanent Delegation OECD Paris France Permanent Representation OPCW The Hague Netherlands Permanent Representation OSCE Vienna Austria Permanent Representation New York City United States Permanent Mission Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission Vienna Austria Permanent Mission Paris France Permanent Representation
Closed missions
Africa Host country Host city Mission Year closed Bangui Embassy 1997 Malabo Embassy 2021 Maseru Embassy 1994 Khartoum Embassy 2023 Germany and Sudan: Bilateral relations
Americas Host country Host city Mission Year closed Seattle Consulate 2000
Asia Host country Host city Mission Year closed Kabul Embassy 2021 Mazar-i-Sharif Consulate-General 2021 Pyongyang Embassy 2020 Saigon Embassy 1975 Sana'a Embassy 2015
Europe Host country Host city Mission Year closed Banja Luka Liaison office 2012 East Berlin Permanent Mission 1989/1990 Naples Consulate-General 2013 Gothenburg Consulate-General 1997
Oceania Host country Host city Mission Year closed Port Moresby Embassy 1999
Travel warnings and "Krisenvorsorgeliste" Germany regularly publishes travel warnings on the website of the Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) to its citizens. The Office allows German citizens to register online in a special list, the Krisenvorsorgeliste ("Crisis preparedness list") before they travel abroad (Elektronische Erfassung von Deutschen im Ausland [ELEFAND] Electronic Registration of Germans Being Abroad). With a password, the registered persons can change or update their data. The registration is voluntary and free of charge. It can be used for longer stays (longer than 3 months), but also for a vacation of only two weeks. The earliest date of registration is 10 days before the planned trip.
See also Foreign relations of Germany List of diplomatic missions in Germany PSA BPOL the security team tasked with providing protection for German embassies abroad
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External links
Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany