This is a list of German ambassadors to the Czech Republic (and previously to Czechoslovakia).

History

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between West Germany and Czechoslovakia in 1973, the German Embassy has occupied the Palais Lobkowicz, a Baroque palace with an extensive garden was completed in 1707, and located at Vlašská 19, Malá Strana, Prague. The palace was acquired by the House of Lobkowicz in 1753, who in 1927 sold it to the Czechoslovak state.

Ambassadors to Czechoslovakia Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Samuel Saenger 1919 1920 Walter Koch 1920 1935 Ernst Eisenlohr 1935 1938 Andor Hencke 1938 1939 Otto Erich Sigismund Heipertz 1973 1974 Gerhard Ritzel 1974 1977 Jürgen Diesel 1977 1982 Klaus Meyer 1982 1985 Werner Schattmann 1985 1988 Hermann Huber 1988 1992 Rolf Hofstetter 1992 1996

Ambassadors to the Czech Republic Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Rolf Hofstetter 1992 1996 Anton Rossbach 1996 1998 Michael Steiner 1998 1998 Hagen Graf Lambsdorff 1999 2001 Father of Alexander Graf Lambsdorff Michael Libal 2001 2005 Helmut Elfenkämper 2005 2009 Johannes Haindl 2009 2011 Detlef Lingemann 2011 2014 Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven 2014 2016 Hansjörg Haber 2017 2017 Managing; former ambassador to Yemen Christoph Israng 2017 2021 Andreas Künne 2021 Present Former envoy and head of the Department of Economic and Global Affairs at the Embassy Pretoria in South Africa.

See also Czech Republic–Germany relations

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