The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Germany is the Republic of Austria's foremost diplomatic representative in Germany. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the Cabinet of Germany. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in Berlin.
History In the last phase of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806), Austria sent an embassy (1662 to 1806) to the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg. After the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813) and the Congress of Vienna (1815), this was followed by an embassy to the German Confederation (1815–1866), in which 35 sovereign princes and four free cities had joined forces.
From 1815 to 1866, Austria sent diplomatic representatives to the Federal Convention (Bundestag) of the German Confederation in Frankfurt am Main, and from 1871 to the Imperial Court of the German Empire in Berlin.
In addition, some of the Habsburg embassies founded in the 16th century in individual German states continued to exist until the 1920s.
Heads of Mission Ambassador to the German Confederation Since the Austrian Empire was a member state of the German Confederation, it was not represented in the sense of a foreign state. Like the other members, Austria sent a representative to the Federal Convention. According to the Federal Act, the Austrian representative presided over the Federal Convention and conducted its affairs. Austria was therefore called the "Bundespräsidium" (roughly chairman of the federation). In practice, this was more of an honorary title.
In parallel to the representative in the Federal Convention, there was also temporarily an Austrian embassy to the Free City of Frankfurt.
Appointed / Accredited Name Title/notes Appointed during Accredited during Left post German Confederation Later Interior Minister of the Austrian Empire Later Finance Minister of the Austrian Empire Provisional Central Power German Confederation
Ambassador to the German Empire
Austro-Hungarian ambassador (until 1918) and envoy of the First Republic of Austria (from 1919) to the government of the German Empire (until 1918), the Weimar Republic (from 1919) and National Socialist Germany (from 1933).
Appointed / Accredited Name Title/notes Appointed during Accredited during Left post Ambassador Franz Joseph I William I Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador William II Envoy Council of the People's Deputies Envoy Envoy Chargé d'Affaires Papen cabinet Hitler cabinet
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
Ambassador of the Second Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany, from 1950 in Bonn, since 1999 in Berlin.
Appointed Accredited Name Title/notes Appointed during Accredited during Left post Head of the Liaison Office First Adenauer cabinet Head of the Liaison Office Second Adenauer cabinet Ambassador Third Adenauer cabinet Second Erhard cabinet First Brandt cabinet Second Schmidt cabinet Second Kohl cabinet Third Kohl cabinet Fourth Kohl cabinet Bonn office Fifth Kohl cabinet Markus Lutterotti Berlin First Schröder cabinet Second Schröder cabinet First Merkel cabinet Second Merkel cabinet Christian Kern Third Merkel cabinet Former Foreign Minister Karl Nehammer Scholz cabinet
See also Foreign relations of Austria Foreign relations of Germany
References
External links Official website of the Austrian Embassy, Berlin