List of ambassadors of Germany to Switzerland
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
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North German Confederation | ||||
| Heinrich von Roeder (1804–1884) |
1868 | 1870 | From 1867, Prussian ambassador | |
| / / / German Empire | ||||
| Heinrich von Roeder (1804–1884) |
1871 | 1882 | ||
| Otto von Bülow (1827–1901) |
1882 | 1892 | ||
| Clemens Busch (1834–1895) |
1892 | 1895 | ||
| Wolfram Freiherr von Rotenhan (1845–1912) |
1896 | 1897 | ||
| Alfred von Bülow (1851–1916) |
1898 | 1912 | ||
| Konrad Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg (1866–1939) |
1912 | 1919 | ||
| Adolf Gustav Müller (1863–1943) |
1919 | 1933 | ||
| Ernst Freiherr von Weizsäcker (1882–1951) |
1933 | 1937 | ||
| Otto Carl Köcher (1884–1945) |
1937 | 30 April 1945 | Arrested 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) |
1951 | 1958 | Head of mission until April 1952, then envoy until July 1957 | |
| Ernst-Günther Mohr (1904–1991) |
1958 | 1963 | ||
| Wolfgang von Welck (1901–1973) |
1963 | 1966 | ||
| Friedrich Buch (1906–1992) |
1966 | 1970 | ||
| Josef Löns (1910–1974) |
1970 | 1973[1] | ||
| Jürgen Diesel (1926–1993) |
1973 | 1977 | ||
| Ulrich Lebsanft (1916–2014) |
1977 | 1981 | ||
| Helmut Redies (1927–1998) |
1981 | 1983 | ||
| Gerhard Fischer (1921–2006) |
1983 | 1985 | ||
| Jens Petersen (* 1923) |
1986 | 1988 | ||
| Wolfram Dufner (* 1926) |
1989 | 1991 | ||
| Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (* 1929) |
1991 | 1994 | ||
| Eberhard Heyken (1935–2008) |
1994 | 1996 | ||
| Lothar Wittmann (* 1933) |
1996 | 1998 | ||
| Klaus Bald (1936–2018) |
1998 | 2001 | ||
| Reinhard Hilger (* 1937) |
2001 | 2003 | ||
| Frank Elbe (1941–2022) |
2003 | 2005 | ||
| Andreas von Stechow (1943–2013) |
2006 | 2008 | ||
| Axel Berg (* 1951) |
2008 | 2011 | ||
| Peter Gottwald (* 1948) |
2011 | 2013 | ||
| Otto Lampe (* 1951) |
2013 | 2017 | ||
| Norbert Riedel (* 1960) |
2017 | 2020 | ||
| Michael Flügger (* 1959) |
2020 | |||
Envoys of the German States (before 1871)
Baden envoys
1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations[2]
- 1807–1818: Joseph Albrecht von Ittner (1754–1825)
- 1818–1821: Franz Albert von Friedrich (1775–1843)
- 1821–1826: Vacant
- 1826–1838: Alexander von Dusch (1789–1876) (father of Theodor von Dusch)
- 1838–1843: Ludwig Rüdt von Collenberg-Bödigheim (1799–1885) Resident in Stuttgart
- 1843–1851: August Marschall von Bieberstein (1804–1888)
- 1851–1853: Christian Friedrich Gustav von Berckheim (1817–1889)
- 1853–1872: Ferdinand von Dusch (1819–1889) Resident in Stuttgart
1872: Abolition of the embassy
Bavarian envoys
Prussian ambassadors
Württemberg envoys
1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations[3]
- 1807–1812: Johann Baptist Martin von Arand (1743–1821)
- 1812–1814: August Friedrich von Batz (1757–1821)
- 1814–1817: Carl Philipp von Kaufmann (1789–1876)
- 1818–1864: Vacant
- 1865–1867: Carl Hugo von Spitzemberg (1826–1880)
- 1867–1872: Adolf von Ow-Wachendorf (1818–1873)
1873: Abolition of the embassy
See also
External links
References
- "Ab-Lösung", Der Spiegel, 23 January, no. 21, 1973
- Tobias C. Bringmann (2001), Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und Deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 20 f, ISBN 978-3-11-095684-9
- Herwig John, Hartmut Obst u. a.: Ministerium der auswärtigen Angelegenheiten betr. Württembergische Gesandtschaft in der Schweiz und Württembergisches Konsulat Bern, Hauptstaatsarchiv, Stuttgart, 2000 (online)
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