List of ambassadors of Germany to Poland

The list of German ambassadors in Poland contains the highest-ranking representatives of the German Empire and the Federal Republic of Germany in Poland. The embassy is located in Warsaw.

History

The German Embassy is located at 12 Jazdów Street in Warsaw. ^[1] There are Consulate Generals located in Wrocław (largest city in Silesia), Gdańsk (capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship), and Kraków (the second-largest in Poland); Opole Consulate in Wrocław; and honorary consuls in Olsztyn (capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), Bydgoszcz (the seat of Bydgoszcz County), Gliwice (regional capital of the Silesian Voivodeship), Kielce (capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), Łódź (capital of Łódź Voivodeship), Lublin (the capital of Lublin Voivodeship), Poznań (administrative capital of Greater Poland Voivodeship), and Rzeszów (the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship). ^[1]

Envoys from the German Empire

Name	Image	Term Start	Term End	Notes
Harry Kessler		1918	1918	Envoy for a month
Hans von Schoen  [ de ]		1921	1922	Envoy
Ulrich Rauscher  [ de ]		1922	1930	Envoy
Hans-Adolf von Moltke		1931	1939	1931 Envoy, 1934 Ambassador

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany

Name	Image	Term Start	Term End	Notes
Bernd Mumm von Schwarzenstein  [ de ]		1963	1966	Head of the commercial agency
Heinrich Böx  [ de ]		1966	1970	Head of the commercial agency
Egon Emmel  [ de ]		1970	1972	Head of trade mission
Hans Hellmuth Ruete  [ de ]		1972	1977
Werner Ahrens  [ de ]		1977	1979
Georg Negwer		1979	1983
Horst Röding		1983	1985
Franz Pfeffer  [ de ]		1985	1987
Franz Jochen Schoeller		1987	1989	[2]
Günter Knackstedt  [ de ]		1989	1992	[3]
Franz Bertele  [ de ]		1992	1993	[4]
Johannes Bauch  [ de ]		1993	1999	[5]
Frank Elbe  [ de ]		1999	2003	Former ambassador to India, Japan, and Switzerland [6]
Reinhard Schweppe  [ de ]		2003	2007	[7]
Michael Gerdts  [ de ]		2007	2010	[8]
Rüdiger von Fritsch  [ de ]		2010	2014	Became ambassador to Russia [9]
Rolf Nikel  [ de ]		2014	2020	[10]
Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven		2020	2022	Former NATO assistant secretary general for Intelligence and Security [11] [12]
Thomas Bagger  [ de ]		2022	2023	Became Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Foreign Ministry [13]
Viktor Elbling  [ de ]		2023	2025	Former ambassador to Mexico and Italy [14] [15]
Miguel Berger		2025		Former ambassador to the United Kingdom [16]

See also

• Poland–Germany relations

References

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