List of ambassadors of Germany to Switzerland

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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.

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Heads of Mission

German ambassador in Bern
NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Flag of Germany (1867-1918).svg North German Confederation
Heinrich von Roeder
(1804–1884)
18681870From 1867, Prussian ambassador
Flag of Germany (1867-1918).svg / Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg / Flag of Germany 1933.svg / German Empire
Heinrich von Roeder
(1804–1884)
18711882
Otto von Bülow
(1827–1901)
Hans Otto Theodor von Bulow, attributed to Georg Lampe.jpg 18821892
Clemens Busch
(1834–1895)
Clemens Busch, German diplomat (1834-1895).jpg 18921895
Wolfram Freiherr von Rotenhan
(1845–1912)
18961897
Alfred von Bülow
(1851–1916)
Alfred von Bulow 1901. Photographie von J. C. Schaarwachter.png 18981912
Konrad Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg
(1866–1939)
19121919
Adolf Gustav Müller
(1863–1943)
19191933
Ernst Freiherr von Weizsäcker
(1882–1951)
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-093-29, Ernst v. Weizsacker.jpg 19331937
Otto Carl Köcher
(1884–1945)
193730 April 1945Arrested by American forces on 31 July 1945 and held at a prison camp in Ludwigsburg, where he committed suicide on 27 December 1945
Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg / Federal Republic of Germany
Friedrich Holzapfel
(1900–1969)
Portrait Dr. Friedrich Holzapfel.jpg 19511958Head of mission until April 1952, then envoy until July 1957
Ernst-Günther Mohr
(1904–1991)
Ernst Gunther Mohr German Ambassador.jpg 19581963
Wolfgang von Welck
(1901–1973)
19631966
Friedrich Buch
(1906–1992)
19661970
Josef Löns
(1910–1974)
Opening Tentoonstelling Berlijn bolwerk der vrijheid door dr J Lons, Bestanddeelnr 912-1591.jpg 19701973 [1]
Jürgen Diesel
(1926–1993)
19731977
Ulrich Lebsanft
(1916–2014)
19771981
Helmut Redies
(1927–1998)
19811983
Gerhard Fischer
(1921–2006)
19831985
Jens Petersen
(* 1923)
19861988
Wolfram Dufner
(* 1926)
19891991
Werner Graf von der Schulenburg
(* 1929)
19911994
Eberhard Heyken
(1935–2008)
19941996
Lothar Wittmann
(* 1933)
19961998
Klaus Bald
(1936–2018)
19982001
Reinhard Hilger
(* 1937)
20012003
Frank Elbe
(1941–2022)
Frank Elbe.jpg 20032005
Andreas von Stechow
(1943–2013)
20062008
Axel Berg
(* 1951)
2005 Axel Berg 2197.jpg 20082011
Peter Gottwald
(* 1948)
20112013
Otto Lampe
(* 1951)
Otto Lampe Reformationskongress 2013.jpg 20132017
Norbert Riedel
(* 1960)
Dr. Norbert Riedel.jpg 20172020
Michael Flügger
(* 1959)
2020

Envoys of the German States (before 1871)

Baden envoys

1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations [2]

1872: Abolition of the embassy

Bavarian envoys

Prussian ambassadors

Württemberg envoys

1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations [3]

1873: Abolition of the embassy

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References

  1. "Ab-Lösung", Der Spiegel , 23 January, no. 21, 1973
  2. Tobias C. Bringmann (2001), [online 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.{{citation}}: Check |url= value (help)
  3. Herwig John, Hartmut Obst u. a.: Ministerium der auswärtigen Angelegenheiten betr. Württembergische Gesandtschaft in der Schweiz und Württembergisches Konsulat Bern, Hauptstaatsarchiv, Stuttgart, 2000 (online)