This is a list of German ambassadors to the Czech Republic (and previously to Czechoslovakia).
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. [1] The palace was acquired by the House of Lobkowicz in 1753, who in 1927 sold it to the Czechoslovak state. [2] [3]
| 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 | ||
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolf Hofstetter | 1992 | 1996 | [4] | |
| Anton Rossbach | 1996 | 1998 | [5] | |
| Michael Steiner |  | 1998 | 1998 | [6] |
| Hagen Graf Lambsdorff | 1999 | 2001 | Father of Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | |
| Michael Libal | 2001 | 2005 | [7] | |
| Helmut Elfenkämper | 2005 | 2009 | [8] | |
| Johannes Haindl | 2009 | 2011 | [9] | |
| Detlef Lingemann | 2011 | 2014 | [10] [11] | |
| Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven |  | 2014 | 2016 | [12] |
| Hansjörg Haber | 2017 | 2017 | Managing; former ambassador to Yemen [13] | |
| Christoph Israng |  | 2017 | 2021 | [14] |
| Andreas Künne | 2021 | Present | [15] | |
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The Army of the Czech Republic, also known as the Czech Army, is the military service responsible for the defence of the Czech Republic as part of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic alongside the Military Office of the President of the Republic and the Castle Guard. The Army consists of the General Staff, the Land Forces, the Air Force and support units.
The Czech Republic is a Central European country, a member of the European Union, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the United Nations. It entertains diplomatic relations with 191 countries of the world, around half of which maintain a resident embassy in the Czech capital city, Prague.
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