Austrian Embassy in Tallinn

Austrian Embassy Tallinn Austrian Authority
State level	Federation
Position of the authority	Foreign mission : Embassy
At sight	Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
founding	1997
Headquarters	Tallinn , Vambola 6 ⊙ Coordinates: 59 ° 25 ′ 51.7 ″  N , 24 ° 45 ′ 14.4 ″  E
Authority management	ao. and bev. Ambassador: Doris Danler
Website	on bmeia.gv.at

The Austrian Embassy Tallinn ( Estonian Austria Suursaatkond Tallinnas ; the city in German also Reval ) is the headquarters of the Austrian Ambassador to Estonia ( Austria Vabariigi suursaadik Eestis ), the diplomatic representative of the Republic of Austria in the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti Vabariik ), in Tallinn .

The embassy is expected to be dissolved in 2018 as part of a restructuring.

history

Powers in the Baltic States around 1600: Poland-Lithuania Sweden Denmark Russia    

Estonia belonged to the Teutonic Order , from 1561 to the Kingdom of Sweden , from 1721 to the Russian Empire . The diplomacy of Austria (and Austria-Hungary) accordingly ran through the embassies in Stockholm and in Saint Petersburg .

After the October Revolution in  1917, the country declared itself independent and was recognized by the Republic of Austria on June 26, 1921. The Warsaw embassy was responsible for the Baltic States . After the end of the war, Estonia was absorbed into the Soviet Union , while Austria's representation was in Moscow .

On May 1st, 1990, the country declared itself again independent after the collapse of the Soviet Union and was recognized again by Austria on August 28, 1991, diplomatic relations were established on January 8, 1992. An Austria library was opened as early as 1991 . The Estonian embassy in Vienna has existed since 1993.

On November 1st 1997 the Austrian Embassy was opened.

In 2015 it was decided to leave the embassy open, it is used relatively little, and diplomatic contact with Estonia is possible through EU institutions and should remain “bilaterally intensive”.

Estonian-Austrian relations

Relations between the two countries are "excellent". Despite the economic boom in the Baltic States, it is not particularly important from an economic point of view (2014 foreign trade volume between Austria and Lithuania 120 million to 34 million euros). The cultural exchange is close , with the Austrian library, artist exchange programs and cultural events.

organization

The headquarters of the Austrian Embassy in Tallinn is the Estonian capital Tallinn , in Vambola No. 6.

The message also includes:

• Defense Attaché's Office (accredited in Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Norway and Sweden; resides in Stockholm )

Other diplomatic agencies:

• Advantage Austria - Austrian Foreign Trade Office Tallinn
• Austria Library Tallinn than Austrian Reading Room ( Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu - Austria hall of the Estonian National Library affiliated

List of Austrian ambassadors

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Austria  →  Estonia
Manfred Ortner	Jan. 8, 1992-15. Dec 1994	Co-certified ambassador to Finland
Wendelin Ettmayer	Dec. 15, 1994-30. Oct 1997	Co-certified ambassador to Finland, before that member of the National Council , then ambassador to Canada , to the Council of Europe
Michael Miess	Oct. 30, 1997-28. Nov 2001
Jakub Forst-Battaglia	Dec. 4, 2001-15. Dec 2006
Angelika Saupe-Berchtold	Feb. 8, 2007-6. Nov 2011
Renate Kobler	Nov. 23, 2011–17. Aug 2015	before that at various embassies and in the Foreign Ministry; then ambassador to Macedonia
Doris Danler	8 Sep 2015–…	previously head of the Istanbul Cultural Forum

Source: Eston. Embassy Vienna

See also

• List of Austrian ambassadors

Web links

• Official website of the embassy (at bmeia.gv.at; Estonian )
• Travel information: Estonia (Republic of Estonia) , Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Foreign trade - Estonia , Austrian Chamber of Commerce

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Embassies: From the Baltic States to Georgia. In: The press. online, June 26, 2015;
   Austria closes embassies in the Baltic States. In: The Standard. online, June 26, 2015;
   Briefly masons at savings. In: Wiener Zeitung. online, September 10, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Administrative reform - overview according to § 42 Abs. 4 BHG 2013. BMF, December 2015, structural reform (Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs). P. 17 ff (pdf, bmf.gv.at);
   Inquiry from MP Dr. Johannes Huebner and another member of parliament to the Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs; concerns: structural reform of Austrian representation authorities inside and outside the EU. 7264 / J XXV. GP, received on November 26, 2015, question 3., 589-590 / JBA (parliamentary materials), online , parlament.gv.at.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Estonia and Austria and Austria - Relations , both Estonian Embassy in Vienna (accessed March 9, 2016).
4. ↑ A Baltic Fate - Estonia. In: Rupertusblatt. Archdiocese of Salzburg, onA (online article, kirchen.net).
5. ↑ ^{a b} Bilateral Relations. ( Memento from September 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) bmeia.gv.at → Foreign policy: Embassy Tallinn (accessed March 9, 2016).
6. ^ ^{A b} Estonia: Austria Library Tallinn. ( Memento from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) oesterreich-bibliotheken.at, accessed February 29, 2016.
7. ↑ "Therefore, bilateral relations as close as possible will also be maintained in the future with those states that are affected by the closure of Austrian embassies." Sebastian Kurz: Answer to question 2 . 7038 / AB to 7264 / J (XXV.GP), January 26, 2016 (pdf, parlament.gv.at).
8. ↑ Strong export growth to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania . Press release WKÖ, APA, OTS0131, October 15, 1998.
9. ↑ Bilateral Relations: Economy. ( Memento from October 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) bmeia.gv.at → Foreign Policy: Embassy Riga (accessed March 6, 2016).
10. ^ Information Estonia ( memento of March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) , wko.at (accessed March 6, 2016).
11. ↑ ^{a b} Bilateral Relations: Culture. ( Memento from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) bmeia.gv.at → Foreign policy: Embassy Tallinn (accessed March 9, 2016).
12. ^ Austria in Estonia. advantageaustria.org
    (address: Maakri 23)
13. ↑ Austria saal / Austrian reading room (on nlib.ee)
    (address: Tõnismägi 2).