Italian embassy in Berlin
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| State level | bilateral | ||
| Position of the authority | Embassy | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | Foreign Ministry | ||
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 Berlin
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Luigi Mattiolo (since 2018) |
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| Website | Italian embassy | ||
The Italian Embassy in Berlin is the diplomatic representation of Italy in Germany. It is located in the embassy district in the western part of the Tiergarten district in Berlin district of Tiergarten of the district center . Ambassador has been Luigi Mattiolo since November 20, 2018 (accredited December 19, 2018).
Departments of the embassy
In addition to the ambassador's office, the embassy has the following departments: Consular, Cultural, Press and Military Department, Political Department, Economic and Commercial Department, Administrative Department, Department of Social Affairs and Consulate Coordination, and the Italian Cultural Institute.
Further agencies in Germany
In addition to the embassy in Berlin, the Italian Republic also has consulates general in Frankfurt am Main , Hanover , Cologne , Munich and Stuttgart ; Consulates in Freiburg im Breisgau and Dortmund ; as well as honorary consulates in Wolfsburg , Bremen , Dresden , Hamburg , Kiel , Leipzig , Nuremberg and Saarbrücken .
history
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Italian embassy had its headquarters at Viktoriastraße 36 in the Tiergarten district , near Kemperplatz .
Because buildings for Hitler's “ World Capital Germania ” were planned here and the shell of the “ House of Tourism ” was still being completed nearby - the property was exactly on the “ Siegesallee of the Third Reich” ( north-south axis ) Italian allies in the time of National Socialism built a representative replacement building in the new embassy district in the immediate vicinity.
The building of the Italian Embassy in Tiergartenstrasse , erected by Friedrich Hetzelt, was built between 1939 and 1941 in a neoclassical style with Roman travertine facing . The Kingdom of Italy was next to the Japanese Empire an axis power , so an ally of the German Empire .
The embassy building was badly damaged at the end of the Second World War and then poorly rebuilt. The relocation of the capital city organs of the new Federal Republic of Germany to Bonn and the construction of the wall in 1961 meant that the building was only used as a consulate in its west wing .
With the diplomatic recognition of the GDR in 1973, the Italian embassy in East Berlin moved into the building at Unter den Linden 40. In Bonn , the Italian embassy was located at Karl-Finkelnburg-Strasse 51 in the Godesberg villa district ( entry in the embassy list ).
The fall of the Berlin Wall , German reunification and the later relocation of the seat of the Federal Government to Berlin also required the diplomatic missions to be relocated from Bonn to Berlin. The Italian state, still the owner of the grounds at the Tiergarten , gave up its embassy building in East Berlin and had the historic building rebuilt in all its parts between 1999 and 2003. It is now a listed building. Both in terms of architecture and history, it is therefore very similar to the Japanese embassy directly opposite . Since reopening in 2003, it has also been the residence of the Italian ambassador.
See also
- List of Italian ambassadors in Germany
- German Embassy Rome
- List of Italian diplomatic missions abroad
Web links
- Website of the Italian Embassy in Berlin (Italian, German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The ambassador . ambberlino.esteri.it; accessed on January 1, 2018
- ↑ a b Representations in Italy , on Auswaertiges-amt.de
- ↑ authorities . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1922, part 3, p. 6.
- ^ Diplomatic and other representations . In: Telephone book for the capital of the GDR , 1989, p. 100.
- ↑ Architectural monument of the Italian Embassy in Berlin, (today) Hiroshimastraße 1
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 33.8 ″ N , 13 ° 21 ′ 34 ″ E