List of Austrian ambassadors in Bulgaria
This is a list of the Austrian envoys and ambassadors in Bulgaria . The ambassador's residence is located in the Bulgarian capital Sofia .
history
The beginnings of the diplomatic representation of Austria in Bulgaria go hand in hand with the successive state independence of Bulgaria in the second half of the 19th century, also known as the " Bulgarian rebirth ".
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In fact, founded by the Peace of San Stefano on March 3, 1878 and confirmed by the international community by the Berlin Treaty on July 13, 1878, the newly created Principality of Bulgaria was separated from the Ottoman Empire and received extensive sovereignty . Austria, this time in the network of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy with Hungary , opened on June 27, 1879 " Consulate General and diplomatic Agency " ( Agentie ) in Sofia. From 1895, the "diplomatic agents" were also given the title of " envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary ". With the full sovereignty of Tsarist Bulgaria proclaimed on October 5, 1908 , the diplomatic agency was upgraded to an embassy on May 4, 1909 .
The history of the Legation Palace, today's embassy residence and chancellery, is remarkable. On the one hand, it was the only embassy that Austria ever rented from one of its diplomats in service, on the other hand, there was a curious building swap between Austria and Italy in the mid-1920s.
When Baron von Biegeleben arrived in Sofia in November 1881 as the second consul general, representative rooms of a future Austro-Hungarian embassy were urgently at the fore. Since on the one hand the young capital could not offer a suitable city villa for rent, on the other hand the Viennese ministry shied away from new legation buildings at that time, Biegeleben decided to have a building built at its own expense. Within a few weeks he had acquired one of the most central properties on the boulevard Zar Oswoboditel 11, commissioned the Viennese architect Peter Paul Brang with the planning and construction and had the foundation stone laid in the spring of 1882. A year later the new embassy was moved. At the turn of the century, the boulevard Tsar Oswoboditel became the city's splendid boulevard, with a parliament , academy and national gallery in the immediate vicinity. Around 1905 Italy had an embassy palace built on the direct neighboring property, Boulevard Zar Oswoboditel 13, based on plans by the architect Enrico Bovio.
Towards the end of the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian embassy was occupied by Italian troops and was liquidated after the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy. The Republic of Austria was granted a building share of around 2/3, but the now reduced republic had no need for such a large embassy building to justify a payment to the other successor states of the monarchy. Finally, Austria, Hungary and Italy agreed to have the property valued and to swap Austria's share of No. 11 for property No. 13, which was about half the size.
The current representative authorities of the Republic of Austria in Bulgaria also include a foreign trade center as the trade department of the embassy and three Austria libraries , each at the international Elias Canetti Society Ruse, the St. Kliment-Ohridski University in Sofia and the St. Cyril and St. Method University Veliko Tarnovo .
Heads of mission
kuk consule general
- 1879: Establishment of consular relations with the Principality of Bulgaria
- 1879–1881: Rudolf von Khevenhüller-Metsch (* 1844; † 1910)
- 1881–1887: Rüdiger von Biegeleben (* 1847; † 1912)
- 1887–1895: Stephan Burián von Rajecz (* 1851; † 1922)
- 1895–1900: Guido von Call zu Rosenburg and Kulmbach (* 1849; † 1927)
- 1900–1904: Ladislaus Müller von Szentgyörgy (* 1855; † 1942)
- 1904–1905: Karl von Braun († 1940)
- 1905–1909: Franz Johann Duclas von Thurn and Valsássina-Como-Vercelli (* 1876; † 1939)
kuk envoy
- 1909: Establishment of diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Bulgaria
| Appointment / accreditation |
Name of the official | Remarks | appointed during the reg. |
accredited by Reg. |
Recall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909, Sep. 24 | Carl von Giskra | (* 1864; † 1919) envoy to Chile from 1905 to 1906 , envoy to Mexico from 1906 to 1909 , envoy to the Netherlands from 1911 to 1917 | Alois Lexa from Aehrenthal | Aleksandar Malinov | 1911, April 30th |
| 1911, April 30th | Adam Tarnówski from Tarnów | (* 1866; † 1946) Ambassador to the United States from 1916 to 1917 | Alois Lexa from Aehrenthal | Ivan Geschow | 1916, Nov. 9 |
| 1916, Nov. 19 | Ludwig Széchényi | (* 1868; † 1919) Envoy to the Netherlands from 1917 to 1918 | Ottokar Czernin | Wassil Radoslawow | 1917, Jan. 24 |
| 1917, Jan. 24 | Otto Czernin | (* 1875; † 1962) | Ottokar Czernin | Wassil Radoslawow | 1918, Nov. 4 |
- 1918: The kuk embassy is abolished on November 4th
Austrian Ambassador (since 1919)
- Note: The list is chronological by date, but it is not complete.
- Status: November 2019
See also
further reading
- Rudolf Agstner : Austria Bulgaria: 125 years of diplomatic relations and 160 years of Austrian (Austro-Hungarian) representative authorities in Bulgaria , PIC Verlag, Veliko Tarnovo 2004, ISBN 954 736 114 7
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e History of the Embassy: the building , Austrian Embassy in Sofia, accessed on February 10, 2016
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Erwin Matsch: The Foreign Service of Austria (-Hungary) 1720-1920 , Böhlau, Vienna 1986, p. 155 f., P. 271, ISBN 3-205-072 -693
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Rudolf Agstner : Handbook of the Austrian Foreign Service, Volume 1: 1918–1938 , LIT, Münster 2015, ISBN 3-643-506-856
- ↑ Khevenhüller-Metsch, Rudolf Gf. (1844-1910), diplomat. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 316 f. (Direct links on p. 316 , p. 317 ).
- ^ Rudolf Agstner : 1914: The other reading book on the 1st World War. Unknown documents of the Austro-Hungarian diplomacy , LIT, Münster 2013, ISBN 3-643-505-302
- ↑ Tarnowski, Adam Gf. (1866–1946), politician and diplomat. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 203.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Austrian Ambassadors in Bulgaria since 1972 , Austrian Embassy in Sofia, accessed on February 10, 2016
