List of the German ambassadors in Switzerland

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The German ambassador to Switzerland is also accredited for Liechtenstein .

Heads of mission

German ambassador in Bern
Surname image Term of office Remarks
Flag of the North German ConfederationFlag of the North German Confederation North German Confederation
Heinrich von Roeder
(1804-1884)
1868-1870 from 1867 Prussian envoy
German EmpireThe German Imperium/ German Empire/ German EmpireGerman Empire
Maximilian Heinrich von Roeder
(1804-1884)
1871-1882
Otto von Bülow (diplomat)
(1827–1901)
1882-1892
Clemens Busch
(1834–1895)
1892-1895
Wolfram Freiherr von Rotenhan
(1845–1912)
1896-1897
Alfred von Bülow
(1851-1916)
1898-1912
Konrad Gisbert Wilhelm Freiherr von Romberg
(1866–1939)
1912-1919
Adolf Gustav Müller
(1863–1943)
1919-1933
Ernst Freiherr von Weizsäcker
(1882–1951)
Federal Archives Picture 146-1979-093-29, Ernst v.  Weizsäcker.jpg 1933-1937
Otto Carl Köcher
(1884–1945)
1937-30. April 1945
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany
Friedrich Holzapfel
(1900–1969)
1951-1958 Head of Mission until April 1952,
then envoy until July 1957
Ernst-Günther Mohr
(1904–1991)
1958-1963
Wolfgang Freiherr von Welck
(1901–1973)
1963-1966
Friedrich Buch
(1906–1992)
1966-1970
Josef Löns
(1910–1974)
1970-1973
Jürgen Diesel
(1926–1993)
1973-1977
Ulrich Lebsanft
(1916–2014)
1977-1981
Gerhard Fischer
(1921-2006)
1981-1985
Jens Petersen
(* 1923)
1986-1988
Wolfram Dufner
(* 1926)
1989-1991
Werner Graf von der Schulenburg
(* 1929)
1991-1994
Eberhard Heyken
(1935-2008)
1994-1996
Lothar Wittmann
(* 1933)
1996-1998
Klaus Bald
(1936-2018)
1998-2001
Reinhard Hilger
(* 1937)
2001-2003
Frank Elbe
(* 1941)
2003-2005
Andreas von Stechow
(1943–2013)
2006-2008
Axel Berg
(* 1951)
2008-2011
Peter Gottwald
(* 1948)
2011-2013
Otto lamp
(* 1951)
2013-2017
Norbert Riedel
(* 1960)
since 2017

Envoy from German States (before 1871)

Baden ambassadors

1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations

1872: abolition of the legation

Bavarian envoy

Prussian envoy

Wuerttemberg envoy

1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations

1873: abolition of the legation

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Friedrich Buch in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
  2. Ab solution . In: Der Spiegel . No. 21 , 1973 ( online ).
  3. ^ Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2001, p. 20th f . ( online ).
  4. Herwig John, Hartmut Obst a. a .: Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Württemberg embassy in Switzerland and Württemberg consulate in Bern , Main State Archives , Stuttgart, 2000 ( online )