List of ambassadors of Germany to Switzerland

The following is a list of German ambassadors in Switzerland, who is also accredited to Liechtenstein. The seat of the embassy is the German Embassy in Bern.

Heads of Mission

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German ambassador in Bern
Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
North German Confederation North German Confederation
Heinrich von Roeder
(1804–1884)
1868 1870 From 1867, Prussian ambassador
North German Confederation / German Empire/ German Empire / German Empire
Heinrich von Roeder
(1804–1884)
1871 1882
Otto von Bülow
(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 von Romberg
(1866–1939)
1912 1919
Adolf Gustav Müller
(1863–1943)
1919 1933
Ernst Freiherr von Weizsäcker
(1882–1951)
1933 1937
Otto Carl Köcher
(1884–1945)
1937 30 April 1945 Arrested by American forces on 31 July 1945 and held at a prison camp in Ludwigsburg, where he committed suicide on 27 December 1945
Federal Republic of Germany/ Federal Republic of 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 von Welck
(1901–1973)
1963 1966
Friedrich Buch
(1906–1992)
1966 1970
Josef Löns
(1910–1974)
1970 1973[1]
Jürgen Diesel
(1926–1993)
1973 1977
Ulrich Lebsanft
(1916–2014)
1977 1981
Helmut Redies
(1927–1998)
1981 1983
Gerhard Fischer
(1921–2006)
1983 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
(1941–2022)
2003 2005
Andreas von Stechow
(1943–2013)
2006 2008
Axel Berg
(* 1951)
2008 2011
Peter Gottwald
(* 1948)
2011 2013
Otto Lampe
(* 1951)
2013 2017
Norbert Riedel
(* 1960)
2017 2020
Michael Flügger
(* 1959)
2020

Envoys of the German States (before 1871)

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Baden envoys

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1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations[2]

1872: Abolition of the embassy

Bavarian envoys

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Prussian ambassadors

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Württemberg envoys

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1807: Establishment of diplomatic relations[3]

1873: Abolition of the embassy

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ab-Lösung", Der Spiegel, 23 January, no. 21, 1973
  2. ^ Tobias C. Bringmann (2001), Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und Deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 20 f, ISBN 978-3-11-095684-9
  3. ^ Herwig John, Hartmut Obst u. a.: Ministerium der auswärtigen Angelegenheiten betr. Württembergische Gesandtschaft in der Schweiz und Württembergisches Konsulat Bern, Hauptstaatsarchiv, Stuttgart, 2000 (online)