The following is a partial list of German ambassadors to Austria.
Prior to the North German Confederation, there were Ambassadors to Austria from Prussia, Saxony, and Württemberg among others.
The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is in Vienna at Gauermanngasse 2-4, 1030 Wien, and the current Ambassador is Vito Cecere. There are consuls located in Bregenz (the capital of Vorarlberg), Graz (the capital of Styria), Innsbruck (the capital of Tyrol), Linz (the capital of Upper Austria), and Salzburg (the capital of Salzburg).[1]
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North German Confederation | |||||
| Karl von Werther | 1867 | 1869[2] | Previously the Prussian ambassador to Austria (from 1859) | ||
| Hans Lothar von Schweinitz | 1869 | 1871 | |||
| / / / German Empire | |||||
| Hans Lothar von Schweinitz | 1871 | 1876 | |||
| Graf Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode | 1876 | 1878 | |||
| Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss | 1878 | 1894 | |||
| Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld | 1894 | 1902 | |||
| Karl von Wedel | 1902 | 1907 | |||
| Heinrich Leonhard von Tschirschky und Bögendorff | 1907 | 1916 | |||
| Botho von Wedel[3] | 1916 | 1919 | |||
| Prince Wilhelm zu Stolberg-Wernigerode | 1919 | 1920 | |||
| Frederic von Rosenberg | 1920 | 1922 | |||
| Maximilian Pfeiffer | 1922 | 1926 | |||
| Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg | 1926 | 1931 | |||
| Kurt Rieth | 1931 | 1934 | |||
| Franz von Papen | 1934 | 1938 | |||
| "Annexation" of Austria to the German Reich: 1938–1945 | |||||
| / Federal Republic of Germany | |||||
| Carl-Hermann Müller-Graaf | 1953 | 1961 | |||
| Friedrich Janz[4] | 1961 | 1963 | |||
| Josef Löns | 1963 | 1970 | |||
| Hans Schirmer | 1970 | 1974 | |||
| Horst Grabert | 1974 | 1979 | |||
| Maximilian von Podewils-Dürniz[5] | 1979 | 1982 | |||
| Hans Heinrich Noebel | 1982 | 1986 | |||
| Dietrich Graf von Brühl | 1986 | 1990 | |||
| Philipp Jenninger | 1991 | 1995 | |||
| Ursula Seiler-Albring | 1995 | 1999 | |||
| Wiltrud Holik | 1999 | 2002 | |||
| Hans-Henning Horstmann | 2002 | 2006 | |||
| Gerd Westdickenberg | 2006 | 2009 | |||
| Hans Henning Blomeyer-Bartenstein | 2009 | 2012 | |||
| Detlev Rünger | 2012 | 2015 | |||
| Johannes Haindl | 2015 | 2019 | |||
| Ralf Beste | 2019 | 2022 | |||
| Michael Klor-Berchtold) | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Vito Cecere | since 2023 | ||||