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U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
The Embassy of the United States of America in Berlin (German: Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten in Berlin) is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America in the Federal Republic of Germany. It started in 1797, with the appointment of John Quincy Adams to Berlin, the capital of Prussia.
(E) Embassy; (CG) Consulate general; (C) Consulate; (BO) Branch office of embassy (USINT) U.S. interests section - provides De facto embassy services to a country with which the United States does not have official diplomatic relations (M) Mission (CA) Consular Agencies - provides emergency consular services
This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United States.At present, 175 nations maintain diplomatic missions to the United States in the capital, Washington, D.C. Being the seat of the Organization of American States, the city also hosts missions of its member-states, separate from their respective embassies to the United States.
The Consulate General was commonly called das Weiße Haus an der Alster (the White House on the Alster) in Hamburg. [11] [12] Since threats against American embassies, 9/11, and a direct threat against the consulate in Hamburg, the security of the U.S. Consulate General in Hamburg was often strengthened.
U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt in 2008, at which the memorial ceremony of September 11 attacks was taking place. The Consulate General of the United States in Frankfurt am Main represents the interests of the United States government in Frankfurt, Germany and nearby surrounding areas. It is the largest Consulate General of the US.
The United States Armed Forces were initially organized as USEFT (United States Force European Theater, from August 1, 1945 to February 28, 1946, in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main, in the IG Farben building. On March 15, 1947 they were reassigned to EUCOM (European Command) in Frankfurt, 1948 moved from Frankfurt to Heidelberg, Campbell Barracks.
The Consulate includes departments devoted to US Foreign Commercial Services, Political, Economic and Environmental Affairs, Public Affairs, Consular Services, and Administrative Affairs. It is the third-largest U.S. diplomatic post in Germany , following Berlin and Frankfurt .