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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.
Map of diplomatic missions in Germany. This article lists diplomatic missions resident in Germany.At present, Germany hosts 159 embassies. Since the reunification of Germany in 1990, and the decision of the federal parliament to move the capital from Bonn to Berlin in 1991, all countries that maintain resident embassies in Germany have moved to Berlin.
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 and other diplomatic missions have begun evacuating personnel from Haiti, as gang violence in the Caribbean nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince continues to spiral.
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 Consulate General is commonly called das Weiße Haus an der Alster (the White House on the Alster) in Hamburg. [1] [8] Since threats against American embassies, 9/11, and a direct threat against the consulate in Hamburg, the security of the US Consulate General in Hamburg was often strengthened.
The consulate's operations were suspended between 1941 and 1945. In 1946, it resumed its functions from a new location before relocating to its current address between 1957 and 1959. [ 1 ] The current site previously housed a building designed by August Endell for photographers Sophia Goudstikker and Anita Augspurg .
The Consulate General of the United States, Düsseldorf is a consular post located in Golzheim, Düsseldorf, Germany. It was built in 1953, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in the 1950s International Style. [1] The architect Otto Apel implemented the design on-site.