The Embassy of Germany in Bangkok (german: Deutsche Botschaft Bangkok th, สถานเอกอัครราชทูตเยอรมนีประจำประเทศไทย) is the

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually deno ...

of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

. The embassy is located in the capital

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

(9 South Sathorn Road, Yan Nawa) on an area of c. 28,000m². The building is owned by the Government of Germany. Current

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

is Georg Schmidt since 2018. There are three Honorary consulates: *Honorary consulate

Northern Thailand Northern Thailand, or more specifically Lanna, is geographically characterised by several mountain ranges, which continue from the Shan Hills in bordering Myanmar to Laos, and the river valleys which cut through them. Though like most of Thailand ...

Chiang Mai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...

*Honorary consulate in

South Thailand Southern Thailand, Southern Siam or Tambralinga is a southernmost cultural region of Thailand, separated from Central Thailand region by the Kra Isthmus. Geography Southern Thailand is on the Malay Peninsula, with an area of around , bounded t ...

Phuket Phuket (; th, ภูเก็ต, , ms, Bukit or ''Tongkah''; Hokkien:普吉; ) is one of the southern provinces (''changwat'') of Thailand. It consists of the island of Phuket, the country's largest island, and another 32 smaller islands of ...

*Honorary consulate

Eastern Thailand Eastern Thailand is a region of Thailand bordering Cambodia on the east, Northeastern Thailand in the north, and central Thailand on the west. Geography Eastern Thailand lies between the Sankamphaeng Range, which forms a natural border with the ...

Pattaya Pattaya ( th, พัทยา, , ) is a city in Thailand. It is on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about southeast of Bangkok, within, but not part of, Bang Lamung district in the province of Chonburi province, Chonburi. Pattaya City ( ...

Organization

The embassy consists of seven sections. *Administration *Political Affairs (

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) *Press relations (

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) *Economic section *Legal and Consular Affairs with Visa section *Cultural Affairs *

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Activities

Kleines Dienstsiegel der Deutschen Botschaft Bangkok

German nationals can register with the Embassy in order to receive information on consular matters and other Embassy activities. As being part of the

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, it oversees

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Bangkok. The embassy is a co-hostother hosts are ''Deutscher Hilfsverein Thailand e.V.'' and ''German-Thai Chamber of Commerce'' of the annually held "Fest der Deutschen" (celebration of Germans

n Thailand N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''. History ...

in Bangkok, a major cultural event with more than 1,000 guests.

Notes and references

External links

www.bangkok.diplo.de
{{Diplomatic missions in Thailand

Germany–Thailand relations

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