The Embassy of Germany in Ottawa (german: Deutsche Botschaft Ottawa) is located on Waverley Street, off Queen Elizabeth Driveway, in the
Golden Triangle
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neighbourhood of the
Canadian
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capital of
Ottawa
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. The official residence of the Ambassador is in
Rockcliffe Park
Rockcliffe Park ( French: ''Parc Rockcliffe'') is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward, close to the centre of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1864, organized as a Police village in 1908, and an independent village from 1926, and ul ...
. The current
Ambassador
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to Canada from
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
is Sabine Sparwasser.
List of Ambassadors of
West Germany
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* 1950–1951:
Werner Dankwort
Carl Werner Dankwort (August 13, 1895 – December 19, 1986) born in Gumbinnen, East Prussia (now Gusev, Russia), was a German diplomat who served a major role in bringing Germany into the League of Nations in 1926 prior to representing the Germa ...
(as Consul General)
* 1951–1956: Werner Dankwort
* 1956–1958: Hasso von Etzdorf
* 1958–1963: Herbert Siegfried
* 1963–1967: Kurt Oppler
* 1968–1970: Joachim Friedrich Ritter
* 1970–1972: Dietrich Freiherr von Mirbach
* 1972–1975:
Rupprecht von Keller
* 1975–1979: Max Graf Podewils
* 1979–1983: Erich Straetling
* 1983–1990: Wolfgang Behrends
List of Ambassadors of
East Germany
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* 1988-1990: Heinz Birch
List of Ambassadors of Germany
* 1991–1993: Richard Ellerkmann
* 1993–1998: Hans-Günter Sulimma
* 1999–2001: Jürgen Pöhlmann
* 2001–2005: Christian Friedemann Pauls
* 2006–2009: Matthias Höpfner
* 2009-2012:
Georg Witschel
* 2012-2017:
Werner Wnendt
Werner Wnendt is a German diplomat and politician who served as the Ambassador of Germany to Canada from 2012 to 2017. Until 2007, he was the head of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Kosovo. He was responsible ...
* since 2017: Sabine Sparwasser
References
External links
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Germany
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Ottawa
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Canada–Germany relations