The Embassy of the State of Israel in the Federal Republic of Germany was the diplomatic mission of Israel in West Germany. It was located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Bad Godesberg district of the city.[1]
| Embassy of the State of Israel in West Germany שגרירות מדינת ישראל טהראן | |
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| Location | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Address | Bad Godesberg |
| Opening | 1966 |
| Closed | 1999 |
History
editPrior to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel, on 12 May 1965, the state's sole representation in the Federal Republic was the Israel Mission (1953–1966) in Cologne, a "trade mission" subordinate to the Israeli Ministry of Finance for the settlement of German reparations under the Luxembourg Agreement (1952). The head of the mission, Felix Eliezer Shinnar, held his office with the rank of ambassador. After lengthy negotiations with the Federal Republic of Germany, the mission was also able to lead a consular department subordinate to the Israeli Foreign Ministry.[2][3][4]
After establishing diplomatic relations, Israel opened an embassy in Bonn in August 1965; the first Israeli ambassador was accredited on 24 August. The embassy's chancellery was initially set up in the property of the Israel Mission in the Cologne district of Ehrenfeld. In 1966, it moved to Bad Godesberg, the geographical focus of the diplomatic missions, to an office building in the Godesberg-Villenviertel district.
When the Israeli government began to adjust to a longer presence at the seat of government in Bonn, it planned to build the new embassy chancellery in Bad Godesberg.[5]
References
edit- ^ Deutschkron, Inge (1970). Bonn and Jerusalem: The Strange Coalition. Chilton Book Company. ISBN 978-0-8019-5265-4.
- ^ Jürgen Ehlert (8 May 2003), "Einstige Festung wird Bürogebäude", General-Anzeiger, p. 9
- ^ Verkaufsschlager und Ladenhüter, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 19 November 2005
- ^ Exterritoriales Gebiet, Berliner Zeitung, 21 July 2010
- ^ Die Häuser der Landesvertretungen in Bonn. In: Kerstin Wittmann-Englert, René Hartmann (Hrsg.): Bauten der Länder. Die Landesvertretungen in Bonn, Berlin und Brüssel, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2013, S. 36.