The Honorary Consulate of South Africa in Bremen is run by honorary consul Volker Schütte and is a local point of contact for South African citizens and for business and cultural links in Bremen. Passports and visas are handled by the South African Embassy in Berlin.
Contact Details
| Postal address | Parkallee 32, c/o Louis Delius GmbH & Co., 28209 Bremen, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 421 346 96 96 |
| Fax | +49 421 346 20 40 |
| v.schuette@louis-delius.de | |
| Head of Mission | Volker Schütte, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | Bremen |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 08:00 - 13:00 |
| Tuesday | 08:00 - 13:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:00 - 13:00 |
| Thursday | 08:00 - 13:00 |
| Friday | 08:00 - 13:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours may vary on public holidays. Please confirm before you visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Bremen
Honorary consul Volker Schütte represents South Africa in the state of Bremen, including Bremerhaven. The consulate is based at the offices of the Louis Delius shipping group on the Parkallee, which runs along the Bürgerpark; it opens early, at 08:00, and closes at 13:00 on weekdays.
Which South African office issues passports and visas?
The South African Embassy in Berlin is responsible for visas and passports. Keep enough blank pages in your passport for trips from South Africa to neighbouring countries and back.
Contact details of the South African Embassy in Berlin, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Tiergartenstrasse 18, 10785 Berlin, Germany
- Telephone: +49 30 22 07 30
- Email: berlin.admin@dirco.gov.za
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 – 16:30
- Website: www.suedafrika.org
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by South Africa and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help South African citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Bremen
31 other countries are represented in Bremen, among them: Angola (honorary), Austria (honorary), Bangladesh (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Chile (honorary), Colombia (honorary), Czech Republic (honorary), Denmark (honorary), Ecuador (honorary), Estonia (honorary), Ethiopia (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (honorary), Sri Lanka (honorary), Sweden (honorary), Syria (honorary), Togo (honorary), Ukraine (honorary), United Kingdom (honorary), Uruguay (honorary). The full list of all 32 missions is on the overview page for Germany.
South African missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Bremen, the nearest other South African office is the Honorary Consulate in Hamburg (about 95 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Berlin (about 310 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Bremen.
- Berlin (310 km) – Embassy of South Africa
- Munich (580 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg)
- Bremen – Honorary Consulate (Bremen) (this page)
- Dortmund (200 km) – Honorary Consulate (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Dresden (410 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt)
- Erfurt (280 km) – Honorary Consulate (Thuringia and Hesse)
- Hamburg (95 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg)
- Lübeck (150 km) – Honorary Consulate (Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- Stuttgart (480 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
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Details checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: Embassy of South Africa in Berlin, German Federal Foreign Office. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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