The Honorary Consulate of South Africa in Hamburg is a volunteer-run office led by honorary consul Dr. Eberhart von Rantzau. It assists South African citizens in Hamburg; passport and visa applications go to the South African Embassy in Berlin.
Contact Details
| Postal address | Palmaille, Hamburg, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 40 38 01 66 58 |
| Fax | +49 40 380 166 65 |
| southafrica.consulate@rantzau.de | |
| Head of Mission | Dr. Eberhart von Rantzau, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | Hamburg |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 09:00 - 12:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 12:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 12:00 |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours may vary on public holidays. Please confirm before you visit.
Location of the Consulate
The South African honorary consul in Hamburg
Honorary consul Dr. Eberhart von Rantzau represents South Africa in Hamburg. The Palmaille is the classicist avenue above the Elbe in Altona; as the Federal Foreign Office gives no house number, call or e-mail before visiting. Visitors are received from Monday to Wednesday in the morning.
Passports and visas: who is responsible?
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 Hamburg
90 other countries are represented in Hamburg, among them: Angola (honorary), Argentina (consulate general), Armenia (honorary), Austria (honorary), Belarus (honorary), Spain (consulate general), Sri Lanka (honorary), Sweden (honorary), Switzerland (honorary), Tajikistan (honorary), Tanzania (honorary), Thailand (honorary), Trinidad and Tobago (honorary), Tunisia (consulate), Türkiye (consulate general), Ukraine (consulate general), United Kingdom (honorary), United States (consulate general), Uruguay (consulate general), Yemen (honorary). The full list of all 91 missions is on the overview page for Germany.
South African missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Hamburg, the nearest other South African office is the Honorary Consulate in Lübeck (about 57 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Berlin (about 250 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Hamburg.
- Berlin (250 km) – Embassy of South Africa
- Munich (610 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg)
- Bremen (95 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen)
- Dortmund (280 km) – Honorary Consulate (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Dresden (380 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt)
- Erfurt (290 km) – Honorary Consulate (Thuringia and Hesse)
- Hamburg – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg) (this page)
- Lübeck (57 km) – Honorary Consulate (Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- Stuttgart (530 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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