The Honorary Consulate of Switzerland in Düsseldorf is a volunteer-run office led by honorary consul Hanspeter Sauter. It assists Swiss citizens in North Rhine-Westphalia; passport and visa applications go to the Swiss Consulate General in Frankfurt.
Contact Details
| Address | Kasernenstraße 40, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 211 86 93 97 70 |
| Fax | +49 211 869 3977 9 |
| duesseldorf@honrep.ch | |
| Head of Mission | Hanspeter Sauter, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | By appointment |
| Tuesday | By appointment |
| Wednesday | By appointment |
| Thursday | By appointment |
| Friday | By appointment |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Visits by appointment only. Please call or e-mail before you go.
Location of the Consulate
The Swiss honorary consul in Düsseldorf
Honorary consul Hanspeter Sauter represents Switzerland in North Rhine-Westphalia. Meetings are by appointment.
Passports and visas: who is responsible?
Formal consular services come from the Swiss Consulate General in Frankfurt. Germans going to Switzerland need no visa, but remember that Switzerland is outside the EU customs union.
Contact details of the Swiss Consulate General in Frankfurt Am Main, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Mendelssohnstraße 87, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Telephone: +49 69 17 00 28 0
- Email: frankfurt@eda.admin.ch
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–12:00
- Website: www.schweiz-deutschland.eda.admin.ch/de/schweizerisches-generalkonsulat-in-frankfurt
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 Switzerland and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Swiss 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 Düsseldorf
41 other countries are represented in Düsseldorf, among them: Angola (honorary), Austria (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Bulgaria (consulate general), Canada (consulate), China (consulate general), Croatia (consulate general), Czech Republic (consulate general), Democratic Republic of the Congo (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (consulate general), Greece (consulate general), Guatemala (honorary), Hungary (consulate general), Japan (consulate general), Tunisia (consulate general), Türkiye (consulate general), Ukraine (consulate general), United Kingdom (consulate general), United States (consulate general). The full list of all 42 missions is on the overview page for Germany.
Swiss missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Düsseldorf, the nearest other Swiss office is the Consulate General in Frankfurt am Main (about 180 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Düsseldorf.
- Berlin (480 km) – Embassy of Switzerland
- Frankfurt am Main (180 km) – Consulate General (Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
- Munich (490 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria)
- Stuttgart (320 km) – Consulate General (Baden-Württemberg)
- Dresden (490 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony)
- Düsseldorf – Honorary Consulate (North Rhine-Westphalia) (this page)
- Gutach im Breisgau (360 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Hamburg (340 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein)
- Nuremberg (360 km) – Honorary Consulate
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Details checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: Swiss representations in Germany (FDFA), German Federal Foreign Office. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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