Austria Consulate General Frankfurt am Main

About the honorary consulate in Frankfurt am Main

The office is led by honorary consul general Dr. Stephan Hutter and covers Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. Despite the title “Consulate General”, it is an honorary office and not a career mission.

Where do I apply for a passport or visa?

The responsible career mission is the Austrian Embassy in Berlin. It issues passports and identity cards by appointment; an express passport can be delivered by courier within a few working days. Questions about pensions, certifications and emergencies can be raised with the honorary consulate general first.

Contact details of the Austrian Embassy in Berlin, as listed on its page in this directory:

• Address: Austrian Embassy, Stauffenbergstraße 1, 10785 Berlin, Germany
• Telephone: +49 30 20 28 70
• Email: berlin-ob@bmeia.gv.at
• Opening hours: Monday to Tuesday 09:00–13:00; Wednesday 12:00–16:00; Thursday to Friday 09:00–13:00
• Website: www.bmeia.gv.at/oeb-berlin

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 Austria and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Austrian 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 Frankfurt am Main

72 other countries are represented in Frankfurt am Main, among them: Bahamas (honorary), Bangladesh (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Bosnia and Herzegovina (consulate general), Brazil (consulate general), Bulgaria (consulate general), Chile (consulate general), China (consulate general), Colombia (consulate general), Costa Rica (honorary), Croatia (consulate general), Czech Republic (honorary), Denmark (honorary), Dominican Republic (consulate general), Ecuador (honorary), Egypt (consulate general), Eritrea (consulate general), Estonia (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (consulate general). The full list of all 73 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Austrian missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Frankfurt am Main, the nearest other Austrian office is the Honorary Consulate in Stuttgart (about 150 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Consulate General in Munich (about 300 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Frankfurt am Main.

• Berlin (420 km) – Embassy of Austria
• Munich (300 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg)
• Bremen (330 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen)
• Düsseldorf (180 km) – Honorary Consulate (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Frankfurt am Main – Honorary Consulate General (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate) (this page)
• Fürth (180 km) – Honorary Consulate (Franconia and Upper Palatinate)
• Hamburg (390 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg)
• Hanover (260 km) – Honorary Consulate (Lower Saxony)
• Kiel (480 km) – Honorary Consulate (Schleswig-Holstein except the Lübeck area)
• Lübeck (440 km) – Honorary Consulate (Lübeck, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Stormarn, Ostholstein)
• Rostock (500 km) – Honorary Consulate (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• Saarbrücken (160 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saarland)
• Stuttgart (150 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg and Bavarian Swabia)