The Honorary Consulate of Austria in Lübeck is a volunteer-run office led by honorary consul Jochen Brüggen. It assists Austrian citizens in Lübeck and south-eastern Schleswig-Holstein; passport and visa applications go to the Austrian Embassy in Berlin.
Contact Details
| Address | Gertrudenstraße 15, 23568 Lübeck, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 451 310 01 50 |
| Fax | +49 451 310 01 42 |
| honorarkonsul@brueggen.com | |
| Head of Mission | Jochen Brüggen, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | City of Lübeck and the districts of Herzogtum Lauenburg, Stormarn and Ostholstein |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 09:00 - 12:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 12:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 12:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 12:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 12:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours may vary on public holidays. Please confirm before you visit.
Location of the Consulate
The Austrian honorary consul in Lübeck
Honorary consul Jochen Brüggen represents Austria in Lübeck and the three surrounding districts, including holiday areas on the Baltic coast of Ostholstein.
Passports and visas: who is responsible?
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.
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 Lübeck
3 other countries are represented in Lübeck: Denmark (honorary), South Africa (honorary), Sweden (honorary).
Austrian missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Lübeck, the nearest other Austrian office is the Honorary Consulate in Hamburg (about 57 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Berlin (about 230 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Lübeck.
- Berlin (230 km) – Embassy of Austria
- Munich (640 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg)
- Bremen (150 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen)
- Düsseldorf (390 km) – Honorary Consulate (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Frankfurt am Main (440 km) – Honorary Consulate General (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Fürth (490 km) – Honorary Consulate (Franconia and Upper Palatinate)
- Hamburg (57 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg)
- Hanover (180 km) – Honorary Consulate (Lower Saxony)
- Kiel (62 km) – Honorary Consulate (Schleswig-Holstein except the Lübeck area)
- Lübeck – Honorary Consulate (Lübeck, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Stormarn, Ostholstein) (this page)
- Rostock (98 km) – Honorary Consulate (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- Saarbrücken (570 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saarland)
- Stuttgart (580 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg and Bavarian Swabia)
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Details checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: German Federal Foreign Office, Austrian Consulate General Munich. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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