Croatia Consulate General Frankfurt am Main

Before your visit

The Croatian Consulate General is at Am Weingarten 25 in Frankfurt-Bockenheim, west of the city centre.

• Telephone: +49 69 7 07 10 12.

About the Croatian Consulate General in Frankfurt

The consulate general serves Croatians in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland and is headed by Consul General Vedran Konjevod. In Rhineland-Palatinate, the honorary consul in Mainz offers additional help.

Which Croatian office is responsible for me?

Consular services

• Passports and identity cards
• Entries in the Croatian civil registers
• Croatian citizenship and certificates of citizenship
• Powers of attorney and certified signatures
• Registration as a voter abroad

Documents checklist

Prepare these documents before your appointment. The lists are taken from official Croatian sources:

Croatian passport (application at a mission abroad)

• Apply in person on the form available at the mission – two fingerprints and your signature are taken
• A biometric photo, 35 × 45 mm, without head covering (religious or medical exceptions)
• Your current passport and/or identity card
• Proof of residence or stay in the mission’s area (e.g. registration certificate)
• For a first passport: proof of Croatian citizenship (domovnica) and a birth register extract less than 6 months old
• Marriages or name changes abroad must first be entered in the Croatian registers; proof of payment of the consular fee

Lost passport – travel document for the return

• Report the loss to the local police and get the police record
• Apply in person at the nearest Croatian mission for a putni list
• It is valid for up to 30 days, for the return to Croatia

Sources: Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs – passport (mvep.gov.hr), Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs – travel document (putni list) (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the consulate before your visit.

Do I need an appointment?

For identity documents, yes. Call the consulate general to book a slot and confirm the documents required.

Visa information

Croatia is in the EU, the Schengen area and the euro area, so Germans travel there with an ID card or passport and pay in euros. Croatians in Germany can live and work freely and register with their local residents’ office.

Other consulates and embassies in Frankfurt

72 other countries are represented in Frankfurt, among them: Czech Republic (honorary), Denmark (honorary), Dominican Republic (consulate general), Ecuador (honorary), Egypt (consulate general), Eritrea (consulate general), Estonia (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (consulate general), Georgia (consulate general), Greece (consulate general), Guinea (honorary), Hungary (honorary), Iceland (honorary), India (consulate general), Indonesia (consulate general), Iraq (consulate general), Ireland (consulate general), Italy (consulate general), Japan (consulate general). The full list of all 73 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

Closed on Hessian public holidays and on Croatian holidays such as Statehood Day (30 May), Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (22 June), Victory Day (5 August) and Remembrance Day (18 November).

Emergency assistance

If a Croatian citizen in the district is arrested, injured or loses their passport, the consulate general can help. Germans in Croatia can contact the German Embassy in Zagreb.

Croatian missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Frankfurt am Main, the nearest other Croatian office is the Honorary Consulate in Mainz (about 32 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Frankfurt am Main.

• Berlin (420 km) – Embassy of Croatia
• Düsseldorf (180 km) – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Frankfurt am Main – Consulate General (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland) (this page)
• Freiburg im Breisgau (240 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg)
• Hamburg (390 km) – Consulate General (Hamburg, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• Munich (300 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria)
• Passau (390 km) – Honorary Consulate (Upper and Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate)
• Stuttgart (150 km) – Consulate General (Baden-Württemberg)
• Dresden (370 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony)
• Cologne (150 km) – Honorary Consulate (Cologne administrative region)
• Mainz (32 km) – Honorary Consulate (Rhineland-Palatinate)
• Magdeburg (310 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg)