The Honorary Consulate of Italy in Kiel is run by honorary consul Karsten Meyer and is a local point of contact for Italian citizens and for business and cultural links in Schleswig-Holstein. Passports and visas are handled by the Italian Consulate General in Hanover.
Contact Details
| Address | Wilhelmplatz 2A, 24116 Kiel, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 431 5603 8573 |
| Fax | +49 431 56 10 70 |
| consolato_onorario_kiel@yahoo.it | |
| Head of Mission | Karsten Meyer, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | Schleswig-Holstein |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 10:00 - 12:00 / 15:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours may vary on public holidays. Please confirm before you visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Kiel
Honorary consul Karsten Meyer represents Italy in Schleswig-Holstein. Office hours are on Wednesdays.
Which Italian office issues passports and visas?
Formal applications go to Italian Consulate General in Hanover. The honorary consul is a local contact for the Italian community and can help in emergencies.
Contact details of the Italian Consulate General in Hannover, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Freundallee 27, 30173 Hannover, Germany
- Telephone: +49 511 28 37 90
- Email: segreteria.hannover@esteri.it
- Opening hours: Monday 09:00–12:00 and 15:00–17:00; Tuesday 09:00–12:00; Wednesday 09:00–12:00 and 15:00–17:00; Thursday to Friday 09:00–12:00
- Website: conshannover.esteri.it/consolato_hannover/de
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 Italy and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Italian 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 Kiel
9 other countries are represented in Kiel: Austria (honorary), Denmark (honorary), Estonia (honorary), Finland (honorary), Indonesia (honorary), Latvia (honorary), Norway (honorary), Romania (honorary), Sweden (honorary).
Italian missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Kiel, the nearest other Italian office is the Honorary Consulate in Hamburg (about 86 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Consular Agency in Wolfsburg (about 220 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Kiel.
- Berlin (290 km) – Embassy of Italy
- Frankfurt am Main (480 km) – Consulate General (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Lower Franconia)
- Hanover (220 km) – Consulate General (northern Germany except Wolfsburg area)
- Cologne (430 km) – Consulate General (Cologne and Düsseldorf regions, Olpe, Siegen-Wittgenstein)
- Munich (700 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria except Lower Franconia)
- Stuttgart (620 km) – Consulate General (Baden-Württemberg except Freiburg region)
- Freiburg im Breisgau (720 km) – Consulate (Freiburg region)
- Dortmund (360 km) – Consulate (Münster, Detmold, Arnsberg regions)
- Wolfsburg (220 km) – Consular Agency (Wolfsburg, Gifhorn, Helmstedt)
- Bremen (160 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Hamburg (86 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Hamm (330 km) – Honorary Consulate (eastern Westphalia)
- Kiel – Honorary Consulate (this page)
- Mannheim (550 km) – Honorary Consulate (Mannheim, Heidelberg, Rhein-Neckar)
- Nuremberg (550 km) – Honorary Consulate (Upper and Middle Franconia)
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Details checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: German Federal Foreign Office, Embassy of Italy in Berlin. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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