Embassy of Ireland, Berlin

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The Embassy of Ireland in Berlin (German: Botschaft von Irland) is the diplomatic mission of Ireland to Germany. It is located at 51 Jägerstraße since 2009. The current Ambassador to Germany is Maeve Collins who has served in this role since July 2024. She is Ireland's first ever female ambassador to Germany.

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Mendelssohn Palace

The Mendelssohn Palace is a Neoclassical-style building in Berlin-Mitte. Designed by the architects Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden, the palace was completed in 1893. The building functioned as a residence- and bank building for the Mendelssohn family. Partly destroyed in World War II, the undamaged remnant of the palace is currently seat of a business company.

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Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities

The Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities is an umbrella organization for eight German academies of sciences and humanities. The Union brings together over 2,000 scientists from various disciplines, facilitating scientific exchange and collaboration among its member academies. It coordinates large-scale research projects and supports early-career researchers.

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Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, abbreviated BBAW, is the official academic society for the natural sciences and humanities for the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg. Housed in three locations in and around Berlin, Germany, the BBAW is the largest non-university humanities research institute in the region. The BBAW was constituted in 1992 by formal treaty between the governments of Berlin and Brandenburg on the basis of several older academies, including the historic Prussian Academy of Sciences from 1700 and East Germany's Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic from 1946. By this tradition, past members include the Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt, Lise Meitner, Theodor Mommsen, Albert Einstein, and Max Planck. Today the BBAW operates as a public law corporation in cooperation with the German National Academy of Sciences, and has over 300 fellows and 250 additional staff members. Its elected scientific membership has included 78 Nobel laureates. The BBAW operates several subsidiary research centers. Projects include compiling large dictionaries; editing texts from ancient, medieval, and modern history; and editing the classical literature from diverse fields. Notable examples include Inscriptiones Graecae, the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, the German Dictionary, the Ancient Egyptian Dictionary, the bibliography of works by Alexander von Humboldt, and a scholarly edition of the works of Ludwig Feuerbach.

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Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin

Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin commenced operation in Berlin, Germany in March 2009. It is responsible for promoting Hong Kong's economic and trade relations with eight Central European countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. It is located in Jägerstrasse 33, 10117 Berlin, Germany. The Director of the Office is Betty SP Ho, who reports to the Special Representative for HK Econ & Trade Affairs to the European Union, Brussels ETO. In recognition of the special status of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and HKETO Berlin, an ordinance was passed in February 2009 by the Bundesrat of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ordinance grants HKETO Berlin the full set of diplomatic privileges and immunities, despite the fact Hong Kong is not a sovereign state. Before it commenced its operations in Berlin, HKETO Berlin had its temporary office in the office of HKETO Brussels, Belgium. The official opening of HKETO, Berlin was held on 21 March 2011.

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Barenboim–Said Akademie

The Barenboim–Said Akademie is an academy located in Berlin, Germany, offering bachelor's degrees and Artist Diploma certificates in music; it opened on 8 December 2016. It was co-founded by the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim and the literary theorist Edward Said. The academy was financed to a capacity of 90 young musicians, with an admissions focus on the Middle East and North Africa, in the spirit of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. The academy features a concert hall for chamber music, the Pierre Boulez Saal.

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Embassy History

The first Irish diplomatic mission in Germany was established in 1929 on Drakestraße, near Tiergarten. This building was destroyed in an air-raid during World War II. In 1951, Ireland opened an embassy in Bonn, which was the de facto capital of West Germany. This embassy was eventually moved to Friedrichstraße, Berlin in 2000 after German Reunification.

Building

The embassy occupies part of 51 Jägerstraße. This building was built by the Mendelssohn family in 1789. In 1939 it was, along with a number of other buildings on Jägerstraße, forcibly sold to the German Reich.

List of Ambassadors

Daniel A. Binchy 1929-1932 Leo T. McCauley 1932-1933 Charles Bewley 1933-1939 William Warnock 1939-1944 Cornelius Cremin 1944-1945 John A. Belton 1951-1955 Dr. Thomas Joseph ("Tommy", "T.J.") Kiernan 1955-1956 William Warnock 1956-1962 Brian Gallagher 1962-1964 Eamonn Kennedy 1964-1970 Paul Keating 1970-1972 Seán Ronan 1972-1973 Robert McDonagh 1973-1976 Christopher P (Robin) Fogarty 1976-1983 John Campbell 1983-1986 Kester Heaslip 1986-1991 Pádraig Murphy 1991-1998 Noel Fahey 1998-2002 Seán Ó hUiginn 2002-2006 David Donoghue 2006-2009 Dan Mulhall 2009-2013 Michael Collins 2013-2019 Dr. Nicholas O'Brien 2019-2024 Maeve Collins 2024-Present