German Consulate General Atlanta

The German Consulate General in Atlanta is the official representation of the German government to the southeast of the Unites States. The district of the southeast includes Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. 

Please note that the German version of this website is not just a translation of the English edition but offers additional information pertaining particularly to German citizens.  

Since February 11, 2008, all passport and visa applicants need to arrange for an appointment in order to hand in their applications. Please click on Visa, Passport, Legal

Friendship Award Presented to Outstanding Members of the German Community in Columbus, Georgia

Nov 18, 2009 | Germany.info
Ingeborg Wills and Margarete Crane

"The Federal Republic of Germany Friendship Award" was presented to Ingeborg Wills and Margarete Crane, two outstanding members of the German community in Ft. Benning, during the annual German-Italian Memorial Day ceremony on November 18th.

German-Italian Memorial Day at Fort Benning

Nov 18, 2009 | Germany.info
LTC Walter Schleef (left) and SGM Bernd Rabenstein lay the wreath at the graves of the German POWs

Members of the Fort Benning community gathered at the Fort Benning cemetery on November 18th for the third annual German-Italian Memorial Day ceremony.  To mark the occasion, the German Consulate General, the Honorary Consul General of Italy, and the German and Italian Liaison Officers stationed at Fort Benning placed wreaths at the graves of the fourty-four German servicemen and seven Italian soldiers from World War II who lie buried at the cemetery.

20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall Celebrated in Atlanta

Nov 14, 2009 | Germany.info
Kids pose in front of the Trabant

500 guests from the German-American community came together at Colony Square Mall on November 9th, 2009 to celebrate Germany's historic victory – the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Organized by the German Consulate General in Atlanta and the Goethe-Zentrum / German Cultural Center, the event remembered the historic events that led to the Fall of the Iron Curtain and the instrumental role that the United States played in Germany's “Peaceful Revolution”.

Jülich Neutron Scientists Inaugurate Unique Device in the USA

Nov 13, 2009 | Forschungszentrum Jülich
From left to right: Ian S. Anderson, head of SNS; Jeremy Smith, a scientist who will make use of the new NSE spectrometer; Sebastian M. Schmidt, from the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich; Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph, of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; Dieter Richter and Jost Liebich of the Forschungszentrum Jülich; Christian Jörgens, head of the science and technology department at the German Embassy in Washingto(c) Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A unique large-scale research device from Germany's Forschungszentrum Jülich has just gone into operation in the United States.

Berlin Wall and Trabant - Two Original Pieces of German History at Colony Square

Nov 9, 2009 | Germany.info
Original Berlin Wall Piece in front of Colony Square

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, an original segment of the wall was moved to Colony Square at the corner of Peachtree Street and 14th Street, the location of the Goethe-Zentrum / German Cultural Center. The Berlin Wall was joined by a bright blue Trabant, the famous East German automobile which flooded the streets of West Berlin and West Germany by the thousands after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

Atlanta

Atlanta Skyline (c) picture-alliance/Chad Ehlers

Special Announcements

The German Consulate will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday 11-26-09.

We are open on Friday 11-27-09.

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Freedom Without Walls: 1989-2009

Freedom Without Walls © German Embassy Washington

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of a new era in history. It was the end of the cold war, the beginning of a fully united Europe and proof that peaceful change is possible, even in the moments when it seems most unlikely. 

Information for Travelers on Influenza A/H1N1

Travelers

The Federal Foreign Office is providing up-to-date information for travelers on the spread of Influenza A/H1N1. The information is available in German only. Please refer to the German pages of Germany.info for the latest information.

Transatlantic Climate Bridge

Germans and Americans can be a powerful motor for cooperation on climate and energy policies. The aim of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge is to help Americans and Germans exchange know-how and to pave the way for joint solutions.

The Consul General

German Consul General Lutz Hermann Görgens Ph.D.

Consul General

Lutz H. Görgens, Ph.D.

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