German Consulate General Boston

Welcome to the website of the German Consulate General in Boston. Here you will find information on Germany, the consular services we provide and German-related news and events in our area. We offer a wide spectrum of information, including travel, study, doing business in Germany and much more. Our German language website features information and news relevant to German citizens. 

The Consulate General’s area of jurisdiction covers Connecticut (except Fairfield County), Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.

Franco-German Season Opener at Handel and Haydn Society

Oct 9, 2009 | German Consulate Boston
Franco-German Concert

The Handel and Haydn Society opened its 195th season on Friday, October 9, 2009 in Symphony Hall with a rare collaboration of two outstanding European artists in the field of period performance: The acclaimed German countertenor Andreas Scholl and the rising young French conductor Jean-Christophe Spinosi performed some of the finest works by Baroque composers Antonio Vivaldi and George Frideric Handel with a period instrument orchestra.

Max-Planck-Society follows close upon Harvard

Oct 6, 2009 | ScienceWatch

Especially in the fields of Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry and Biology, Max-Planck Scientists belong to the top of the list. In a ranking conducted byScienceWatch, Max-Planck Society was placed second regarding the number and citation of its publications, directly behind top-rated Harvard.

Day of German Unity

Oct 5, 2009 | German Consulate Boston
Day of German Unity Celebration

Nineteen years ago, the 3rd of October 1990 marked the new beginning of Germany as a united country. To celebrate this historic date, on October 5, 2009, Consul General Friedrich Löhr and his wife Angela Zhang Löhr invited guests from all over New England to a reception at the beautiful building of the Goethe Institute in Boston.

Ceremony and Exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall at the University of New England

Oct 5, 2009 | German Consulate Boston
20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall at the University of New England

20 years ago the United States of America stood firmly by Germany's side in securing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany in peace and freedom. This was honored by the German Consul General in Boston, Friedrich Löhr and the German Honorary Consul for Maine and New Hampshire, Adrian P. Kendall, with a celebration on October 2, 2009 at the George & Barbara Bush Center of the University of New England (UNE).

Election Party

Sep 27, 2009 | German Consulate Boston
Election Party

On the occasion of the Bundestag elections, over 300 Germans and interested parties gathered on September 27, 2009 for an election party at the Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge.

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The Consul General

Consul General

The German Consulate in Boston is headed by Consul General Friedrich Löhr.

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.