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.

Maine Governor Proclaims November 9 "Freedom Without Walls" Day

Nov 11, 2009 | Germany.info
Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, © picture-alliance/dpa

Maine Governor John E. Baldacci as issued an official proclamation declaring November 9, 2009 "Freedom Without Walls" Day in commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago on November 9th, 1989.

Ceremonial Opening of Berlin Wall Photo Exhibit at the Massachusetts State House

Nov 10, 2009 | German Consulate Boston
State House

To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Consul General Friedrich Löhr and Senator Karen Spilka opened the exhibit “The Wall” on November 10, 2009 at the Massachusetts State House. The selection of 24 photographs from Joanna Pinneo, Anthony Suau, Christopher Morris, David Turnley and Peter Turnley –first publicly displayed in 1990 by the German Information Center – can be seen from November 9th-13th in Doric Hall at the Massachusetts State House.

Massport, Lufthansa and German Consulate open Berlin Exhibition at Logan Airport

Oct 28, 2009 | German Consulate Boston
beBerlin at Logan

The exhibition "Berlin - City of Change" shows why Berlin is the place to be - for city life, science, business, fashion & design and history - 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. In recognition of this historic event and in order to demonstrate the fundamental change Berlin underwent during the last 20 years, the German Consulate General in Boston, together with Massport and Lufthansa, brought this unique exhibition to Logan International Airport. Special guest at the opening reception was Germany's famous poet, singer and critic of the GDR, Wolf Biermann.

“Freedom Without Walls”: Boston College dedicates Berlin Wall replica

Oct 21, 2009 | German Consulate Boston
Freedom without Walls

As a part of its “Freedom Without Walls” campaign to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the German Embassy in Washington, DC selected 29 universities and colleges throughout the US for special Campus Weeks. As one of six selected institutions in New England and the only one in the Boston area, Boston College presented an important part of this project on “Freedom Without Walls”. At a kick-off event on October 21, 2009, a replica of the Berlin Wall was dedicated on the Campus Green and is on display during the commemoration.The panels metaphorically represent the collapse of the Berlin Wall and a passageway to freedom.

German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth meets scientific, energy and military leaders in Boston

Oct 13, 2009 | German Consulate Boston
Scharioth visit

A fully packed Tuesday offered German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth his personal version of Ted Kennedy's famous portrait of Boston as „...the best of the past, and the best of the future“: Scharioth, who attended the Harvard Law School and the JFK School of Government and holds a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, did much more than trace his own footsteps when he came to Boston on October 13, 2009.

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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.