German Consulate General Miami
Welcome to the website of the German Consulate General in Miami. 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 the State of Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Island.
The Consulate General will be closed on Monday, May 20, 2013 (Pentecost) and on Monday, May 27, 2013 (Memorial Day)
Apr 19, 2013
| Germany.info
If you have ever been surrounded by nature, touched with a feeling of utter solitude, then you know what the word "Waldeinsamkeit" means. It is the intangible feeling of being alone in the woods.
Word of the Week
Apr 12, 2013
| Germany.info
Foreign Minister Westerwelle had the North Korean Ambassador summoned. The verb "einbestellen" is the German term in the language of diplomacy.
Word of the Week
Apr 5, 2013
| Germany.info
You don't need chocolate from the Easter Bunny to show your "Schokoladenseite": "sich von seiner Schokoladenseite zeigen" means "to show oneself at one's best", from the favorable and attractive side.
Word of the Week
Apr 2, 2013
| Germany.info
On April 2nd, 2013 Petra Reuter, the German Language Advisor for the Southeast of the USA presented the German School of Tallahassee with the German PASCH plaque to honor the program's outstanding and excellent performance of teaching the German language.
German School of Tallahassee
Mar 30, 2013
| Germany.info
On Saturday, March 30, Deputy Consul General Mechtild Ewert and her husband, Mr. Wolfgang Ewert, attended a concert at the New World Symphony called ‘Reflections on Narcissus’ showcasing three contemporary German composers – Wolfgang Rihm, Hans Werner Henze and Matthias Pintscher.
Matthias Pintscher
Mar 28, 2013
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As springtime approaches, children look forward to finding colorful eggs and candies hidden in a garden or left behind in a basket by the Easter Bunny (Osterhase). Surely this intrepid bunny is bolder than an "Angsthase" to venture out to so many different places.
Word of the Week
Mar 22, 2013
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Have you ever been frustrated by a seemingly senseless task or impossible scenario? Then you may have felt like exclaiming: "Es ist zum Mäusemelken!" (It's enough to drive you up the wall.)
Word of the Week
Mar 19, 2013
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For the next 3 months, the Consulate General will be home of a new art exhibition featuring German Artist Detlef Peters. On Tuesday, March 19, the Consulate General hosted an opening reception where guests enjoyed some of the impressive art works of Mr. Peters while being treated to an array of German appetizers, German beer and wine.
One big surprise to the artist and most of the guests was the visit of German Comedian Otto Waalkes who resides in Florida during the winter months.
Detlef Peters
Mar 15, 2013
| Germany.info
The notion of a "Wolkenkuckucksheim" (Cloud-cuckoo-land) can be loosely defined, along the lines of building castles in the air (Luftschlösser), as "eine Utopie ohne Bodenhaftung oder Realitätssinn" (a utopia without grounding or a sense of reality).
Word of the Week
Mar 15, 2013
| Germany.info
The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, the first and only U.S. extension of the prestigious Max Planck Society, today announced it has received approximately $1,257,500 in recent grant funding from prestigious national and international organizations. These latest Grants Will Fund Basic Research into Parkinson’s, Epilepsy and Other Brain Disorders.
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
