German Consulate New York

Welcome to the website of the German Consulate General in New York. Here you will find information on Germany, the consular services we provide and German-related news and events in the Tri-State-Area. We offer a wide spectrum of information, including travel, study, doing business in Germany, German newspapers and broadcasts as well as our Event Calendar. Our German language website features information and news relevant to German citizens.

The Consulate General’s area of jurisdiction covers Bermuda, Connecticut (Fairfield County), New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

In NYC’s Winter Garden seventy Students from Berlin and New York created dances to honor the Fall of the Wall.

Oct 28, 2009 | Germany.info
"Dancing to Connect" performance at the Winter Garden

On Wednesday, October 28th, 2009, World Financial Center celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with the dance performance "Battery Dance Company - Dancing to Connect", created by American choreographers, teenage Germans (who crossed the Atlantic for the program) and teenage American dancers from the Millennium High School in Lower Manhattan. The results of this one week of hard work was presented in two outstanding performances at the Winter Garden which attracted almost one thousand people.

At Columbia University, a Symposium to Discuss German Reunification

Oct 22, 2009 | Germany.info
Consul General Horst Freitag and Professor Gesine Schwan

On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, paved the way for the reunification of Germany and heralded the end of the Cold War. In celebrating this historic landmark that changed the world, Columbia University and New York University jointly held a two-day symposium on the German reunification, entitled, “The Fall of the Wall: A Prism for Looking at Germany’s Recent Past and Future”, on October 22 and 23. The symposium was opened on Thursday, October 22, with a keynote address by Prof. Dr. Gesine Schwan, co-founder of the Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance and former president of Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder, at Columbia University’s Altschul Auditorium.

Research in the German House: Research Conference 2009 with DFG and NFS

Oct 14, 2009 | Germany.info
Research Conference 2009:  DFG and NFS

This year’s very successful DFG-NSF Research Conference in the German House New York (14 -17 October) was focused on the topic "Sustainable Use of Nanomaterials for Novel Engineering Solutions".

Celebrating German American Day in Mineola, Nassau County

Oct 8, 2009 | Germany.info
Press Consul Jochen Wolter and the Hon. Justice Ute Wolff Lally, surrounded by students and teachers of the Garden City Middle School

To celebrate German-American friendship, the Press Consul of the Consulate General, Jochen Wolter, participated in German American Day in Mineola, Nassau County on Thursday, October 8th. He followed an invitation by the Hon. Justice Ute Wolff Lally and the American Cultural Council. Taking place in front of the Old Courthouse, the celebration also featured German-learning schoolchildren of several classes from the Garden City Middle School. County Executive Tom Suozzi also held an address.     

Innovative Solutions to Challenges in Life Sciences in Germany

Oct 6, 2009 | Germany.info
Dr. Christian Garbe, FIZ Frankfurt Biotechnology Innovation Center, and Dr. Nathan Tinker, New York Biotechnology Association, after signing the momorandum of understanding

At a conference hosted by the Consulate General and the State of Hessen US Office for Economic  Development on October 6th at the German House New York, Dr. Christian Garbe, Managing Director of FIZ Frankfurt Biotechnology Innovation Center and Dr. Nathan Tinker, Executive Director of the New York Biotechnology Association (NYBA) signed a memorandum of understanding, commiting both parties to increase cooperation in biotechnological research.

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