The following is a partial list of Prussian envoys to the Electorate of Saxony, Kingdom of Saxony and Free State of Saxony.

History

Since the late Middle Ages, family ties established through marriage between the Wettin and Hohenzollern dynasties, as well as an inheritance bond concluded in 1457 (and renewed several times in the 16th century), have determined Brandenburg-Saxon relations. From the 17th century onwards, Prussian-Saxon relations were characterized by the increase in political power of Prussia and the parallel loss of power in Saxony. From 1742, Prussia set up a permanent embassy in Dresden.

Major conflicts with a temporary break in diplomatic relations were the First Silesian War (from 1740 to 1742) and Second Silesian War (from 1745 to 1746), the Seven Years' War (from 1756 to 1763) and the Austro-Prussian War (in 1866). With the creation of the Prussian Foreign Ministry in 1808, there was a structural reorganization of the Prussian embassy system. During the War of the Sixth Coalition (from 1813 to 1815) there was a withdrawal of the diplomatic corps, but no formal break in relations.

From the middle of the 19th century, the Prussian Embassy was located in the Moszinska Palace (, Mosczinskystrasse 5, in today's Großer Garten district. After the founding of the German Empire in 1871, the embassy became largely insignificant before it was dissolved in 1924.

Heads of mission 1650: Establishment of diplomatic relations

Envoy to the Electorate of Saxony (...)

1721 Kurt Christoph von Schwerin 1721–1726: (1687–1760) 1740 (1713–1783) (...)

1742: Establishment of a permanent embassy

1742–1745: (1690–1761)

1745 to 1746: Interruption of relations

1746–1748: (1692–1757) 1748–1750: (1726–1793) 1750–1756:

1757 to 1763: Interruption of relations during the Seven Years' War

1763–1765: Adolf Friedrich von Buch (1732–1811) 1765–1775: Adrian Heinrich von Borcke (1736–1791) 1775–1775: (1741–1804) 1775–1787: (1745–1802) 1787–1792: Karl Friedrich von Gessler (1753–1829) 1792–1794: Friedrich Abraham Wilhelm von Arnim (1767–1812) 1795–1806: (1767–1829)

Envoys to the Kingdom of Saxony

1807–: Peter Lautier, chargé d'affaires –1813: Karl Friedrich von Geßler (1753–1829) 1813–1816: Vacant 1816–1819: Johann Christian Magnus von Oelsen (1775–1848) 1819–1848: (1773–1848) 1848–1850: Julius von Canitz und Dallwitz (1815–1894), chargé d'affaires 1850–1852: (1803–1881) 1852–1852: von der Schulenburg 1853–1859: (1804–1888) 1859–1859: (1825–1912) 1859–1863: Karl Friedrich von Savigny (1814–1875) 1863–1863: von Gundlach 1863–1864: (1809–1864) 1864–1864: von Buddenbruck 1864–1866: Gustav von Schulenburg-Priemern

1866: Interruption of relations between June and October

1866–1867: von Landsberg-Steinfurt 1867–1873: (1826–1875) 1873–1878: (1825–1912) 1878–1879: 1879–1906: Carl August von Dönhoff (1833–1906) 1906–1911: Prince Hans zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1858–1945) 1911–1912: Vacant 1912–1914: (1851–1916) 1914–1919: (1864–1930)

Envoys to the Free State of Saxony 1919–1920: Vacant 1920–1922: (1881–1965) 1922–1924: Schellen, chargé d'affaires

1924: Abolition of the embassy on March 31st

See also Germany–Switzerland relations

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