Rudolf Agstner and the history of Austrian Embassies

The Austrian diplomat Rudolf Agstner, currently Ambassador in Addis Abeba, published several books on the history of Austrian embassies abroad such as for example on the embassies in Switzerland, in the United Kingdom and in Germany. On the embassy in Germany he published "130 Jahre Österreichische Botschaft Berlin. Von der Moltkestrasse zur Stauffenbergstrasse. Handbuch der Vertretungsbehörden von Österreich (-Ungarn) in Deutschland seit 1720" (Philo & Philo Fine Arts, 2003) [130 Years Austrain Embassy in Berlin. From the Moltkestrasse to the Stauffenbergstrasse. Handbook of the Representations of Austria (-Hungary) in Germany since 1720]. The book elaborates the Austro-German relations from a different angle, by narrating the history of the Austrian diplomatic and consular representation to Germany over the last centuries. It stretches from the embassy in the Palais Ratibor in the Moltkerstrasse which dates back to the times of the Habsburg Empire to the opening of the new Austrian embassy in the Stauffenbergstrasse in Berlin in 2001. The author describes the various Austrian embassies in Berlin, Bonn and
East-Berlin, and goes back to the 15 delegations, which were in Germany in the 19th century. He also refers to the times of famous Honorary Consuls such as Rothschild, Oppenheim or lemperer.
Rudolf Agstner is an Austrian diplomat. He entered the Austrian diplomatic service in 1977. He has served at the embassies in Paris, Brussels, Tripoli, Cairo and at the Permanent Representation at the UN in New York. He has also taught at the Institut für Zeitgeschichte [Institute for Contemporary History] of the University of Innsbruck. He has published 11 books and around 100 articles.