Austria Opens New Honorary Consulate in Wrocław/Breslau

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: August 31, 2015; 18:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

The population of Wrocław is 633,802, making it the fourth largest city in Poland. Grzegorz Schetyna, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs opened the new Austrian honorary consulate in Wrocław (Breslau) together with Thomas M. Buchsbaum, the Austrian ambassador in Poland.

New Austrian honorary consulate opens its doors in Wrocław / Picture: © Wikipedia / Julo

Wrocław (Breslau) is the largest city in western Poland. It is situated on the River Odra (Oder) in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly 350 kilometres from the Baltic Sea to the north and 40 kilometres from the Sudety Mountains to the south.

The opening simultaneously is connected to the handover of office to the new Austrian honorary consul Dr. Edward…