Both countries have embassies to each other, with Germany's embassy in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg's embassy in Berlin, along with ten honorary consulates. As of October 2022, Germany's ambassador to Luxembourg is Dr. Heinrich Kreft, and Luxembourg's ambassador to Germany is Jean-Paul Senninger.
The two countries share a 138 kilometres (86mi) land border, with Luxembourg mostly bordering the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as a small 8 kilometres (5.0mi) border with the state of Saarland.
After the war, diplomatic relation were re-established in 1951. Both countries became trusted neighbors and became founding members of the European Coal and Steel Community and advocates of European Integration. The French Lorraine, the German Saarland and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg today cooperate closely across borders in various areas within the framework of the Saar-Lor-Lux European Region.
Economic relations
Germany is Luxembourg's most important economic partner, accounting for 27% of its foreign trade volume. Around 50,000 Germans work in Luxembourg.[3]
There were around 23,000 Luxembourgers living in Germany [4] in 2020, and around 17,000 Germans living in Luxembourg in 2020.[5]