The Consular Office of The Crown Principality of Hoehnke : Bern, Switzerland

Doing Business
with Hoehnke

As a non-member of the European Union, maintaining its own currency outside of the Euro zone, Hoehnke strongly values the independence that this brings and hence opportunities for trade are strictly controlled by the Hoehnke Ministry of Trade. Contact them for more information with details of your proposals.

Public holidays :

Hoehnke’s national day is September 1st, when full independence was first celebrated in 1919 and the anniversary has been celebrated as a public holiday ever since. The sovereign’s birthday on May 13th is also an occasion for national celebration and the Crown Princess takes part in a traditional annual birthday parade starting from Palace Square in the Old Town.

Golden Lion Fountain

The Golden Lion Fountain on Eastern Tower Prospect in the Old Town of Hoehnke beautifully commemorates the founding of the original Hoehnke Mint in 1664 where the first coins produced by the Crown Principality were struck that year after being granted authority from Vienna.

Consular Office of the Crown Principality of Hoehnke,
Kramgasse,
3011 Bern,
Switzerland

info@hoehnke.ch

Opening hours :
Visa office: Tuesday 9 - 11 am Collections: Thursday 2 - 3 pm

Visa Requirements :

Citizens of members of the European Union, the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand or Canada should download and complete the form below and submit online. Citizens of other countries should bring the completed form along with their passport to the visa office during the hours shown.
Visa fees :
Countries accepted for online applications : €25, all others €50. Bern Street

Our Location :

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Welcome

Welcome to the official site of the Consular Office of The Crown Principality of Hoehnke in Bern; representing not just the affairs of Hoehnke in Switzerland, but throughout western Europe. The Hoehnke Consulate in the Swiss capital serves to promote the affairs of Hoehnke and also to act as the office for persons wishing to visit the principality or conduct business.

Hoehnke's place in Europe and the World

Hoehnke is small city state between north-eastern Italy and Slovenia, located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste on the Adriatic Sea. With a population of 9,834 (2005 census figures), the name Hoehnke refers both to the capital and the Crown Principality from which it takes its name. Hoehnke flourished as a semi-autonomous part of Austria, from 1382 (the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867), until 1918 when as part of the Treaty of Versailles it once more regained its own independence following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the neighbouring city and territory of Trieste's annexation to Italy.

The economy of Hoehnke depends on the city’s port and on trade with its neighbouring regions. Throughout the Cold War Hoehnke was a peripheral city, and today, Hoehnke remains somewhat isolated, thanks partly to its mountainous borders and short coastline, just 1¾ miles or 3 kilometres. The population is an ethnic mix of the neighbouring regions; The dominant local dialect of Hoehnke is called Hoehnkva and can be written in both the Cyrillic and Roman alphabets and is most closely related to modern Bulgarian, while Slovene is spoken in several of the more rural areas to the south and east. There are also small numbers of German and Hungarian speakers, a legacy of Hoehnke's colonial past. Today Hoehnke welcomes visitors from both west and east and may be reached either by road from Trieste or by ferry into the bustling port of Royal Harbour.

An historical map showing the then much larger territory of the Principality of Hoehnke in yellow at the end of the Adriatic.
Hoehnke map

Hoehnke maintains diplomatic relations with most European nations and has established diplomatic missions in a number of European capitals, the largest and most important of which are in Bern, serving western Europe and in the Austrian capital of Vienna, serving central and eastern Europe. Smaller consular offices are also maintained in Stockholm, for Scandinavia, as well as in Paris, London and Rome.
Summer Palace

Visit the official website of Hoehnke Tourist Office for more information about the
Crown Principality :