Overview
The Honorary Consulate of Hungary in Graz is the local consular contact for Styria — Austria's second-largest federal state by area and the home of Graz, Austria's second-largest city after Vienna and a UNESCO World Heritage site for its old town and Schloss Eggenberg. The office is on Ivica-Osim-Platz 2 (a square named after the legendary Yugoslav-born football coach who managed Sturm Graz) in Graz's western Eggenberg district. The Honorary Consul is Mag. Rudolf Roth, in post since July 1993 — one of the longest-serving honorary consuls in Hungary's network anywhere. As an honorary consulate, the office holds Beglaubigungsbefugnis only — no passport or visa authority — and routes all full consular acts to the Hungarian Embassy's Consular Section in Vienna at Schenkenstraße 3, which holds territorial competence for Styria. Styria's economic ties to Hungary are real: the auto cluster around Graz (Magna Steyr, AVL List, the Volvo plant in Graz) sources from and supplies into the Hungarian automotive value chain, and the GKW Wirtschaftskammer Steiermark maintains active business relations with the Hungarian chambers.
Consular Services
Beglaubigungsbefugnis only — document and signature authentication. The office cannot issue Hungarian passports or visas, register births/marriages/deaths, or perform other notarial acts requiring full embassy authority. For all such matters Styrian residents go to the Hungarian Embassy Consular Section in Vienna. The honorary consul also provides first-line guidance and emergency contact facilitation for Hungarian nationals in distress in Styria.
Service Area
Styria. The office's jurisdiction is limited to this single federal state. Full consular services for Styrian residents are provided by the Hungarian Embassy's Consular Section in Vienna at Schenkenstraße 3.
Appointment Information
Public office hours are Monday to Friday 09:00–12:00. The consul Mag. Rudolf Roth answers in German and Hungarian; an additional German-language contact (Frau Strutz) handles routine document matters. Walk-ins within office hours are accepted; for non-urgent matters a short call or email in advance helps prepare documents. Contact: +43 316 42 43 44-16, email konsulat@tankroth.at. For services requiring full embassy authority, contact the Hungarian Embassy Consular Section in Vienna directly (+43 1 537 80 300, info.wien@mfa.gov.hu).
Special Notes
Honorary consulates everywhere are staffed in a non-professional capacity by prominent local figures appointed by the sending state. Mag. Roth has carried the role since 1993 — over three decades of continuity that speaks to the steady Styrian-Hungarian relationship across the post-Cold-War period when Hungary opened its border with Austria in 1989, joined the EU in 2004 and entered Schengen in 2007. Working languages are German and Hungarian.