Overview
The Honorary Consulate of Hungary in Linz is the local consular contact for Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) — Austria's third-largest federal state by population, the country's industrial heartland and home to Linz, Austria's third-largest city after Vienna and Graz. The office sits on Hasnerstraße 2/5 in central Linz, in the same building as a notarial-and-legal practice that hosts a cluster of honorary consulates (the shared honorarkonsulat.at address is a typical pattern for honorary consuls who hold the role alongside their day job in law or business). The Honorary Consul is Roland Heinz Pedak, in post since 2 February 2023. 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 Upper Austria. The Linz–Hungary connection is grounded in heavy industry: voestalpine's Linz steelworks supplies into Hungarian automotive manufacturing, the chemical cluster around Linz has Hungarian counterparts in Tiszaújváros and Szolnok, and the Danube itself is the economic and historical thread linking Linz with Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and the lower river all the way to the Black Sea.
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 Upper Austrian residents go to the Hungarian Embassy Consular Section in Vienna. The honorary consul also provides first-line guidance for Hungarian nationals in distress in Upper Austria.
Service Area
Upper Austria (Oberösterreich). The office's jurisdiction is limited to this single federal state. Full consular services for Upper Austrian residents are provided by the Hungarian Embassy's Consular Section in Vienna at Schenkenstraße 3.
Appointment Information
Public office hours are Wednesdays from 09:00 to 12:00 — a single morning slot per week, which is typical for honorary consulates. Outside that window the office is reachable by phone (+43 732 660 662 100), fax (+43 732 660 662-60) or email (ungarn@honorarkonsulat.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 consuls are appointed by the sending state from among prominent local figures and serve in a non-professional capacity alongside their main occupation. The Linz consulate's address — Hasnerstraße 2/5 — sits within a building that houses a cluster of honorary representations and is administratively run as a consular point of contact, not as a full embassy with security infrastructure. Working languages are German and Hungarian.