The bilateral relations between Morocco and Germany go back to the beginning of the XVI. Century back. In 1506 trading branches were founded in Safi by the "Wesler" and the "Fuggern".
A German troop contingent took part in the famous "Battle of the Three Kings" in 1578 on the side of King Sebastian of Portugal in the vicinity of the city of Ksar-El-Kébir in northern Morocco.
From 1781 negotiations were started for the conclusion of a trade agreement between Morocco and the city of Bremen.
Under the rule of the Sultan Alouite Moulay Soulaiman, the first trade agreement was signed with the Hanseatic city of Hamburg in 1802 for the regulation of shipping off the Moroccan coasts. A similar contract was signed a few years later with the city of Lübeck.
During the XIX. In the 19th century, some travel and research expeditions contributed to making Morocco known to the Hanseatic states. An example is the expedition that August Petermann from the “Justus Perthes von Gotha” institute undertook in 1854, and the expedition of the doctor, Gerhard Rohlfs, from Bremen, who published “My first stay in Morocco” in 1873.
This interest of the academic circles was extended to the economic and political areas in Germany, which had recognized the need for diplomatic representation in Morocco.
Chancellor Bismarck, who was aware of the political and strategic importance of Morocco, decided in 1872 to found a legation at the Cherifischer Hof with the appointment of Gülich as resident minister of the city of Tangier. This diplomat paid a courtesy visit to Sultan Moulay El Hassan on May 7, 1877 in Fez.
Trying to strengthen friendship with Germany, the Sultan Moulay El Hassan sent a message to Kaiser Wilhelm I on May 23, 1878, which was led by the Kaid of Safi Taibi Benhima.
A second message, led by the governor of Chaouia Abdeslam Ben Rachid Lahrizi, was received on February 6, 1889 by Kaiser Wilhelm II in Bremerhaven.
This embassy went to Essen on February 17th, where it visited the "KRUPP" arms factories.
In response to the interest of the Moroccan ambassadors, Kaiser Wilhelm II decided in the same year to appoint Tattenbach as Germany's new resident minister in Tangier.
This diplomat played an important role in strengthening relations between the two countries by negotiating the first German-Moroccan trade agreement, which was signed in Fez on June 1, 1890.
At the end of the Tattenbach mission he was replaced by Schenck, who was officially received by Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz in Marrakech on April 29, 1898.
In addition, the activities of the French army on Morocco's eastern borders led Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz to seek German assistance and to send an embassy on July 7, 1900, led by Mehdi El Mnebhi. This was received by the Hamburg Senate, the Kaiser and the Kaiserin in Potsdam.
As part of this diplomatic exchange, Kaiser Wilhelm II paid his famous visit to Tangier on May 31, 1905.
Shortly after Morocco gained independence, bilateral diplomatic relations were re-established. In 1957 Deresch was appointed Ambassador to His Majesty, King Mohammed V.
These relations were confirmed twice by the official visits of His Majesty, King Hassan II, to Germany and in 1966 by the President of the Federal Republic of Lübke to Morocco.