If you are a German citizen living abroad, you can apply for your passport at the German diplomatic mission responsible for you. As a rule, the German diplomatic mission or consular post in whose district you are permanently resident is responsible for issuing passports abroad.
However, a few diplomatic missions abroad do not act as passport authorities. Please check the website of the diplomatic mission responsible for your place of residence.
To save you having to travel long distances, some honorary consular officials also offer to accept passport applications and forward them to the responsible diplomatic mission for an additional fee.
If there are important reasons, you can also go to another diplomatic mission or consular post that is not locally responsible. You must always apply for a passport in person.