Private Detectives for Scotland | Private Investigators in Scotland – 

Kurtz Detective Agency*

Company anniversary as an indicator of experience and quality: 10 years of Kurtz Detective Agency in 2023

Scotland, with approximately 5.5 million inhabitants, is among the preferred travel destinations of many Europeans. Several of our private investigators and corporate investigators are highly familiar with the country, its history, language, geography and customs through frequent visits, on-site investigations and professional contacts with Scottish colleagues. Patrick Kurtz, proprietor of Kurtz Detective Agency, even resides on the Isle of Skye for part of each year. For these reasons, we also offer the services of our detective agency in Scotland and cooperate with local partners — we will gladly advise you regarding your case and the conditions for commissioning Kurtz Detective Agency: +49 201 3840 9057.

 

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Detective Agency Edinburgh | Private Eye Edinburgh

Edinburgh, the “Athens of the North”, is the cultural centre of the northernmost country in Great Britain and, alongside Glasgow (see below), its principal economic hub. The Scottish capital is home to nearly half a million inhabitants as well as the Scottish Parliament, traditionally dominated by supporters of independence from the English Crown. The Scots are a proud people who have produced many eminent figures, such as the philosopher David Hume and the writer Walter Scott. On virtually every street corner in Edinburgh, one can experience the city’s and the nation’s eventful history. Tourism shapes the cityscape in the summer months, and not every resident is enthusiastic about the overwhelming presence of visitors. Consequently, foreign detectives can quickly attract attention when conducting internal investigations. For this reason, our agency deploys German private investigators in Edinburgh only when monitoring travellers — even though the team members responsible for Edinburgh are thoroughly familiar with the city (Chief Detective Patrick Kurtz even chose the Scottish capital as the setting for his novel Livingstones Mahnung). Whenever investigations involving local authorities or surveillance of residents are required, Kurtz Detective Agency assigns Scottish investigators with whom we have successfully cooperated for many years.

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View from Calton Hill over Edinburgh’s Old Town with the Castle and the Walter Scott Monument, the largest monument to a writer in the world

Detective Agency Glasgow | Private Detective Glasgow

Scotland’s largest city and the third largest in the United Kingdom is a place of contrasts. Concrete blocks alternate with historic buildings; a motorway runs straight through the city centre, while just a few metres away Kelvingrove Parkoffers one of the most relaxing green spaces in Scotland. Among the population there are many workers, but also business professionals and intellectuals. The mood of the city oscillates constantly between high spirits and melancholy. Glasgow is distinctive, and the sometimes volatile temperament of its inhabitants is not to everyone’s taste. Our detectives in Glasgow are familiar with the city and its people and will gladly take on your case for investigations on site.

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The Clyde Auditorium, reminiscent of Sydney’s Opera House and also known as “The Armadillo”, on the banks of the River Clyde demonstrates the city’s varied architecture.

Private Detectives Highlands | Detective Agency Highlands

The sparsely populated Highlands have been the setting for numerous legendary tales, including the historical inspiration for William Shakespeare’s “Scottish Play”: Macbeth. A spectacular modern adaptation starring the German-Irish actor Michael Fassbender in the title role was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. Filming on the Isle of Skye was accompanied by the fabled misfortune traditionally associated with Macbeth productions: “Strange things happened”, Fassbender commented.

 

The Highlands are remote; many residents live on secluded properties far from larger settlements and main roads. Surveillance conditions are correspondingly sensitive, as strangers are immediately noticeable and the entirely plausible cover story of “tourist” works only for a limited time. Consequently, it is even more important here than in the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow to deploy locally knowledgeable investigators. As Chief Detective Patrick Kurtz spends at least several weeks each year in the Highlands, he not only knows the region like the back of his hand but also maintains contacts with numerous qualified private investigators there, whose expertise we are pleased to place at our clients’ disposal: kontakt@detektei-kurtz.de.

Examples of Areas Served by Our Detectives in the Highlands and Islands:

  • Detective agency for Isle of Arran

  • Detective agency for Aviemore

  • Detective agency for Isle of Bute

  • Detective agency for Fort William

  • Detective agency for Inverness

  • Detective agency for Iona

  • Detective agency for Islay

  • Detective agency for Jura

  • Detective agency for Lewis and Harris

  • Detective agency for Isle of Mull

  • Detective agency for Nairn

  • Detective agency for North Uist

  • Detective agency for Orkney

  • Detective agency for Portree

  • Detective agency for Shetland

  • Detective agency for Isle of Skye

  • Detective agency for South Uist

  • Detective agency for Thurso

  • Detective agency for Ullapool

  • Detective agency for Wick

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A scene straight out of Harry Potter? Indeed. The Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Highlands served as the backdrop for the Hogwarts Express, while the surrounding mountains and Loch Shiel featured in numerous exterior shots of Hogwarts and its grounds.

Essen Draws Inspiration from the Highlands

The city of Essen adopted a special element of Scottish culture: the Highland Games. Inspired by these world-renowned summer sporting events, the Ruhr Games were held in early June 2015 on the grounds of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein.

Scotland Is England? No!

The Scots are not English and certainly not “limeys”. Anyone who refers to them as such will quickly earn a bad reputation in the land of whisky. Although the Scots voted by a narrow majority against independence from Great Britain in the referendum in 2014, the mood shifted just a few days after the vote when rumours of electoral fraud began to circulate and the British Prime Minister Cameron openly broke his word to the Scots in several respects. The referendum had been decided by the ageing Scottish population, while the younger generation (people up to the age of 50) had wanted independence from Westminster by a large majority. For a long time, the forecasts were open until Cameron allowed himself to be carried away into making certain concessions and promises in the event that Scotland remained part of Great Britain. In the end, nothing was implemented and the Scots felt thoroughly deceived. Consequently, Cameron’s Conservative Party suffered a crushing result in Scotland in the 2015 general election. Nevertheless, he was re-elected, as the Scots are a numerical minority within British society. Cameron coldly factored into his campaign lie the fact that Scotland’s independence from Westminster would nonetheless have had dramatic economic consequences for the union.

 

The future will probably bring another referendum with a different outcome.

Examples of Areas served by our Detectives throughout Scotland:

  • Detective agency for Aberdeen
  • Detective agency for Dundee
  • Detective agency for Dunfermline
  • Detective agency for East Kilbride
  • Detective agency for Edinburgh
  • Detective agency for Glasgow
  • Detective agency for Hamilton
  • Detective agency for Inverness
  • Detective agency for Kilmarnock
  • Detective agency for Livingston
  • Detective agency for Paisley
  • Detective agency for Perth
  • Detective agency for St Andrews
  • Detective agency for Stirling