Feststellung der Denkmaleigenschaft beantragen (Eintragung in die Denkmalliste)

If you would like your object to be recognized as a monument and thus obtain protection under the Monument Protection Act, you can apply for a determination of monument status and thus for entry as a monument in the monument list.

The monuments protected under the Monument Protection Act are recorded in a monument list by the responsible lower monument protection authority. The monument lists are kept separately for ground monuments, building monuments and movable monuments. Movable monuments are only entered in the list of monuments if this seems appropriate due to their special significance, which can also lie in a historical local reference. If movable monuments are cared for in a public collection, they do not need to be entered in the monument list.

If you would like your object to be recognized as a monument and thus obtain protection under the Monument Protection Act, you can apply for a determination of monument status and thus for entry as a monument in the monument list. The monument status is examined, described and justified according to the criteria stated in the Monument Protection Act.

You must be the owner of the prospective monument or an authorized representative or agent.

The examination of the monument status is free of charge.

You can apply to the responsible lower monument protection authority for the determination of the monument status for an object and thus the entry as a monument in the monument list. However, the entry can also be made ex officio, i.e. without an application, by the competent monument protection authority itself.

• The responsible lower monument protection authority assesses the monument capability as well as the monument worthiness.
• The assessment takes into account the legitimate interest of the owner.
• The owner is informed directly about the entry as a monument in the monument list by the competent lower monument protection authority and is informed about the rights and obligations that the ownership of a monument entails.

They have no legal right to be registered as a monument in the monument list.

• Determination of the monument status for an object on application of the owner or by the responsible monument protection authority itself.
• Concerns the different types of monuments (architectural monuments, movable monuments, ground monuments, etc.)
• Entry in the respective public register of the competent monument protection authority
• The owner is informed about the registration, as well as about the rights and obligations that the ownership of a monument entails.

District councils and lord mayors of independent and large district cities as lower monument protection authorities

• Forms/online services available: yes
• Written form required: no
• Informal application possible: yes
• Personal appearance required: no