Denkmalpflege

If you have any questions concerning the protection of monuments or the promotion of their preservation, you should contact the competent authority.

With the European Year of Monument Protection in 1975, it became generally accepted that the past can only have a future if the built testimonies are preserved. The cities and places that have grown in history mean for our lives and those of the following generations the possibilities for individual development, for identification. They are a piece of home.

The preservation of our cultural heritage as part of history is a task of the state. This also means, that it intervenes in the tasks of monument protection in a formative way. The state fulfills its responsibility by protecting monuments from inappropriate changes that destroy their historical significance. It grants the owner of the monument financial subsidies and advises him on proper preservation.

• If you have any questions regarding the protection of monuments or the promotion of the maintenance of monuments, you must contact the relevant authority.
• As a rule, the lower monument protection authority is responsible for monument protection and thus the contact for applications for changes to monuments. You will find this at the administration of your district or your independent or large district city.
• In Thuringia, the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archaeology is responsible for the professional assessment and consultation as well as the allocation of monument subsidies from the state.

As a rule, the lower monument protection authority is responsible for monument protection and thus the contact for applications for changes to monuments. You will find this at the administration of your district or your independent or large town belonging to a district.

In Thuringia, the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archaeology is responsible for the professional assessment and consultation as well as the allocation of monument subsidies from the state.