Germany
German Cultural Heritage legislation as at July 2010
State party to international instruments
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1954 Hague Convention
1954 Hague Protocol
1999 Hague Protocol
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11 August 1967
11 August 1967
25 November 2009
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1970 Unesco Convention
1995 UNIDROIT Convention
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30 November 2007
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1972 World Heritage Convention
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23 August 1976
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2001 Underwater Heritage Convention
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2003 Intangible Heritage Convention
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2005 Diversity of Cultural Expressions Convention
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12 March 2007
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State party to regional instruments
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European Cultural Convention
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17 November 1995
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European Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage
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17 August 1987
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European Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property
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European Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised)
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22 January 2003
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
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16 September 1998
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Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
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10 September 1997
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European Landscape Convention
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European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage
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Signatory only 15 September 2008
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Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society
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Constitutional provisions
Federal Constitution for the Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz – GG), Article 5.III GG
1990 Unification Treaty, Article 35
Note: Länder constitutions also have provisions covering culture and cultural heritage.
National legislation
Act on the Protection of German Cultural Heritage against Removal Abroad Source: UNESCO
Federal Building Act
Federal Regional Planning Act
Federal Nature Conservation Act in the version promulgated on 06 August 2009 (Federal Law Gazette [Bundesgesetzblatt] I p. 2542)
Federal Act for the Expellees and Refugees (original language)
Law on Art for Public Buildings
Federal Archives Law
Act on the Assessment of Environmental Impacts published on 12 February 1990 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 205), as last amended by an Act of 18 August 1997
Environmental Information Act (Umweltinformationsgesetz, UIG) Act of 8 July 1994, Federal Law Gazette 1994 I p.1490
Act implementing the Convention of 14 May 1954 for the protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 2007 Source: UNESCO
Act to implement the UNESCO Convention of 14 November 1970 on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, expert and transfer of ownership of cultural property 2007 Source: UNESCO
Regulation on the register of valuable cultural property under the Act in the Return of Cultural Objects 2008 Source: UNESCO
CE Cultural Heritage Compendium
Other useful links
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM)
Culture Portal (German only)
German Commission for UNESCO
German Committee for Heritage Protection
Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural affairs
Contact
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM)
Office of the Cultural Minister of State
Bundeskanzleramt
Willy-Brandt-Strasse 1
D - 10557 Berlin
E mail: poststelle@bkm.bmi.bund.de