Monument protection; advice for monument owners

If you want or have to carry out measures on a monument, problems of a technical, legal and financial nature must be solved.

The monument authorities, in particular the lower monument protection authorities (district offices, independent cities and large district towns) and the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments have the task of providing you with comprehensive advice. The advice is not limited to technical matters (e.g. certain restoration methods), but also extends to the permit or planning permission procedures and all questions of funding through grants or loans from the public sector or through tax benefits.

In appropriate cases, advice from the monument authorities should take place on site, i.e. on or in the monument.

The so-called consultation days of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments have proved very successful for the preservation of monuments:

On certain days, the officers from the State Office come to a district or independent town for which they are responsible and, together with the staff of the Lower Monument Conservation Authority, visit those monument owners who have asked for advice or where specific measures are pending or are currently being carried out. Depending on the individual case, site inspections outside of consultation days or meetings at the headquarters of the Lower Monument Protection Authority or at the State Office for Monument Preservation may also be considered. For ground monuments, a meeting is held as required.

In all cases, please contact your Lower Monument Protection Authority first, which will coordinate the appointments with the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments. They will let you know in good time which documents you should bring with you to your consultation appointment.