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The Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts (German: Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a university and culture ministry in Hesse, Germany. Since January 2019, the minister has been Angela Dorn-Rancke.[1]
History edit
The Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts was established on 4 July 1984 as a spin-off of the Hessian Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education was then responsible for school and part of the church affairs.[clarification needed]
Since 1987, the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts has been located in a rented, Gründerzeit office building between the Rheinstraße and Luisenstraße in Wiesbaden, which was used until 1975 as the Wiesbaden main post-office and was then rebuilt and renovated accordingly.
It awards the Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen.
Jurisdiction edit
Tasks edit
The Ministry is tasked with extending:
- higher education (universities, university hospitals, art, and technical colleges)
- scientific research institutions
- heritage and preservation
- Protection of Cultural Property
- Museums and art collections
- Theater, music and visual arts
- Archives
- Libraries
In general, the Ministry is in charge of technical and legal supervision, and the promotion of science and art in Hesse.
Sources edit
- Neuer Herr in altem Haus. Festschrift zum Einzug des Hessischen Ministeriums für Wissenschaft und Kunst in die "Alte Post“ in Wiesbaden Rheinstraße 23 - 25 / Luisenstraße 10-12. Ohne Ort. 1987.
- Official website
References edit
- ^ "Angela Dorn english - Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst". wissenschaft.hessen.de. Retrieved 11 April 2021.