List of federal authorities in Bonn
There are numerous federal authorities and bodies in Bonn. The residency of these organizations in Bonn results from Bonn's status as a federal city . Restructuring and relocations due to the Berlin / Bonn Act have largely been completed, the authorities have now mostly found their location.
Federal Ministries
The following federal ministries have their primary offices here:
- Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg)
- Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
- Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
- Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
The other federal ministries with their headquarters in Berlin have a second office in Bonn.
Constitutional bodies
Furthermore, there are offices of three (depending on the counting method, four) constitutional bodies in the federal city . These are:
- the Federal Government through the Federal Ministries, the second seat of the Federal Chancellery and the second seat of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government
- the branch office of the Federal Council , in which the states are represented in European affairs, among other things.
- the second official seat of the Federal President in the Villa Hammerschmidt .
The status of the Bonn-based Federal Audit Office as a “constitutional body” is controversial and , according to Article 114 of the Basic Law, checks the efficiency and correctness of the federal budget and economic management.
Other federal agencies
Over 20 of the listed authorities moved to Bonn as a consequence of the Berlin / Bonn Act . The rest had their headquarters in Bonn before the measures in the course of the Berlin-Bonn move, as a result of their earlier status as the federal capital.
- Sales promotion fund of the German forest and wood industry - Holzabsatzfonds , dissolved on May 31, 2011
- Sales promotion fund of the German agriculture and food industry - sales fund, dissolved on May 31, 2011
- Office for Military Studies (AMK)
- Federal Government Commissioner for the Millennium Development Goals
- Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM)
- Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BeschA)
- Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
- Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR)
- Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)
- Federal Office for Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Services of the Bundeswehr (BAIUDBw)
- Federal Office of Justice (BfJ)
- Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
- Federal Social Security Office (BAS)
- Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) (network node)
- Federal Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues (BADV, headquarters in Berlin)
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
- Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (BImA)
- Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
- Federal Agency for Post and Telecommunications Deutsche Bundespost (BAnst PT)
- Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)
- Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI)
- Federal Commissioner for Civilian Service (BfZ) - due to the suspension of compulsory military service, no Federal Commissioner is currently appointed.
- Federal Commissioner for Economic Efficiency in Administration (BWV at BRH)
- Federal Railway Assets (BEV)
- Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)
- Federal Institute for Building, Urban and Spatial Research (BBSR) in the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR)
- Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
- Federal Institute for Sport Science (BISp)
- Federal Cartel Office (BKartA)
- Federal Commissioner at the Deutsche Bau- und Grundstücks-AG
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railways (BNetzA)
- Federal testing agency for media harmful to minors (BPjM)
- Federal Court of Auditors (BRH)
- Federal Office of Administration (BVA; branch office, headquarters in Cologne)
- Federal election officer for the social security elections (WahlBfSVW)
- Bundeswehr Service Center Bonn (BwDLZ - previously Site Administration (StOV))
- Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt - emerged from the dissolved Federal Finance Office (BfF))
- Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb)
- Federal-State Commission for Educational Planning and Research Funding (BLK)
- Federal Highway Agency (FBA, first official seat in Leipzig)
- General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping (GDWS)
- General Customs Directorate (GZD)
- Federal Information Technology Center (ITZBund)
- Competence center for federal cash and accounting (KKR) as part of the Federal Finance Directorate West
- Monopoly Commission (MonopKom)
- Press and Information Office of the Federal Government (BPA; second seat, first seat in Berlin)
- Federal Statistical Office (branch office - StBA or Destatis)
- Federal Railway Authority (EBA)
- Central foreign and specialist placement (ZAV)
Federal institutions in the region
The following authorities or organizations supported by the federal government are based in the Bonn region due to their proximity to the federal city:
- Flight readiness of the Federal Ministry of Defense (FlBschft BMVg; Cologne / Bonn Airport )
- Strategic Reconnaissance Command (KdoStrat Aufkl or KSA; Grafschaft )
- Federal Archives ( Sankt Augustin ; Main Office Koblenz - BArch)
- Federal Police (Sankt Augustin; main location with GSG 9 , Fliegerstaffel - BPOL)
- Musikkorps der Bundeswehr (MusKorpsBw; Siegburg - Musikkorps der Bundeswehr at the Center for Military Music of the Bundeswehr (ZMilMusBw), formerly Military Music Service (MMD))
- Federal Criminal Police Office ( Meckenheim ; Bonn office next to Wiesbaden and Berlin - BKA)
- Guest house of the constitutional organs of the Federal Republic of Germany ( Bundesgästehaus (BGHa) in Königswinter on the Petersberg )
- Academy for Crisis Management, Emergency Planning and Civil Protection (AKNZ - previously Academy for Emergency Planning and Civil Protection (AkNZ)) of the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief ( Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler )
- Federal University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration ( Brühl - meanwhile Federal University for Public Administration (HS Bund))
- Office for Geoinformation of the Bundeswehr (AGeoBW - meanwhile Center for Geoinformation of the Bundeswehr (ZGeoBw)) ( Euskirchen )
Other federal institutions
- The Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany GmbH (BKH) is a federal institution and the country .
- The House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany is a federal foundation.
- The Beethoven-Haus includes the Beethoven-Haus Bonn Foundation (funded by the federal government), the Beethoven-Haus Bonn association and the Beethoven-Haus Vertriebs GmbH.
Numerous other organizations and institutions in Bonn are financed in whole or in large part from federal funds. T. State tasks fulfilled, z. B .:
- German Aerospace Center (branch in Bonn; project executing agency for the implementation of federal funding projects)
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn)
- German Research Foundation (Bonn)
- German Academic Exchange Service (Bonn)
- German National Academic Foundation (Bonn)
- Federal Chancellor Adenauer House Foundation ( Bad Honnef - Rhöndorf )
Web links
- Address directory of the federal government (PDF file)
- Directory of national and international organizations in Bonn and the surrounding area (accessed September 25, 2012)