Culture and Media Authority

Authority for Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg - BKM -
State level	Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
position	Supreme state authority
Headquarters	Hamburg
Authority management	Carsten Brosda , President ; Jana Schiedek , State Councilor
Budget volume	EUR 329.966 million (2019)
Web presence	www.hamburg.de

Headquarters of the cultural authority: The "Brandenburgerhaus"

The Authority for Culture and Media ( BKM ) is one of eleven specialist authorities of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and is responsible for cultural and media policy . The authority is based in the so-called Brandenburgerhaus (or Brandenburger Haus), an old office building at Hohen Bleichen 22 in Hamburg's Neustadt district .

Carsten Brosda has been President of the authority since February 1, 2017 , and the former Justice Senator Jana Schiedek (both SPD ) is State Councilor . In addition, on April 1, 2017, the Media Office moved from the Senate Chancellery back to the Cultural Authority.

Authority history

See also : List of the cultural senators of Hamburg

An independent cultural authority has existed in Hamburg since the end of the Second World War. In the 1970s, the culture and science department formed a joint authority for science and art , later the culture authority also temporarily included the area of ​​sport (today part of the interior authority ). The media area was most recently located in the Senate Chancellery.

organization

The authority is currently (2017) divided into four offices:

• Office B: Authority management (budget, law, personnel and IT)

• Office K: Culture (theater, museums, libraries, art, creative industries, music and film) The monument protection office and the Neuengamme concentration camp memorial are integrated into Amt K as departments.

• Office M: Media (media law, broadcasting , digital economy )

• Office ST: State Archives

The Hamburg State Planetarium Office is also part of the authority's business area .

Web links

• Website of the Hamburg cultural authority
• organization chart

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg - Financial Authority : Section 3.3 - Authority for Culture and Media. In: Budget 2019/2020. Retrieved October 17, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Citizenship confirms Brosda as Senator for Culture. (HTTPS) In: ndr.de. February 1, 2017, accessed February 1, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Carsten Brosda becomes the new Senator for Culture. Retrieved January 27, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Twenty-third law amending the law on administrative authorities , dated March 30, 2017, HmbGVBl. 2017, p. 86.
5. ^ The authority for culture and media - structure and organization. Retrieved October 6, 2017 .