Schönbrunn Palace cultural and operating company
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| State level | Federal level | ||
| position | State company | ||
| legal form | Ges.mbH | ||
| At sight | Federal Ministry for Digitization and Business Location | ||
| founding | 1992 | ||
| Headquarters | Vienna 13th , Schönbrunn Palace | ||
| management | Klaus Panholzer | ||
| Employee | 200 | ||
| Branch | Operation of Schönbrunn Palace | ||
| sales | approx. € 37 million | ||
| Website | www.schoenbrunn.at | ||
The Schönbrunn Palace of Culture and mbH ( SKB ) operates the UNESCO World Heritage Schönbrunn Palace and several other institutions. It is one of the world's most successful cultural monument operating companies.
History and function
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| Title: | Schönbrunn Castle Law |
| Long title: | Federal law on the establishment of a Schönbrunn Palace culture and operating company m. b. H. … |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Republic of Austria |
| Reference: | BGBl. No. 208/1992 (Stf.) |
| Legal text: | ris.bka |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version ! | |
The management of the castle goes back to Maria Theresa's will from 1780, in which the separation of building and operational management by the Hofärar (state treasury) was established. The Schönbrunn Castle Authority was later responsible. Under the Vranitzky government , the palace was spun off from the federal administration (today the Federal Real Estate Company ) and on October 10, 1992, the Schönbrunn Palace Culture and Operating Company was established as a 100% subsidiary of the Republic of Austria (Schönbrunn Palace Act) . The founding managing directors were Franz Sattlecker and Wolfgang Kippes. The supervisory body is the Department of Custodial Affairs of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (currently Dept. III / 6, Section Tourism and Historical Objects , Federal Ministry of Economics, Family and Youth).
The company is considered a prime example of a privatized museum business . In a short time it made Schönbrunn Palace one of the best-visited tourist destinations in Austria : in 2017, the showrooms recorded over 2.7 million visits (see Most Visited Sights in Vienna ). In 1996 the palace and park were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The importance of the operating company for the maintenance of the ensemble, its efficiency and the good cooperation with the federal gardens was emphasized several times by UNESCO and ICOMOS . The training and further education programs for employees, for example, are unique in Europe.
The company was soon entrusted with looking after the exhibition areas of the Imperial Apartment (since November 1994) and the Silver Collection (since April 1995) in the Vienna Hofburg . Since June 1998 she has also managed the Imperial Furniture Collection (Möbel Museum Wien). These matters are regulated by lease agreements. In April 2004 the newly founded Sisi Museum in the Hofburg was also taken over.
By 2011, more than 170 million euros, generated from entrance fees and sponsorship contributions, had been invested in the cultural monuments entrusted to them (half of the profits are paid to the federal government). Schönbrunn is one of only two UNESCO World Heritage Sites worldwide (out of almost 1000) that are self-financing without public subsidies (the other is the Tower of London ). Some projects of modern architecture could also be realized through careful embedding ( kindergarten , eye of the museum , Salettl ). In 2011 the company also received the Vienna Business Tourism Prize
In 2012 the not very successful Marchfeldschlösser Revitalisierungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft (MRBG), which is responsible for two federally owned castles in Lower Austria, was subordinated to the Schönbrunn Palace Culture and Operating Company as a subsidiary. The management was not very enthusiastic, as the expenditure, especially for Schloss Hof, would not be recognized by the tax office as an operating expense, but would be assessed as a private hobby of the company, which would have to be financed from the taxed operating income. The creation of reserves for possible years with fewer visitors should be seen as a priority.
Supervised institutions
- Schönbrunn Palace (the palace gardens are looked afterby the federal gardens )
- Imperial apartments in the Vienna Hofburg
- Sisi Museum in the Vienna Hofburg
- Silver collection in the Vienna Hofburg
- Hofmobiliendepot Möbel Museum, Vienna 7th, Andreasgasse
- Schloss Hof in Engelhartstetten, Lower Austria (via the Marchfeld castles )
- Niederweiden Castle in Engelhartstetten, Lower Austria (via the Marchfeld castles)
literature
- Franz Sattlecker: Schönbrunn Palace - marketing a world cultural heritage . Presentation, undated (PDF file, oebv.at; 2.0 MB).
Web links
- Official website
- Franz Simbürger: Dispute over the privatization of Schönbrunn Palace by the Minister of Economics, in which the Greens discovered all sorts of irregularities. ORF . Ö1 . Midday journal of October 2, 1991. The amount lasts from minute 21:10 to minute 23:50.
- Austrian National Council: "Urgent request from the MPs Dr. Pilz, Voggenhuber and comrades to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs regarding the Schönbrunn privatization fiasco ”. Shorthand record. National Council XVIII. GP. 40th session. October 2, 1991. pp. 3857-3890.
- Austrian National Council: Stenographic Protocol. 64th session of the National Council of the Republic of Austria. XVIII. Legislative period. Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2, 1992. Report on Motion 311 / A by Dr. Keimel, Eder and comrades on the Schönbrunn Castle Act and on Petition No. 26 on the privatization of Schönbrunn Palace, presented by Member of Parliament Arthold, as well as on citizens' initiative no. 43 on the privatization of Schönbrunn Palace. Pp. 6672-6695.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsgesellschaft mbH in Vienna . Commercial register data Creditreform / firmenabc.at
- ↑ a b c Company: Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.mbH , imprint , both schoenbrunn.at.
- ↑ Announcement by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs regarding the dissolution of the Schönbrunn Palace Administration and the effective transfer of the transfer to the "Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsgesellschaft mbH" (Dissolution of the Schönbrunn Palace Administration) . StF: BGBl. No. 641/1992 (as amended online, ris.bka )
- ↑ a b Schönbrunn Palace Kultur- und Betriebsges.mbH - Imperial attractions as visitor magnets , habsburger.net
- ↑ for example Report of the UNESCO-ICOMOS reactive Monitoring Mission to the Historic Center of Vienna and Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn, September 17-20, 2012 , WHC-13 / 37.COM / 7B, Section 2.3 Management system , p. 10 ff .
- ↑ Mitterlehner: Franz Sattlecker appointed sole managing director of Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und BetriebsgesmbH ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , BMWFJ, press archive 2012.
- ↑ Schönbrunn Palace - The New Empire , Documentation, Eva Klimek, ORF III Spezial , first broadcast May 30, 2012, 9.10 p.m. ( article on the broadcast , tv.orf.at).
- ↑ Schönbrunn Palace Kultur- und Betriebsges.mbH . In: architektur im netz , nextroom.at.
- ↑ Schönbrunn Palace receives the Vienna Business Tourism Prize at the Vienna Tourism Evening 2011 ( memento of the original from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Chamber of Commerce, portal.wko.at, March 6, 2013
- ↑ Thomas Trenkler: Schloss Hof, an expensive hobby . In: Der Standard , Vienna, August 24, 2012, p. 8, and website, August 23, 2012.
