Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach

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Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach in May 2013

Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach (* 1960 in Osnabrück ) is a German Germanist and theater scholar. From 2008 to 2013 she was director of the cultural office of the state capital Stuttgart . Since September 1, 2013, she has been Head of Culture for the City of Cologne and is responsible for 1,800 employees and manages a budget of around 148 million euros.

Career

Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach was born in Osnabrück as the daughter of the state actor Walter Laugwitz and the opera singer Brigitte Laugwitz-Leitner. She studied theater studies , German literature and philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and graduated in 1987 with a master's degree . After a subsequent stay in South America, she worked as a speaker for major cultural events at the Karlsruhe University of Music during the rectorate of Fany Solter .

In 1990 she moved to the cultural department of the city of Karlsruhe and over the years took over the municipal festival management of the "European Culture Days Karlsruhe", which she dealt with topics such as St. Petersburg, Istanbul or Rome and with projects such as the exhibition with the State Hermitage in St. Petersburg " Vom Glück des Lebens ”and Valery Gergiev's first guest performance in the West in 1996 with the ensemble of the Petersburg Opera ( Mariinsky Theater ) led to a widely acclaimed cultural event. She also headed the cultural public relations, marketing and sponsoring departments.

In 2008 she was elected director of the cultural office of the state capital Stuttgart. Among other things, she was responsible for the areas of cultural funding, the city ​​library , the city ​​archive , the Carl Zeiss planetarium , the Stuttgart Philharmonic and the planning staff for the city ​​museum .

In April 2013 she was selected by a commission made up of councilors, mayors and administration as the new councilor for art and culture of the city of Cologne. On April 30, 2013, the non-party was confirmed by the city council with the votes of the SPD, Greens and FDP. She is the successor to Georg Quander , who retired at the end of May 2013, and is responsible for the areas of cultural office, Hänneschen Theater , city ​​library , historical archive , Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud , Museum Ludwig , Roman-Germanic Museum , Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum , Museum of Applied Art , Museum of East Asian Art , Museum Schnütgen , Cologne City Museum , NS Documentation Center , Museum Service , Art and Museum Library , Rhenish Image Archive , Cologne stages , Gürzenich Orchestra , Office for Monument Protection and Preservation as well as for the Department Office, the Planning Department, the archaeological zone , for the department for museum affairs and for the department for cultural buildings. Her regular term of office as councilor for art and culture is initially eight years until 2021.

Problems with the renovation of the Cologne Opera and Theater

Because the costs for the renovation of the Cologne Opera and the Drama Theater had more than doubled from the originally planned 250 million to 570 million euros (as of July 3, 2017), additional costs for the alternative venues of 110 million euros are incurred and the reopening at Has to be postponed seven years, Laugwitz-Aulbach has come under pressure. In addition, the renovation time for the Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne has been doubled from the original three to the planned six years before construction work begins.

In 2015, when the stages could not be opened as planned, Laugwitz-Aulbach defended himself with the following statement: "I am not in charge here."

The Lord Mayor of Cologne, Henriette Reker , used the term “disaster” and, based on the findings of July 3, 2017, withdrew Ms. Laugwitz-Aulbach from responsibility for the cultural buildings. At times, the CDU, Greens and FDP in the city council considered voting out Laugwitz-Aulbach. The simple majority required for the motion would have been achieved, but the SPD opposed the demand and made it unlikely that the two-thirds majority required for the actual deselection would be achieved .

Web links

Commons : Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart, Germany: Stuttgart is looking for a new head of the cultural office: Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach, head of the cultural office, goes to Cologne - Stuttgarter Zeitung. Retrieved August 23, 2016 .
  2. ^ WDR 3 (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) Forum of October 27, 2013: Discussion with Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach and Ulrich Wackerhagen ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach is to become the new councilor for art and culture. In: www.stadt-koeln.de. Retrieved August 23, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Cultural Affairs Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach: The dance is supposed to be top again. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. (KStA), August 31, 2013.
  5. ↑ Tim Attenberger, Christian Hümmeler: A disaster without end: The most important questions and answers about opera renovation in Cologne . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on July 4, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Tim Attenberger: Renovation of the Roman-Germanic Museum: The administration is massively criticized . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on July 4, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Robert Baumanns: Commentary on Offenbachplatz: "It is time for consequences" . In: Express.de . ( express.de [accessed on July 4, 2017]).
  8. ↑ Tim Attenberger: Renovation of the Cologne Opera: Lord Mayor Henriette Reker speaks of a "disaster" . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on July 4, 2017]).
  9. ↑ wdr.de: Local time from Cologne. July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
  10. ^ Matthias Hendorf: Ailing museums? Deselection ?: The Cologne head of culture defends herself - an analysis . In: Kölnische Rundschau . ( rundschau-online.de [accessed on November 11, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Laugwitz-Aulbach, Susanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German specialist in German, theater scholar and head of cultural affairs
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Osnabrück