Wittelsbach State Foundation for Art and Science
The Wittelsbach State Foundation for Art and Science is a foundation under public law based in Munich . She is the owner of the art treasures acquired by the Wittelsbach family before 1800 .
history
The foundation was created in 1923 as a result of negotiations between the Free State of Bavaria and the Wittelsbach dynasty, who had been deposed in 1918. The Wittelsbach Compensation Fund was created through a settlement to provide for the members of the Wittelsbach family. In return, the head of the Wittelsbach family, ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria , set up the Wittelsbach State Foundation for Art and Science. The foundation received the art treasures of the Wittelsbachers acquired before the House and State Fideikommiss of 1804, while more recent art collections came into the possession of the Wittelsbacher Compensation Fund. Since then, the Wittelsbacher Landesstiftung has owned, if not the administrator, of a large part of the holdings of the Munich museums. The foundation is also the decisive authority when it comes to relocating or lending prominent collection items such as B. the Franconian duke's sword or the apostles of Albrecht Dürer goes.
Purpose and administration of the foundation
The aim of the foundation is to preserve the art possessions of the Wittelsbach family in their unity.
In accordance with the administrative regulations of July 14, 1923, the administration is carried out by a foundation board consisting of:
- a representative of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture
- a museum specialist appointed by him
- a representative of the House of Wittelsbach
literature
- Gerhard Immler : Wittelsbach State Foundation for Art and Science, in: Historisches Lexikon Bayerns [1] .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nikolaus Bernau: Property Conflicts: On the Immoral Treaty between Prussia and the Hohenzollern. October 21, 2019, accessed on February 7, 2020 (German).