The Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts (German: Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a university and culture ministry in Hesse, Germany. Since January 2019, the minister has been Angela Dorn-Rancke.^[1]

History[edit]

The Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts was established on 4 July 1984 as a spin-off of the Hessian Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education was then responsible for school and part of the church affairs.^{[clarification needed]}

Since 1987, the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts has been located in a rented, Gründerzeit office building between the Rheinstraße and Luisenstraße in Wiesbaden, which was used until 1975 as the Wiesbaden main post-office and was then rebuilt and renovated accordingly.

It awards the Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen.

Jurisdiction[edit]

Tasks[edit]

The Ministry is tasked with extending:

• higher education (universities, university hospitals, art, and technical colleges)
• scientific research institutions
• heritage and preservation
• Protection of Cultural Property
• Museums and art collections
• Theater, music and visual arts
• Archives
• Libraries

In general, the Ministry is in charge of technical and legal supervision, and the promotion of science and art in Hesse.

Sources[edit]

• Neuer Herr in altem Haus. Festschrift zum Einzug des Hessischen Ministeriums für Wissenschaft und Kunst in die "Alte Post“ in Wiesbaden Rheinstraße 23 - 25 / Luisenstraße 10-12. Ohne Ort. 1987.
• Official website

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