Apply for grants for Hessian cultural monuments

If you are planning a measure that serves to preserve a cultural monument or part of a cultural monument, contact the district monument conservator responsible for you at the LfDH and talk to him or her about the possibility of a grant. This can be done in writing, by e-mail or in person, for example during a site visit:

• Your district monument conservator at the LfDH will then clarify with you whether a grant for the measure you are planning can be considered in principle, i.e. whether the requirements can be met.
• If he or she agrees, he or she will coordinate the measure with you and advise you to submit an application for a grant.
• You then complete the written grant application using the forms available from the LfDH or the online application and send it to the LfDH.
• The LfDH then checks whether the conditions for a grant are met and decides at its own discretion and in accordance with the budget funds available.
• The LfDH approves the grant by means of a written approval notice, which you will receive by post. The notification specifies the amount of the costs of the measure and the deadline by which you must submit the proof of utilisation (including original invoices and proof of payment) to the LfDH.
• Once you have received the approval notice, you can start the programme.
• In the event that the costs, financing or scope of the measure change, you must obtain the approval of the LfDH without delay.
• When you have completed the measure or have reached the costs to be proven, you must submit the proof of utilisation to the LfDH.
• The LfDH then checks the proof of utilisation and pays out the grant to you.

It must be a measure on cultural monuments or parts of cultural monuments.

Applications can be submitted:

• Owners and owners
• Leasehold owner (leasehold contract for at least 66 years)
• Holders of a right of use secured in rem
• Tenants of a cultural monument owned by a local authority if the lease has been concluded for at least 25 years
• For smaller-scale projects, authorised users of a usage agreement concluded for at least 15 years (e.g. rental or lease agreement)
• Lower monument protection authorities (UDSchB) for the implementation of substitute measures in accordance with Section 14 of the Hessian Monument Protection Act (HDSchG)

A grant may be authorised if

• you have agreed the measure with the LfDH before submitting the application,
• the overall financing of the project is secured,
• you have not yet started to implement the measure,
• the required documents are available,
• the measure serves to preserve the original building fabric and

the measure incurs expenses that are necessary solely or predominantly for reasons of monument preservation.

You must submit your application:

• a cost estimate with an explanation of the planned services and, if applicable, planning documents. Cost calculations or offers for individual trades are also permitted.
• legally required authorisations or approvals, in particular in accordance with the Hessian Monument Protection Act (HDSchG).
• if the application is submitted by other authorised persons: power of attorney from the owner.
• If the application is submitted by an organisation: proof of authorisation to represent the organisation (e.g. extract from the commercial register or similar).
• If you intend to claim your own working time: proof that you have credibly contributed more than 150 hours.

When you have completed your measure or have reached the costs to be verified, you must submit the following documents:

• Proof of use (including original invoices and proof of payment)

• Provisional administrative regulations on the Hessian State Budget Code (VV-LHO) issued for Section 44 LHO
• General ancillary provisions for the utilisation of state grants and for the verification and auditing of utilisation (ANBest-P)
• General ancillary provisions for the utilisation of state grants to local authorities and associations of local authorities and for the verification and auditing of utilisation (ANBest.GK)

• o Section 13 of the Hessian Monument Protection Act (HDSchG)
• o Directive of the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art for the approval of grants for cultural monuments (Monument Funding Directive)
• o Section 44 of the State Budget Code (LHO)

• Contradiction
• Administrative court action

• Forms: Forms available from the LfDH
• Online procedure possible: yes
• Written form required: no
• Personal appearance required: no

• o Information on the website of the Hesse State Office for Monument Preservation (LfDH)

• Allowance for the preservation of monuments Grant
• Funding for the preservation of cultural monuments
• be promoted:

• Cultural monuments
• Parts of cultural monuments

• As a rule, pro rata financing of the monument-related expenses
• There is no legal entitlement to a grant
• Information from: The locally responsible district monument conservator at the Hesse State Office for Monument Conservation (LfDH)
• Responsible: Hesse State Office for Monument Preservation