Municipalization

Municipalization involves the transfer of previously perceived by others Hoheitstrager public functions at local government support (eg, counties, cities and municipalities) as well as conversion of land ownership in urban property, the latter for example through the complete sale of a country operation of a city.

Kommunalisierungsgrad

The proportion of community expenditure in total public expenditure is also called Kommunalisierungsgrad. Regarding the Kommunalisierungsgrades the federally structured Federal Republic of Germany is the European average, well ahead of the centralist France, but far behind the Unitarian, but at the same time highly decentralized Sweden.

Forms of municipalization

From a real municipalization is spoken when the delegation means that the responsibility for the task in legal terms is transferred to the local government support. As part of a functional reform is also a transfer of functions to district councils and mayors in the way of Organleihe into consideration. In this case, the state administration is responsible in law.

Examples of Kommunalisierungen

In Hesse, the formerly state-owned health spas in the country operating Hessian State baths in Bad Nauheim, Schlangenbad, Bad Schwalbach and other resorts was converted into communal farms between 2002 and 2005.