State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony

State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony is a non-profit based in Dresden. Until 31 December 2012 their business operation from state enterprise State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony was perceived that belonged to the division of the Saxon State Ministry of Finance and had the task of maintaining the Saxon heritage while respecting cultural and historic preservation issues. The gGmbH manages several palaces, castles and parks in Saxony. These include the Zwinger Palace, the Albrecht Castle Meissen and the Kriebstein.

History

After the restoration of the Free State of Saxony on 3 October 1990 former already owned by the Group or managed during the time of the GDR as a legal entity objects were transferred as part of the allocation of assets in the property of the Free State.

On 1 January 1992, the management of the following objects has been accepted: Dresden Castle with Johanneum and stable yard, Zwinger Palace and Zwinger Gardens, Japanese Palace, and Palace Garden, Pillnitz Castle and Park, Moritzburg Castle and the surrounding countryside park, Albrecht Meissen, Königstein Fortress, Castle and Park Weesenstein Gnandstein, castle ruins Mrs. stone, baroque garden, Schloss Hubertus castle, castle Nischwitz Stolpen Castle, Castle Augustus, Castle light forest, castle and park Bad Muskau, Castle Colditz, Monastery Altzella, Nossen Castle, Castle Wiederau, castle Mild stone, Ortenbourg

In the following years other historic buildings were assigned to the Free State.

With a cabinet decision of 3 November 1992 17 autonomous state enterprises should be made ​​for some of the most important objects and placed under an economic management. These companies together formed the National Palace Department. In 1994 the implementation of 15 state-owned enterprises were founded between 1 April 1993 and 1 January.

Albertinum, Catholic Hofkirche, Jägerhofstraße, Electoral Burial Freiberg, Colditz Castle, castle light wood, and the Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Fine Arts: furthermore, the Schlösserverwaltung following managed objects.

In the management of real estate offices remained the Japanese Palace, the Castle Seven Oaks, the Reinhardtsgrimma Castle, the places Castle, Hubertus Castle, Freudenstein Castle, Schloss Wurzen, the Grimsby Castle, Königswartha Castle, Villa Suchominsky, the sun stone castle, which Castle Dippoldiswalde, the ruins of Lower Lauterstein, the ruins of Mrs. Stein, the Wachwitz Castle, the Royal Villa, the Lützschena castle Thallwitz Castle, hunting lodge Grillenburg that Brauna castle Keppschloss, the castle Zehren - Schieritz that Koenigsbrueck castle, the castle Gaussig, the Hohenprießnitz Castle and the Ruhenthal castle. Many of these objects were later handed over to the immovable towns and villages or sold to third parties.

On 1 March 1996, the Saxon Palace Department was incorporated in the State Office of Finance. On 1 July 2000, the castle farms fortress Königstein on the one hand and the castles Augustus Burg, light woods and castle Scharfstein other hand, were converted into a non-profit. Will still be owned by the Free State of Saxony. The investment management is done by the Palace Department.

In the period from 1993 to 2003, the cost recovery of locks administration increased from 37% to 61.4 %. On 1 January 2003, the Palace Department was separated from the regional office and founded the joint state enterprise " State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony ". The castle farms are the individual operating units.

State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony

Schlösserland Saxony

In 2005, the advertising co Schlösserland Saxony was created to maintain a composite of major governmental and non- construction and garden monuments, which has the task of maintaining the Saxon cultural monuments, and present. Under this umbrella brand Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH ( TMGS ), the now markets more than 50 palaces, castles, gardens, forts and palace hotels nationally and internationally in collaboration with the tourism.

The following castles and monasteries are partners in the advertising community Schlösserland Saxony:

Add to that the bodies out of the hotel and hospitality industry: Burg Hohenstein, Churfuerstliche Waldschaenke Moritzburg Castle European Youth Colditz, Pension Zur Royal Ausspanne, Schloss Hotel Dresden- Pillnitz Castle Hotel Gaußig.

Number of

About two million people a year visit the State-owned Palaces, castles and gardens.

Management and staff

The headquarters of the state-owned enterprise is divided into five areas, which is the parent of the Director, Christian Striefler. In the castle premises of the castle ladder leads the object.

The Board of Supervisors of the state enterprise is the Board of Directors. The main task of the Board is to oversee the business lines and support the Director.