Over 100 million flowed into Brandenburg's heritage conservation - Brandenburg allocates €106 million to preserve its 14,000 historic landmarks
Heritage conservationists in Brandenburg are responsible for thousands of protected monuments and sites. Last year, the state allocated over €100 million for their preservation.
In 2023, Brandenburg provided approximately €106 million to support heritage conservation efforts. Funds from the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Infrastructure were invested in safeguarding, restoring, and renovating historic landmarks, according to a spokesperson for the Infrastructure Ministry in Potsdam. "Heritage funding is primarily about ensuring that our historic buildings remain fit for the future," added Infrastructure Minister Detlef Tabbert, who is unaffiliated with any party.
"Brandenburg is home to more than 14,000 protected monuments," said Culture Minister Manja Schüle (SPD). "Each one shapes our cultural identity and history in its own way—preserving them is the core mission of heritage conservation."
The state's official heritage register lists over 14,000 architectural monuments, along with roughly 11,000 archaeological sites. The oldest archaeological finds in Brandenburg are flint tools dating back to the Neanderthal era, around 130,000 years ago, discovered in the Jänschwalde lignite mine (Spree-Neiße district). Among the most recent archaeological sites is a 1961 escape tunnel beneath the former East German border fortifications in Glienicke-Nordbahn (Oberhavel district).
The earliest architectural monuments in the region date to the 12th century, including Lehnin Abbey (Potsdam-Mittelmark district) and the castle tower in Stolpe (Uckermark district).
