Landschaftsverband Hildesheim

The Landschaftsverband Hildesheim e.V. is a registered association (eingetragener Verein) based in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is one of thirteen Landschaftsverbände in Lower Saxony and was founded in 1971. Its area of operation covers the Landkreis Hildesheim, including the city of Hildesheim and the territory of the historic Hochstift (Prince-Bishopric) of Hildesheim. Like the other Landschaften and Landschaftsverbände in Lower Saxony, the association has primarily cultural-political tasks. Acting on behalf of its constituent local authorities and the State of Lower Saxony, it carries out central municipal and decentralised state functions in the fields of culture, science and education, and operates corresponding institutions. The historic Landschaft of the former Principality of Hildesheim is a member of the Landschaftsverband. According to its statutes, the association pursues exclusively and directly non-profit purposes. It currently has 31 members. Its managing director is Wolfgang Heimann, a former mayor (Bürgermeister a. D.). The board (Vorstand) is composed of representatives of the city, the district, the towns and municipalities, the historic Landschaft, and associations: Oberbürgermeister Dr. Ingo Meyer (chairman) as representative of the city of Hildesheim; Landrat Bernd Lynack (deputy chairman) as representative of the Landkreis Hildesheim; Bürgermeister Rainer Block as representative of the towns and municipalities; Dr. Ulrich Kumme as representative of the Landschaft of the former Principality of Hildesheim; and Sven Abromeit as representative of the associations. The chairmanship rotates every two years between the representatives of the district and the city of Hildesheim, with the next change on 1 January 2026. The association provides funding through programmes such as Regionale Kulturförderung (regional cultural funding) and an Investitionsprogramm (investment programme), with published guidelines, criteria and application forms available for download. It is a member of ALLviN, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Landschaften und Landschaftsverbände in Niedersachsen, founded in 1997 as a platform for joint projects, exchange of experience and representation of common interests vis-à-vis the MWK (Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture). ALLviN is not an umbrella organisation but an unbureaucratic cooperation platform, coordinated in a two-year rotation by one of the participating associations; it also includes the association of the six Hanoverian Landschaften, with the Region Hannover and the Stiftung Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz as associated members.

The Landschaftsverband Hildesheim was founded in 1971 as a registered association (eingetragener Verein) in Lower Saxony. It is one of thirteen Landschaftsverbände in the state, a category of regional bodies that in Lower Saxony carry primarily cultural-political responsibilities. Its area of operation covers the Landkreis Hildesheim, including the city of Hildesheim and the old Hochstift Hildesheim, the territory of the historic Prince-Bishopric. The historic Landschaft of the former Principality of Hildesheim is a member of the association. Under its statutes, the association pursues exclusively and directly non-profit purposes. Acting on behalf of its constituent local authorities and the State of Lower Saxony, it takes on central municipal and decentralised state tasks in the fields of culture, science and education, and operates corresponding institutions. It provides funding through programmes such as Regionale Kulturförderung and an Investitionsprogramm, for which guidelines, criteria and application forms are published. In 1997 the thirteen Landschaftsverbände joined together to form the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Landschaften und Landschaftsverbände in Niedersachsen (ALLviN). This working group initiates joint projects, serves the exchange of experience, and represents common interests vis-à-vis the MWK (Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture). ALLviN is not an umbrella organisation but an unbureaucratic platform of cooperation; its organisation and administration rotate every two years among the participating associations. ALLviN also includes the association of the six Hanoverian Landschaften, with the Region Hannover and the Stiftung Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz as associated members. The association currently has 31 members. Its managing director is Wolfgang Heimann, a former mayor. The board includes Oberbürgermeister Dr. Ingo Meyer (chairman) representing the city of Hildesheim, Landrat Bernd Lynack (deputy chairman) representing the Landkreis Hildesheim, Bürgermeister Rainer Block representing the towns and municipalities, Dr. Ulrich Kumme representing the Landschaft of the former Principality of Hildesheim, and Sven Abromeit representing the associations. The chairmanship rotates every two years between the representatives of the district and the city of Hildesheim, with the next change scheduled for 1 January 2026.

• 2026

  Scheduled rotation of the chairmanship between the representatives of the Landkreis and the city of Hildesheim on 1 January 2026.

• 1997

  The thirteen Landschaftsverbände in Lower Saxony form the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Landschaften und Landschaftsverbände (ALLviN).

• 1971

  Landschaftsverband Hildesheim founded as a registered association in Lower Saxony.

A non-profit, publicly mandated regional cultural association (Landschaftsverband) that channels funding and operates cultural, scientific and educational institutions for the Hildesheim region.

• Regionale Kulturförderung

  Funding programme for regional culture, with published guidelines and criteria.

• Investitionsprogramm

  Investment funding programme, with published guidelines and criteria.

1. 1Landschaftsverband Hildesheim e.V. – official websitelandschaftsverband-hildesheim.de
2. 2Landschaftsverband Hildesheim – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
3. 3Landschaftsverband Hildesheim – Wikidatawikidata.org