Cultural promotion - Theater financing in Thuringia fixed for several years
The funding has now been finalized: Thuringia's institutionally funded theaters and orchestras will gradually receive more money over the next few years. From around 83 million euros in the current year, expenditure is set to rise to around 115.42 million euros by 2030. An agreement to this effect was signed on Thursday between the state and the municipalities concerned, the state chancellery announced. Renegotiations to begin in 2028
"We are thus creating the necessary planning security and a secure existence for a fertile breeding ground of high-quality cultural offerings in the state," said Culture Minister Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff (Left Party).
The increase is primarily a reaction to pay rises for theater employees. In addition, the so-called theater lump sum has been anchored. This provides cities and districts with expenditure on theaters and orchestras with a special allocation from the municipal financial equalization scheme. This is intended to reduce the financial burden of cultural expenditure for individual municipalities and distribute it more fairly.
The state had been discussing funding with the municipalities involved since spring 2022. The negotiations involved twelve theaters and orchestras.
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The funding increase for Thuringia's theaters and orchestras also includes an allocation for the 'theater lump sum'. This special allocation comes from the municipal financial equalization scheme and aims to reduce financial burdens and distribute cultural expenditures more fairly among municipalities. The Theater in Erfurt, a city in Thuringia, is one of the twelve institutions benefiting from this new cultural policy.
Source: www.stern.de
