So that the past has a future

Within just a few years the German Foundation for Monument Protection has grown into a vast citizens' initiative committed to our cultural heritage. The help we have received from so many citizens is heartening and spurs us on to continue our work.

And this is more urgent than ever before: countless valuable buildings and sites await your help. Our Foundation is grateful for every single donation, no matter how large or small, which can flow directly into rescuing a monument. Today we are more than ever reliant on private commitment – whether in the form of donations, endowments, co-endowments, legacies, or fine payment allocations.

As our cultural heritage originated and evolved on the basis of collaboration, so too will its preservation only be secured by working together.

Please join in and help! For the sake of architecture.

What we do

Historical buildings and towns steeped in history: they are integral to our quality of life and identity. Linking past and present, they are a thought-provoking source of inspiration, a warning reminder and fount of encouragement for the future.

The German Foundation for Monument Protection has thus set itself two goals: to preserve endangered cultural monuments and promote all aspects of monument protection. We hope to animate as many citizens as possible to become involved in this task.

Since its foundation in 1985 the German Foundation for Monument Protection, the largest private historical-preservation initiative in Germany, has helped to preserve over 3,000 monuments nationwide, investing 390 million Euros. Contributions have been raised from more than 180,000 private sponsors and companies, fine allocations and proceeds from the GlücksSpirale lottery. Our patron is the Federal President, Horst Köhler.