Hohenzollern deal: art treasures remain in our museums!

Hohenzollern deal: art treasures remain in our museums!

Berlin, Deutschland - On May 26, 2025, the Prussian Cultural Owner Foundation (SPK) approved a pioneering deal with the descendants of the last German emperor, Wilhelm II. This agreement is intended to help show many valuable art objects in museums. As part of the agreement, the SPK must hand over almost 3,000 individual pieces to the Hohenzollern house, while the descendants with the public sector have agreed on the future of objects of art history. Minister of Culture Wolfram Weimer announced the agreement in mid -May 2025, but with the reservation of the consent of the affected museums.

The conflict about the art treasures that has existed since the monarchy ended in 1918 has a long and conflict -loaded history. Officially, the dispute over the ownership rights began in 1926 and thus lasted almost 100 years. Up to 27,000 pieces are affected by this issue of dispute, which makes the explosiveness of the topic clear.

an agreement for the future

The responsible committees of the German Historical Museum are to deal with the agreement in June. It is planned to found a private law foundation to which controversial stocks are transferred in order to grant all claims of the Hohenzollern house to the museums. The SPK brings to the new foundation 1,685 works, including porcelain, furniture, textiles and other valuable objects. In return, the Hohenzollern house receives certain objects from the former Hohenzollern Museum, which are considered less of culture and historically.

Among the 2,999 individual pieces that are transferred, there are 2,122 coins and some outstanding objects: a table with a porcelain plate, a board game and the painting "View of Potsdam from the Brauhausberg". According to Süddeutsche noticeable; Georg Friedrich Prinz von Prussia described the agreement as the "final line and beginning".

A step into the future of Prussian art treasures

The designated cultural senator of Berlin spoke in a statement of a "historical breakthrough", which enables thousands of art treasures from the Hohenzollern remain publicly accessible. With this agreement, an almost a century of dispute is included, which reflects the complexity of the cultural -historical heritage and the legal challenges of the past. The SPK President Hermann Parzinger emphasizes that the agreement will benefit the museum visitors, since the valuable art objects will continue to be available.

This not only marks the end of a lengthy legal dispute, but also opens up new perspectives for the processing of the history of the Hohenzollern and the Prussian art treasures. The Stern reports that this collection remains important not only for the public, but also for historical memory.