Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung

What Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung does

Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (HLZ) is a state government institution of the German state of Hesse, established by resolution of the Hessian State Parliament in 1992 and headquartered in Wiesbaden. Its statutory mandate is to coordinate political education, democracy education, and remembrance culture (Erinnerungskultur) across Hesse, including formal coordination responsibility for memorial sites commemorating victims of National Socialism and the SED dictatorship. The organization operates with a small core staff of 9 employees and is led by Director Franziska Kiermeier, reporting to the Hessian State Parliament.

HLZ's product portfolio is content- and event-driven rather than technology-driven. Core offerings include publications (series such as Blickpunkt Hessen, Forum hlz, Hessische GeschichteN, Polis, and Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit), podcasts (over 20 active series covering EU enlargement, RAF history, Jewish life in Hesse, US elections, and contemporary politics), simulation games (Planspiel Bundestag, Planspiel Gemeindeparlament, and online variants), educational trips to memorial sites both within Hesse and across Germany, traveling exhibitions, the Junge Akademie Frankfurt youth program, the Zeitzeugenmemorial video archive, and thematic online dossiers on issues such as antisemitism in the digital age and individual radicalization. Distribution occurs through a 'Treffpunkt HLZ' physical pickup location, an online catalog, the hlz.hessen.de website, social media channels, and direct engagement with schools and youth organizations.

The business model is non-commercial: HLZ is funded through the Hessian state budget, and its services are provided free of charge or at nominal provision fees (Bereitstellungspauschale €3-7 per publication). The organization has no commercial revenue streams, no subsidiaries, no parent company, and is not investor-backed. Its strategic position rests on statutory authority (the Beutelsbacher Konsens governs content), institutional partnerships with major Hessian memorial sites (Breitenau since 1987, Hadamar, Stadtallendorf, Trutzhain), and integration with school networks including 'Schule ohne Rassismus – Schule mit Courage'. Geographic scope is regional (Hesse), with selective funding of national and European study trips as an extension of its educational mandate.

Name

Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung

Legal name

Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung

Website

https://hlz.hessen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (HLZ) is a Hessian state government institution that delivers political education, democracy training, and remembrance culture programs to schools, educators, and the public across Hesse, funded through the state budget.

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Product category

Political and Civic Education Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

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PRIMARYEDAAAFAC

Civic Education & Community Engagement (Voting, Local Government)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Community & Public Education Programs (Libraries, Community Centers)

SECONDARYBPAIABAJ

State/Provincial Education Department Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/State/Provincial & Regional Government Administration

Keywords

• Political education
• Civic education
• Remembrance culture
• Memorial site education
• Democracy education

Headquarters

HQ city

Wiesbaden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: As a Hessian state institution for political education, HLZ is primarily funded through government budget allocations from the State of Hesse. Services are provided free of charge or at minimal cost to citizens.

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Core offering

The Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung is the Hessian state institution for political education, providing civic and political education products and services to citizens of Hesse. Its core offerings include print publications and publication series, podcasts, simulation games (Planspiele), educational trips to memorial sites, traveling and permanent exhibitions, digital learning tools, and programs for young people. The institution also coordinates memorial site funding and remembrance culture work across Hesse.

Product overview

Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (HLZ) is a Hessian state government institution for political education offering a diverse portfolio of educational products and services. The core offerings include publications (books, magazines, and themed publication series like Blickpunkt Hessen, Forum hlz, Hessische GeschichteN, Polis, and Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit), audio/podcast content covering EU, history, and local Hessian topics, simulation games (Planspiele) for Bundestag and municipal parliament education, educational trips to memorial sites, traveling and permanent exhibitions, and digital resources including online dossiers and quizzes. The institution also runs specialized programs like Junge Akademie Frankfurt, the Zeitzeugenmemorial video archive, and media literacy initiatives. These offerings work together to provide comprehensive civic and political education for students, educators, and the general public in Hesse.

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Products and services

• Publikationen (Publications) Books, magazines, and themed publication series covering political education topics including democracy, extremism, history, and societal issues in Hesse and Germany. Includes sub-series such as Blickpunkt Hessen, Forum hlz, Hessische GeschichteN, Polis, and Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit. Distributed free or at nominal Bereitstellungspauschale of €3-7 per title.
• Podcasts Audio podcast series covering political education topics including EU enlargement (27plus), RAF history in Hesse, Jewish life in Hesse, US elections, Hesse history, literature and politics, social media effects, and Bundestag/municipal election guides.
• Planspiele (Simulation Games) Educational simulation games including Planspiel Bundestag (federal parliament simulation), Planspiel Gemeindeparlament (municipal parliament simulation), online-based simulations, and online workshops. Designed for schools and youth groups to experience democratic processes.
• Fahrten zu Gedenkstätten (Memorial Site Visits) Educational trips to memorials and sites of historical significance including Nazi persecution sites, SED dictatorship sites, and democracy history locations. HLZ coordinates and funds visits to memorials including Breitenau, Hadamar, Stadtallendorf, Trutzhain, Point Alpha, Grenzmuseum Schifflersgrund, Berlin Wall Memorial, Bundesarchiv Rastatt, Haus der Weimarer Republik, Memorium Nuremberg Trials, and Hambacher Schloss.
• Ausstellungen (Exhibitions) Traveling and permanent exhibitions on topics including right-wing terror in Hesse, women in concentration camps, RAF topography, and other historical and political subjects.
• Erinnerungskultur zum Nationalsozialismus (Nazi-Era Remembrance Programs) Educational programs on Nazi-era memory culture including audio walks, witness accounts, readings, and exhibition support. Includes Das Zeitzeugenmemorial video archive documenting testimonies from contemporary witnesses.
• Junge Akademie Educational program for young people in Frankfurt focusing on political education and democratic engagement.
• Online-Dossier zum Thema Einzelradikalisierung Digital dossier with research articles on individual radicalization processes including case studies on Islamist and right-wing radicalization, offered as an online resource.
• Good News, Bad News – Die Macht der Nachrichten Media literacy program teaching about news influence and information evaluation.
• Deine Stimme: Das Spiel Interactive game-based learning tool for political education aimed at young people.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gedenkstätte BreitenaucoreOthersHLZ has been funding Gedenkstätte Breitenau since 1987 as part of its coordination role for memorial sites in Hesse. The memorial commemorates victims of Nazi persecution and serves as an educational site for school groups.
• Gedenkstätte HadamarcoreOthersHLZ provides funding support to Gedenkstätte Hadamar, which commemorates victims of the Nazi 'euthanasia' killings. Included in HLZ's memorial site coordination since the early 1990s.
• Dokumentations- und Informationszentrum (DIZ) StadtallendorfcoreOthersHLZ supports DIZ Stadtallendorf, a documentation center addressing Nazi forced labor and the fate of foreign workers during the Nazi era. Part of HLZ's memorial site network since the 1990s.
• Gedenkstätte und Museum TrutzhaincoreOthersHLZ provides funding to Gedenkstätte und Museum Trutzhain, which commemorates Nazi forced labor and youth protective custody. Included in HLZ's support since 2003.
• Gedenkstätte Point AlphaminorOthersGedenkstätte Point Alpha documents the inner-German border and Cold War division. HLZ promotes visits to this site as part of its education about German reunification and the SED dictatorship.
• Gedenkstätte Berliner MauerminorOthersMemorial site at Bernauer Strasse documenting the Berlin Wall and escape attempts. Recommended by HLZ as an educational destination for understanding German division.
• Bundesarchiv Rastatt (Erinnerungsstätte für die Freiheitsbewegungen)minorOthersHLZ funds trips to Bundesarchiv Rastatt for Hessian groups and school classes. The memorial documents freedom movements in German history including the 1848/49 revolution.
• Haus der Weimarer RepublikminorOthersHLZ funds visits to the House of the Weimar Republic in Weimar for Hessian groups and school classes. The memorial opened in 2019 to educate about Germany's first democracy.
• Memorium Nürnberger ProzesseminorOthersHLZ supports trips to Memorium Nuremberg Trials for Hessian groups and school classes. The memorial is located in the historic courtroom where the Nuremberg Trials took place.
• Hambacher Schloss (Stiftung Hambacher Schloss)minorOthersHLZ funds visits to Hambacher Schloss for Hessian groups and school classes. The site commemorates the 1832 Hambach Festival, considered the 'cradle of German democracy'.
• Bundesstiftung AufarbeitungminorOthersThe federal foundation provides a comprehensive list of memorials and museums in Germany related to German division and SED dictatorship. Referenced as a resource for external learning locations.
• Schule ohne Rassismus – Schule mit CouragecoreOthersHLZ supports the 'School without Racism - School with Courage' network active in Hessian schools, promoting anti-racism and democracy education among students.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Rheinland-Pfalz: Rhineland-Palatinate's state political education agency, a direct peer providing publications, events, and memorial education to a comparable Hessian-bordering state. Operates under the same legal framework and pedagogical standards.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Nordrhein-Westfalen: North Rhine-Westphalia's state political education agency. Operates with the same mandate and product portfolio as HLZ within Germany's most populous state, making it a directly comparable reference for scale and scope.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg: Baden-Württemberg's state political education agency. Direct peer offering the same core services (publications, events, simulation games, teacher training) to a comparable state-level audience in southwestern Germany.
• Bayerische Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit: Bavaria's state agency for political education, structurally identical to HLZ in mandate, funding model, and product mix (publications, seminars, memorial work). Direct peer because both serve the same role in their respective state under the same Beutelsbacher Konsens framework.
• Niedersächsische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung: Lower Saxony's state political education agency. Direct peer delivering the same publications, podcasts, simulation games, and teacher training under the same legal framework.
• Sächsische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung: Saxony's state political education agency. Direct peer with significant thematic overlap to HLZ on SED-dictatorship remembrance work, making it a particularly relevant benchmark for HLZ's memorial site programming.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Berlin: Berlin's state political education agency, offering the same civic education mandate and product mix to Berlin schools and citizens. Comparable as a state-level agency in another major German Bundesland.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Brandenburg: Brandenburg's state political education agency, with a particularly relevant overlap on SED-dictatorship remembrance work given Brandenburg's East German history. Direct peer in mandate and product structure.

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB): The federal-level political education agency in Germany, operating with a much larger budget and national scope. Highly comparable as it provides the same civic education mandate (publications, podcasts, simulation games, seminars) at the federal level, and coordinates closely with each state-level Landeszentrale including HLZ.

Others

• Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Federal foundation for the reappraisal of the SED dictatorship, referenced by HLZ as a resource partner for external memorial visits. Adjacent rather than directly competing — provides overarching funding and resource coordination for the same remembrance culture field in which HLZ operates.

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Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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