Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen-Anhalt

What Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen-Anhalt does

Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen-Anhalt (LpB LSA) is a state government institution for political education in the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, established on 1 July 1991 and headquartered in Magdeburg. Its statutory mission is to promote a free democratic consciousness and strengthen political participation among citizens, operating under the non-partisan Beutelsbacher Konsens framework (ban on indoctrination, controversy principle, participant orientation). The institution is led by Director Maik Reichel (since 2013) and is supervised by a Kuratorium with cross-party representation.

The LpB delivers a portfolio of digital tools, educational programs, research outputs, and in-person services rather than commercial products. Core digital offerings include the Wahl-o-Mat voting assistance tool (co-developed with the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, with the 2026 Landtagswahl version used nearly 500,000 times in its first week), Wahl.Chat (an AI-based dialog platform for comparing party positions), the KonterBUNT mobile app (argumentation training against discriminatory statements), the Sachsen-Anhalt-Monitor annual sociological survey, and the Du bist Politik podcast. Programmatic offerings include the Schule ohne Rassismus – Schule mit Courage network (187+ schools), Schülermedientage, Safer Internet Day, and Faktencheck fact-checking. Complementary services include publications (CampusPublik, Leitfaden gegen Antisemitismus), exhibitions, and memorial study trips (Gedenkstättenfahrten) to sites such as Bernburg, Treblinka, and Berend-Lehmann-Museum.

The institution is government-funded through the Saxony-Anhalt state budget and does not generate commercial revenue; all publications, tools, and events are provided free of charge to citizens. Its primary customer segments are citizens of Saxony-Anhalt, schools (Grundschule through Berufsschule), and eligible voters. Distribution is hybrid: digital self-serve channels (website, apps), direct field engagement through regional coordinators in all districts, and channel partnerships with public libraries and European institutions. The organization recently celebrated its 35th anniversary (1 July 2026) and is currently the subject of periodic political scrutiny, including a 2022 AfD dissolution motion that was publicly rebutted by the Director.

Name

Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen-Anhalt

Legal name

Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen-Anhalt

Website

https://lpb.sachsen-anhalt.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen-Anhalt is a German state government institution, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Magdeburg, that delivers non-partisan civic and political education to Saxony-Anhalt citizens, schools, and voters through digital tools, publications, and programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic and Political Education Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Other General Government Support (921190), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211)

akta.pro primary industry

Democratic Governance & Public Administration Reform (BPADAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals) (BPAIAAAE), Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD)

Keywords

• Political education
• Civic engagement
• Democracy education
• Election information
• Historical remembrance

Headquarters

HQ city

Magdeburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen-Anhalt is a state government institution that provides free political and civic education to the citizens of Saxony-Anhalt. It delivers publications, seminars, study trips, exhibitions, school programs, and digital tools (Wahl-o-Mat, Wahl.Chat, KonterBUNT) aimed at strengthening democratic awareness, political participation, tolerance, and remembrance of historical events.

Product overview

Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen-Anhalt is a state-level political education institution offering a unified portfolio of educational products and services rather than a commercial platform architecture. The core offerings include digital tools (Wahl-o-Mat, Wahl.Chat, KonterBUNT), research publications (Sachsen-Anhalt-Monitor), media content (Du bist Politik podcast and video series, CampusPublik), and educational programs (Schülermedientage, Safer Internet Day, Schule ohne Rassismus – Schule mit Courage network with 185+ schools). The institution provides publications, study trips, and exhibitions as complementary services. These offerings work together to fulfill the Landeszentrale's mandate of promoting democratic awareness, political participation, and civic education across Saxony-Anhalt.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wahl-o-Mat: Digital voting assistance tool for elections in Saxony-Anhalt, developed in cooperation with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb).
• KonterBUNT
• Sachsen-Anhalt-Monitor
• Du bist Politik
• CampusPublik
• Schule ohne Rassismus – Schule mit Courage

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 500,000 Wahl-o-Mat uses in first week of launch
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Museum – Haus der Familie Pilecki (Poland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 March 2026Cooperation agreement signed to strengthen collaboration on remembrance education about Polish resistance fighter Witold Pilecki. The partnership aims to enhance educational work about resistance against totalitarianism.
• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operation of Wahl-o-Mat for Saxony-Anhalt elections. The Bundeszentrale provides the technical platform while LpB contributes state-specific content and local coordination. This is a flagship national partnership.
• Berend-Lehmann-Museum HalberstadtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation agreement for school study trips to the museum focusing on Jewish history. The Landeszentrale supports schools with trip organization and covers transportation costs for qualified schools in 2024-2025.
• Museum Synagoge GröbzigcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint implementation of school study trips focusing on Jewish cultural heritage. Combined with Berend-Lehmann-Museum for comprehensive educational offerings on Jewish life in Saxony-Anhalt.
• Museum TreblinkaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on publication 'Von Bernburg nach Treblinka' explaining connections between the Nazi 'euthanasia' institution in Bernburg and the Treblinka extermination camp. Brochure provided in German and Polish for educational use.
• Gedenkstätte für die Opfer der NS-„Euthanasie" BernburgminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint publication project creating educational materials about connections between Bernburg killing institution and Treblinka extermination camp.
• dbv-Landesverband Sachsen-AnhaltminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for 'Lesezeichen Demokratie' project placing political education literature displays in public libraries across Saxony-Anhalt at 8 locations including Magdeburg, Dessau-Roßlau, Naumburg, Genthin, Braunsbedra, and Weißenfels.
• Europe Direct MagdeburgminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEuropean information partner providing additional programming on European affairs and EU-related topics for citizens of Saxony-Anhalt.
• Landtag Sachsen-AnhaltcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on accessible voting information, including joint publication of election brochures in Leichte Sprache (Easy Language) for voters with disabilities.
• Landeswahlleiterin Sachsen-AnhaltcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint production of election information materials including the Wahl-Fahrplan flyer and Easy Language voting guide for the 2026 Landtag election.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb): The federal-level German civic education agency, headquartered in Bonn. It is LpB LSA's most important strategic partner and provides the technical backbone for flagship products such as Wahl-o-Mat, making it the broad incumbent that anchors the system LpB LSA plugs into.

Others

• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS): Major German political foundation (CDU-affiliated) running civic education programs in Saxony-Anhalt and nationwide. Operates a parallel but party-aligned model rather than the non-partisan Beutelsbacher framework LpB LSA is bound by.
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES): SPD-affiliated political foundation that runs civic education and school programs with explicit political values orientation. Thematic adjacency on political education rather than direct product overlap.
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung: Green-affiliated political foundation with civic education, democracy and anti-racism programming thematically overlapping LpB LSA's Courage-network and tolerance work, but party-linked.

Direct peers

• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Brandenburg: Brandenburg's state civic education agency, another new federal state peer operating in the same eastern German demographic context and tackling similar anti-extremism and remembrance programming.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen: The state-level civic education agency for neighboring Sachsen (Free State of Saxony). Operates an essentially identical mandate, product portfolio (Wahl-o-Mat coordination, school networks, publications) and funding structure under the same Beutelsbacher Konsens framework, making it the closest geographic and functional peer.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg: The largest state-level civic education agency in Germany. Comparable structurally and in product breadth (publications, school programs, conferences), useful as a maximum-scale benchmark.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Berlin: Berlin's civic education body, providing reference programs on political media literacy, extremism prevention and remembrance education in a state-capital context.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen: Thuringia's state civic education agency. Closely comparable peer with the same mandate, school program coordination, election tools, and remembrance education focus in another new federal state in eastern Germany.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Niedersachsen: State civic education body for Lower Saxony. Same institutional model and product suite as LpB LSA, but at much larger scale, providing a useful comparison for trajectory and program breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/lpblsa
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCbKqFqKJDa-B5L5C2a5aYIg
• Facebookfacebook.com/lpb.lsa
• Instagraminstagram.com/dubistpolitik
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/landeszentrale-f%C3%BCr-politische-bildung-sachsen-anhalt

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