!!!Unterrichtsministerium

Education, Ministry for, established as "Ministerium des 
oeffentlichen Unterrichts" (Ministry for Public Education") in 
1848, newly established as "Ministerium fuer Cultus und 
Unterricht" (Ministry for Cultural Affairs and Education) in 1849 
and suspended from 1861 to 1867. 1918-1920 and 1945 "State 
Office", 1919-1923 united with the  Ministry of the Interior 
(State Office, later Federal Ministry of the Interior and Education), 
Federal Ministry for Education from 1923-1938 and from December 
1945-1970, Federal Ministry for Education and Art 1970-1984, Federal 
Ministry for Education, Art and Sports 1985-1991, Federal Ministry for 
Education and Art 1991-1994, Federal Ministry for Education and 
Cultural Affairs from 1994-2000. In 2000 academic and scientific 
issues, previously within the remit of the Federal ( Ministry for 
Science) and Transport were transferred to the  Ministry of Education, 
which then became officially known as the Federal Ministry for 
Education, Science and Culture.

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The Ministry for Education consisted of 6 departments dealing with the 
following tasks: schools including the construction, maintenance and 
closure of schools, kindergartens and day nurseries; training and 
further education of teachers; affairs of scientific collections and 
institutions; protection of monuments; cultural affairs; adult 
education; documentary and educational films. The provincial and 
district school inspectorates, teacher training colleges, the federal 
general secondary and professional training schools, the museums and 
the Hofmusikkapelle were responsible to the Ministry for Education. 
Part of the Ministry for Education was the Office for Religious 
Affairs (Kultusamt), which administers relations between the Republic 
of Austria and the churches and religious communities. The School 
Reform Commission, with its subdivisions, the Youth Film Commission 
and the Commission for Children's and Young People´s Literature, 
were information centres within the Ministry for Education.

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Initially the Ministry for Education was housed in the 
"Bankogebaeude" building in Singerstrasse road (Vienna's 
1%%sup st/%  district), since 1871 it has been housed in the Palais 
Starhemberg on Minoritenplatz square (Vienna's 1%%sup st/%  district), 
since 1971 together with the Ministry of Science; the present Ministry 
of Education is still on these premises.


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