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About the Cultural Advisory Board

Members of the Cultural Advisory Board

The Cultural Advisory Board is made up of

  • five members delegated by the parliamentary groups in the town hall
  • seven members delegated by specified institutions
  • thirteen elected members

The next Cultural Advisory Board election will take place in 2026. We will inform you in good time about the opportunities to participate.

Here you will find a picture gallery with brief introductions of the members (simply click/tap on a picture and scroll through). You will also find a list of current and former members.

Board of the Cultural Advisory Board

n.n. Chairperson
TBD Vice Chair

Members by division, institution or town hall group

Anja Baumgart-Pietsch Non-discipline-specific positions
Dr. Tanja Bernsau Cultural Heritage, Customs, and History Division
Hartmut Bohrer DIE LINKE Parliamentary Group
Clemens Bosselmann Music Division
Moritz Buch Non-divisional seats
Christina Dewald  Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation
Dr. Stephanie Dreyfürst Wiesbaden Adult Education Center
Dirk Fellinghauer Cross-disciplinary positions
Lena Flügge Places not tied to specific disciplines
Titus Grab Visual Arts
Dorothea Hartmann Hessian State Theater, Wiesbaden
Dr. Andreas Henning Hessian State Museum of Art and Nature
Francesca Herget Cross-disciplinary seats
Nikolas Jacobs CDU Caucus
Dr. Helmut Müller   Non-affiliated seats
Susanne Müller  Performing Arts Division
Alexander Pfeiffer Literature Category
Sabine Philipp  Wiesbaden City Museum Foundation
Tatjana Schneider Socio-Cultural Division
Gerhard Schulz Wiesbaden Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Hendrik Seipel-Rotter Alliance 90/The Greens Parliamentary Group
Rainer Speckhardt AfD Parliamentary Group
Joachim Tobschall SPD Caucus
Prof. Jörg Waldschütz RheinMain University
Andrea Wink  Film, Photography, and Electronic Media Division

Former members of the Cultural Advisory Board

Dr. Alexander Klar - June 2018 to July 2019 (Hessian State Museum of Art and Nature)

Dr. Philipp Salamon-Menger – June 2018 to March 2020 (Adult Education Center)

Elfriede Weber – April 2020 to June 2020 (Adult Education Center)

Claudia Brillmann - June 2018 to September 2020 (SPD Caucus)

Aynur Güler – June 2018 to September 2020 (Independent Candidates)

Franciscus Gall – June 2018 to September 2020 (University and Applied Arts)

Anja Cherdron-Modig – June 2018 to September 2020 (Fine Arts)

Dr. Bernd Wittkowski – June 2018 to July 2021 (CDU Caucus)

Uwe Eric Laufenberg – June 2018 to October 2021 (Hessian State Theater, Wiesbaden)

Gabriel Dessauer – June 2018 to August 2022 (Music)

Beatrixe Klein – June 2018 to August 2022 (Non-sector-specific seats)

Harald Kuntze – June 2018 to August 2022 (Cultural Heritage, Customs, and History Division)

Sebastian Schäfer – June 2018 to August 2022 (Cross-sector Seats)

Tatjana Schneider – June 2018 to August 2022 (Sociocultural Affairs)

Dr. Jörg Daur – August 2019 to May 2021 & August 2021 to August 2022 (Hessian State Museum of Art and Nature; Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group)

Anke Rohde – October 2020 to August 2022 (Visual Arts)

Hartmut Bohrer – June 2018 to September 2022 (The Left Party)

Joachim Tobschall – October 2020 to August 2022 (SPD Parliamentary Group)

Dorothea Angor – August 2018 to October 2022 (Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group; Vice Chair during the same period)

Dr. Hendrik Schmehl – August 2018 to August 2023 (SPD Caucus)

Dr. Klaus Lork – June 2018 to August 2022 & October 2022 to April 2024 (AfD parliamentary group)

Marie Johannsen – November 2021 through August 2024 (Hessian State Theater, Wiesbaden)

Ernst Szebedits – June 2018 to August 2024 (Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation; Chair during the same period)

Nadia Greiner Lourido – September 2022 to October 2025 (Sociocultural Affairs)

Gabriele Enders – June 2018 to May 2026 (FDP Caucus)

Fabienne Müller – September 2022 to August 2026 (Cultural Heritage, Traditions, and History)

Britta Roscher – September 2022 to August 2026 (Music Division)

Helmut Nehrbaß - September 2022 to August 2026 (Non-affiliated seats)

Kim Engels – September 2022 to August 2026 (Non-Sector-Specific Seats)

Dorothée Rhiemeier – October 2022 to August 2026 (Alliance 90/The Greens faction)

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