Family of Germany’s last emperor ends 99-year dispute over art treasures

Minister of the State of Culture Wolfram Weimer declares: The 100-year-long property dispute with the Hohenzollern is over. They thought themselves to be the state until 1918, but now everything was private.

After years of negotiations, the state has agreed with the Hohenzollern. The works of art are incorporated into a joint foundation in which the family also has the right to vote.

To whom do the thousands of objects for which the House of Hohenzollern has been fighting for decades belong? And where? These questions are now resolved. Bund, Länder and the head of the former monarchic family have announced the agreement. As winners, both sides may feel.

Family of Germany’s last emperor ends 99-year dispute over art treasures

The Hohenzollern family had been challenging the German state’s ownership of thousands of artworks and artefacts in museums since 1926.

The House of Hohenzollern and the public authorities have settled an almost 100-year-long asset dispute over historically valuable art objects.

For almost 100 years, it was unclear who owned the valuable art collections. Now, according to the Minister of Culture, Wolfram Weimer, there was a breakthrough in the asset dispute.