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Theater and concert hall buildings; application for an allocation for construction measures

Upon application, the Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies for municipal building construction measures for professional municipal theater and concert hall buildings.

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Purpose

Within the framework of municipal financial equalization, the Free State of Bavaria supports its municipalities with construction measures at municipal theaters and concert halls with allocations in accordance with Art. 10 of the Bavarian Financial Equalization Act (BayFAG).

Object

Eligible facilities are

  • municipal theaters
  • Municipal concert halls

Eligible measures within the scope of Art. 10 BayFAG are

  • New buildings, conversions and extensions
  • Acquisition including conversion of a building
  • General and partial renovations
  • Technical installations in the stage and auditorium area

Eligible costs

Eligible for funding are measures necessary for theater operations for

a) municipal theaters and concert halls if either

  • municipally supported professional theaters or orchestras are based there and receive operating cost subsidies from the StMWK or
  • there is a year-round professional performance operation with at least 100 theater or concert performances on a regular basis and the municipality does not have a theater or concert hall building subsidized under Art. 10 BayFAG or under state sponsorship.

b) Municipal cultural facilities of supra-regional importance at the seat of a district government that are also used as a theater or concert hall, provided that the municipality does not have a theater or concert hall building that is subsidized under Art. 10 BayFAG or is state-owned.

The basis for state funding is not the total costs, but the eligible expenditure. Eligible expenditure is determined in accordance with No. 5.2 of the Allocation Guidelines (FAZR).

Type and amount

The funding is granted in the form of pro rata financing/capital participation.
The type of funding is project funding.

  • The allocations are granted as proportional funding with a certain percentage of the eligible expenditure.
  • The funding rate for municipal theaters and concert halls is regularly 75%.

Financial capacity and economic viability of the measure:

  • The local authority must be in a position to raise the necessary own funds and also to finance the expected follow-up costs in the future.
  • State grants are only awarded if the measure is planned economically.

Exceeding the de minimis limit:

  • Measures can only be funded if their finally determined allocable expenditure exceeds the de minimis limit of EUR 100,000.
  • Damage caused by natural hazards and measures to implement accessibility are eligible for funding if their allocable expenditure is at least EUR 25,000.

Prior approval of the approval authority for the start of the measure:

  • Allocations in accordance with Art. 10 BayFAG may only be granted for measures that have not yet been started.
  • Prior to the start of the construction measure, a corresponding approval notice or prior approval for the early start of the measure by the approval authority is mandatory.

Earmarking period:

  • The subsidized building must be used for at least 25 years in accordance with the purpose for which it was allocated.
  • If the period of use is shorter, a pro rata amount must be reimbursed unless the project is used for other eligible municipal purposes or to fulfill other municipal tasks of the grant recipient and no corresponding income is generated.
  • Deviating from this, the construction of temporary buildings is eligible for funding if the use is secured for at least ten years and the need for this has been established.

Recipients of state allocations under Art. 10 BayFAG are exclusively municipalities and municipal special-purpose associations, but not independent municipal companies under public law or municipal companies in the legal forms of private law.

Exclusion criteria:

The following are not eligible for funding under Art. 10 BayFAG:

  • Measures for ongoing maintenance (maintenance costs) and costs of ongoing operation.
  • Small construction measures with allocable expenditure of less than € 100,000.
  • Construction measures that have already been started or completed.

  • Required Documents
    • Zuweisungsantrag nach Muster 1a zu Art. 44 BayHO
    • Bauunterlagen: Unterlagen für Baumaßnahmen gemäß VV Nr. 4 der Anlage 4a zu Art. 44 BayHO
    • Beschluss des zuständigen kommunalen Organs, das Vorhaben durchzuführen oder sich an der Maßnahme eines anderen Trägers zu beteiligen
    • Angaben über finanziellen Verhältnisse nach Muster 2a oder 2b zu Art. 44 BayHO: Sind mehrere Kommunen an der Finanzierung oder Nutzung beteiligt: Für jede Kommune eine Übersicht über die jeweiligen finanziellen Verhältnisse sowie eine Übersicht, aus der sich die Verteilung der Belastungen auf die beteiligten Kommunen ergibt.
    • Anträge auf und Zusagen von Zuweisungen Dritter
    • Im Fall der Vermietung des nach Art. 10 BayFAG geförderten Gebäudes: Mietberechnung sowie eine Bestätigung, wonach das Mietentgelt keine durch die staatlichen Zuweisungen gedeckten Investitionskostenanteile enthält

The application for funding must be submitted to the responsible district government together with the necessary documents. At the same time, a copy of the application must be sent to the legal supervisory authority, unless the latter is itself the granting authority.

Further procedure:

  • Allocation applications must be submitted to the StMFH via the government. After consulting the StMWK and StMB, the latter decides on the basic eligibility of the project.
  • The approval procedure and the technical examination are the responsibility of the responsible government.
  • Allocations are approved by the government for one financial year at a time.
  • After completion of the measure, proof of the appropriate use of the allocation must be submitted.

Premature commencement of measures: possible after approval (construction work may only commence after a corresponding approval notice has been issued or after prior approval of the premature commencement of measures).

There are no costs.

There are no fixed deadlines for this funding.

Construction work may only commence after a corresponding approval notice has been issued or after prior approval for early commencement of the measure.

You can lodge an appeal against the grant notification within one month. You will be informed of the competent court where you can lodge an appeal in the notification.

Status: 07.11.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen und für Heimat
Source: Förderfinder
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