ECTP-CEU member since: 1985Amount of own members: 1700President: Dipl.-Soz. Susanne Jahn<\/p>\n
Delegate(s): Martin Reents<\/p>\n
Vereinigung f\u00fcr Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung (SRL) e.V.Lyn Echtermeyer, Dipl.-Geographin<\/p>\n
Gesch\u00e4ftsstelle<\/p>\n
Schrammstr. 810715 Berlin<\/p>\n
Tel:<\/strong> +49-30-27 87 468-0<\/p>\n Fax:<\/strong> +49-30-27 87 468-13<\/p>\n E-Mail<\/strong>:\u00a0info@srl.de<\/a><\/p>\n Web:\u00a0<\/strong>www.srl.de<\/a><\/p>\n 2008 \u2013 7th Edition:\u2022 Munich \u2013 Munich Convention City Riem: Living and Working in City and Nature:\u00a0Special Mention2010 \u2013 8th Edition:\u2022 The Angerviertel, Munich \u2013 Impulse of a Historic District\u2022 The Nordhaide \u2013 Innovative living between the city and the Grassland\u2022 Brandenburg \u2013 Landkreis Barnim2014 \u2013 10th Edition:\u2022 Cologne \u2013 Housing Complex Buchheimer Weg\u2022 Ruhr district \u2013 Masterplan Emscher-Zukunft<\/p>\n ECTP-CEU Stage 2 Draft \u2013 Appendix 4 Draft Directory (2012-12-21)General Country InformationCapital City BerlinPopulation 83,190,556Area (km2) 357 023Population Density 232 per km2EU Membership Germany joined what is now known as the EU as a founding member in 1957.Germany is currently a federal parliamentary republic with sixteen constituent states; the President is the head of state, while the Chancellor is the head of government, and exercises the executive power.<\/p>\n Following the federal state of Germany, Urban and Spatial planning are regionalized matters, with guidelines coming from the Federal level:\u00a0Bundesministerium des Innern, f\u00fcr Bau und HeimatAlt-Moabit 140\u00a010557 Berlin\u00a0Phone: +49 (0) 3018681-0Fax: +49 (0) 3018681-12926<\/p>\n As Urban and Spatial planning are regionalized matters in Germany; each of the country\u2019s states is competent for these matters within their respective territory.Professional Title:The common professional name is \u201cStadtplaner\u201d (\u201cTown Planner\u201d).EU Database Status:The profession of planner in Germany is included in the EU Database of Regulated Professions, but without any information on the type of regulation.National Regulation:None.Regional regulation:There are 16 federal states in Germany, each with their own Chamber of Architects maintaining statutory registers of town planners. As a result, requirements may differ between Chambers.<\/p>\n The course leading to the profession of Urban Planner is particular in Germany; it combines a three year Bachelor in Spatial Planning, and a two year Master or a four year Bachelor in Spatial Planning and a one year Master in Spatial Planning.These courses are provided, in Germany, by:\u00a0\u2022 Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Department of Urban and Regional Planning (ISR), School of Planning Building Environment\u2022 Technische Universit\u00e4t Dortmund, School of Spatial Planning\u2022 HafenCity University Hamburg, Urban Planning\u2022 Technische Universit\u00e4t Kaiserslautern, Department of Spatial and Environmental Planning\u2022 Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus \u2013 Senftenberg, Urban and Regional Planning\u2022 University of Kassel, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Planning\u00a0\u2022 Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Institute for the Foundations of Planning, Architecture and Urban Planning\u2022 N\u00fcrtingen \u2013 Geislingen University, Department of Urban Planning and Department of Sustainable Urban and Regional Development\u2022 University of Applied Science Erfurt, Urban and Spacial Planning\u2022 Bauhaus University Weimar, Architecture and Urbanism\u2022 Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Urban Planning\u2022 University of Bremen, Urban and Regional Research\u2022 Technische Universit\u00e4t Darmstadt, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sustainable Urban Development\u2022 Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Geomatics\u2022 Technische Hochschule L\u00fcbeck, Urban Planing\u2022 Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences, Technology, Business and Design, Integrative Urban-Rural Development<\/p>\n Town PlanningPLANERINRaumPlanungStadtbauweltArchitecture\u2022 Deutsches Architektenblatt\u2022 Der Architekt\u2022 Baukultur\u2022 DETAIL\u2022 ARCH+\u2022 Bauwelt\u2022 db \u2013 Deutsche Bauzeitung\u2022 dbz \u2013 Deutsche Bauzeitschrift\u2022 BauMeister\u2022 Build<\/p>\n SPATIAL PLANNING:The main documentation about planning and territorial decisions lies in three levels:\u2022 Federal level: Raumordnungspolitischer Orientierungs- und Handlungsrahmen(Guidelines and operational framework for spatial planning )\u2022 State level: Landesentwicklungsplan \/ -programme(State development plan \/ programme )\u2022 Regional level: Regionalplan, Gebietsentwicklungsplan(Regional Plan)Raumordnungspolitischer Orientierungs- und Handlungsrahmen:They are federal action plans; they set out guiding principles for spatial development and a strategy for the whole of Germany. They also promote the polycentric spatial and settlement structures, and protect natural resources. Due to the spatial development changes, guidelines and framework are constantly updated through those plans.Landesentwicklungsplan:They are development plans which highlight the wish of spatial and structural development for the territory of a state (L\u00e4nder). Names can change from state to state, as well as their preparing procedures; but general rules have been implemented for them thanks to the Federal Spatial Planning Act of 1998.Regionalplan, Gebietsentwicklungsplan:They are concerned by elaboration, integration and implementation of the goals of the state spatial planning. They must be conform to the state and federal spatial planning, but also mediate between those and local urban land-use planning. This coordination ensures that all planning levels won\u2019t be contradictory and assures a global continuity of the planning policy.<\/p>\n \u2022 Federal Government, State (L\u00e4nder) government, and Local\/Regional Government<\/p>\n Information, consultation and dialogueCitizens generally have access to the development and implementation of the preparatory land-use plan (Fl\u00e4chennutzungsplan) and the legally binding land-use plan (Bebauungsplan), which are the two municipal planning documents that must be approved by higher authorities.The public must be informed as early as possible through public advertisement of the purpose of the plan and of all alternative proposals. At this moment, citizens are able to express their views and get clarifications. Public authorities and agencies concerned by the land-use planning also have to be informed.The draft of land-use plan is then put on public display to allow recommendations and objections regarding the plan, which will be taken into account.<\/p>\n Main Planning legislationFrom Federal Building Code (Baugesetzbuch, BauGB), Chapter One, Part One, Subdivision One, Section 1:\u201cLand-use plans shall safeguard sustainable urban development and a socially equitable utilisation of land for the general good of the community, and shall contribute to securing a more humane environment and to protecting and developing the basic conditions for natural life\u201dFrom Federal Regional Planning Act (Raumordnungsgesetz, ROG), Subdivision One, Section 2:\u201cRegional planning shall be governed by the following principles:\u2022 A well-balanced system of settlements and open spaces shall be developed in the entire territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. Provision shall be made to maintain a functioning ecosystem in built-up and non-built-up areas. Efforts shall be made to establish balanced economic, infrastructural, social, ecological and cultural conditions in the respective regions.\u2022 The decentralized settlement structure of the territory as a whole with its large number of well-functioning centers and city regions shall be maintained. Building activities shall be concentrated in certain areas with a view to establishing a system of functioning central places. The re-use of derelict settlement areas shall be given priority over the use of open spaces.(\u2026)\u201d<\/p>\n The Federal Government :\u00a0https:\/\/www.bundesregierung.de\/breg-en<\/a>Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and the Community :\u00a0https:\/\/www.bmi.bund.de\/EN\/home\/home_node.html<\/a>Vereinigung f\u00fcr Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung:\u00a0http:\/\/www.srl.de\/<\/a>Die Akademie f\u00fcr Raumforschung und Landesplanung:\u00a0http:\/\/www.arl-net.de\/\u00a0<\/a>German Law<\/p>\n
\nAnnual SRL reports to ECTP-CEU<\/h4>\n
\nGermany\u2019s projects presented by the SRL to the ECTP-CEU European and Regional Planning Awards:<\/h3>\n
\nCountry Factsheet for Germany (.de)<\/h3>\n
\nGermany\u2019s Ministry contacts:(From the Federal Government website)<\/h3>\n
\nPlanning as a Regulated Profession in Germany<\/h3>\n
\nUniversities with approved trainings in Germany<\/h3>\n
\nTown Planning Press of Germany<\/h4>\n
\nCountry regulation:<\/h3>\n
\nCOMPETENT BODIES:<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNICATION<\/h3>\n
\nPLANNING LEGISLATION<\/h3>\n
\nWebsites<\/h3>\n