Deutscher Bühnenverein

It is involved in artistic, legal, organisational and political questions relevant to its members and publishes annual reports.

It was started in Oldenburg in 1846 under its first president Karl Theodor von Küstner, of the Königliches Schauspiel in Berlin.

As an association of artists' employers, the Bühnenverein negotiates with trade unions about both pay and working conditions and is involved in arbitration.

It also looks after the interests of German arts organizations at international level and with regard to European Union legislation.

The Bühnenverein publishes annual reports which include exhaustive statistics, not only on German theatre organizations, but also those of Austria and Switzerland.