Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts

The Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Arts and Culture (German: Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Kunst und Kultur), abbreviated HMWK, is a university and culture ministry in Hesse, Germany.

[1] Originally called Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, the Ministry was established on 4 July 1984 as a spin-off of the Hessian Ministry of Education.

The Ministry of Education was then responsible for school and part of the church affairs.

[2] Since 1987, the Ministry has been located in a rented, Gründerzeit office building between the Rheinstraße and Luisenstraße in Wiesbaden, which was used until 1975 as the Wiesbaden main post-office and was then rebuilt and renovated accordingly.

The Ministry is tasked with extending: In general, the Ministry is in charge of technical and legal supervision, and the promotion of science and art in Hesse.