Legal

Website owner:

Non-profit association "Beethoven-Haus Bonn"   
Bonngasse 24-26, 53111 Bonn   
Managing director: Malte Boecker   
Phone: +49-(0)228-98175-0   
sekretariat@beethoven.de

The association founded in 1889 is called "Verein Beethoven-Haus" (Beethoven-Haus Association). By royal decree, it was granted the rights of a legal entity on May 20, 1896. The association is a non-profit organization serving the public good, and due to its statutory promotion of science and research, art, culture, monument conservation and preservation, it is exempt from corporate and trade taxes with the exception of its economic business operation. The Beethoven-Haus Bonn association is seated in the city of Bonn and supervised by the Cologne district government.   

Shop: 
Beethoven-Haus Vertriebs- und Service-GmbH   
Bonngasse 18, 53111 Bonn   
Managing director: Rolf Zeppenfeld, Malte Boecker  
Shop manager: Monia Geitz   
Ph: +49-(0)228-98175-37   
shop@beethoven.gmbh
Commercial register Bonn no. 8249   

Responsible for the internet presence (homepage and digital archivs):

Friederike Grigat
Phone: 0228/98175-13   
Webmaster: Thomas Blumann

Technology, programming and design:

Art des Hauses, Dortmund   
Mausbrand Informationssysteme GmbH, Dortmund   
Library catalogues: Thomas Berger, Bonn, Andreas Wolf, Freiburg   
Hello Beethoven: Virtual, Cologne   

Copyright and rights of use:

The content of this website (images, audio and video files, text, metadata) is protected by copyright. All copyright and usage rights to the text and original images are held by the Beethoven-Haus. For information on the use of original images, please refer to the Order and Terms of Use. The copyright and usage rights for the web design and edited images are held by the Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication and by Alexander Steffensmeier (Hallo Beethoven). There are no objections to making individual copies of pages or parts thereof for private use, provided that the copyright notice is retained. Downloading pages or parts of the website for commercial purposes or for publication (including online publications) is expressly prohibited. Any use of this nature requires the written consent of the Beethoven-Haus. If parts of the website are published by a private individual or an institution on other websites, data carriers or in print media without the written permission of the Beethoven-Haus, the Beethoven-Haus is entitled to charge fees for such publication.

Editorial notice:

For better readability, the language forms male, female and diverse (m/f/d) are not used. The chosen personal designations apply equally to all genders.