Welcome to the website of Department VI, the Department of Culture and Schools. It comprises the School Authority, the Office for Culture and Libraries, and the Peter Cornelius Conservatory. As the municipal school

authority, the School Authority performs various tasks for state schools and, in some cases, private schools in Mainz. The most important topics are:

planning, implementing, and supporting school construction projects;
ensuring school operations by providing equipment, teaching and learning materials, and technical infrastructure;
school development planning;
supporting the establishment of all-day schools;
ensuring staffing in school secretariats;
organizing school sports and swimming;
media education in Mainz and media development planning;
supporting school IT;
ensuring and billing for school lunches, including education and participation packages;
planning and organizing school transportation;
organizing and implementing school book lending.

The Office for Culture and Libraries offers citizens a wide range of services in the form of media provision, library education, science and research support, preservation and presentation of cultural written heritage, and comprehensive advice on cultural administration and the provision of funding to cultural creators and cultural institutions.

The Peter Cornelius Conservatory of the City of Mainz is one of the few conservatories that combines the musical education of amateurs and professional musicians under one roof. The first conservatory in Mainz was established around 1882 and bore the name of its founder: Paul Schumacher's Conservatory of Music. Initially privately owned, the city of Mainz acquired the institute and building in 1920 with the aim of creating a municipal music academy. Hans Rosbaud was appointed director, and in 1922 the State Office for Education in Darmstadt granted "approval to hold state-recognized music teacher examinations." From then on, school musicians and private music teachers were trained there. From the very beginning, Rosbaud attached great importance to pedagogical training, which, in addition to artistic skills, was to determine the quality of the graduates. In 1929, Hans Gál was appointed director of the new music academy as Rosbaud's successor, and under his leadership, the academy experienced a heyday. Nevertheless, in 1936, the Frankfurt Conservatory of Music was declared "representative" for the entire Gau, the Mainz institute was downgraded, and its name was changed to "Peter Cornelius Conservatory."

If you have any questions, criticism, or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us. My colleagues and I in the department are happy to assist you.

Yours sincerely, Ata Delbasteh