Applying for a permit for the preservation of historical monuments
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzIn Rhineland-Palatinate, the "preservation of soil monuments" is referred to as state archaeology. This deals with movable and immovable testimonies, remains or traces
- Human life in the preservation, care, scientific research and documentation of which there is a public interest for historical reasons
- animal or plant life, the evolutionary history of the earth All these finds and findings are protected as cultural monuments. As a rule, they should remain protected in the ground
If you want to visit or dig for monuments, you must apply for a permit.
If ground monuments are to be changed in the course of another measure, such as a construction measure, the procedures of monument preservation apply.