About us

The Ministry is the highest state authority and is divided into the following areas of responsibility at departmental level:

(The following links lead to German sites. Exceptions: The pages on agriculture, environment and climate protection lead to English pages.)

• Division 1: Central Affairs
• Division 2: Water and soil protection (with contaminated sites)
• Division 3: Rural development, agriculture (including fisheries, forestry and hunting)
• Division 4: Nature conservation
• Division 5: Environment, Climate Protection, Sustainability (with emission control and waste management)

The Ministry's portfolio includes the Brandenburg State Office for the Environment (LfU), the State Office for Rural Development, Agriculture and Land Readjustment (LELF), the Brandenburg State Forest Service (LFB) and the Lower Oder Valley National Park.

The organisation of the administration of the State of Brandenburg is laid down in the State Organisation Act. The state authorities are divided into supreme state authorities, higher state authorities and lower state authorities. The highest state authorities are the state ministries. Higher state authorities are directly subordinate to a highest state authority and are responsible for the whole state.

Lower state authorities are subordinate to a supreme state authority and are responsible for parts of the state. State institutions are legally dependent, organisationally separate parts of the state administration. Their activities are primarily aimed at supporting the authorities in the state. State institutions are legally dependent, organisationally separate parts of the state administration, which mainly carry out economic activities serving public purposes.

For the areas of rural development, environment, agriculture and forestry are:

• Supreme State Authority:
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection (MLUK)
• Higher Regional Authorities:
  • State Office for the Environment (LfU)
  • State Office for Rural Development, Agriculture and Land Readjustment (LELF)
• National enterprise (Section 9 of the National Organisation Act - LOG)
  • Brandenburg State Forest Service (LFB)
• Institution of the country: (Paragraph 9 of the National Organization Act - LOG)
  • Lower Oder Valley National Park (NLP UO)

Under the special supervision of the ministry, the administrative districts and independent towns have been assigned various responsibilities as compulsory tasks to be performed in accordance with instructions (functional reform).