Culture in Hesse: Why do the audience leave?

In 2020,

in Hesse was spent on culture per inhabitant an amount of 114 euros, which lies in the nationwide comparison in the middle of the field. This emerges from the publication of the "cultural indicators at a glance" of the Federal Statistical Office. Despite these expenses, it turns out that comparatively few people use the cultural offers in Hesse.

The cinema visits only reached 0.9 visits per inhabitant in 2022, while Berlin is at the top with 1.7 visits. During the museum visits, the number in Hesse in 2021 was 0.3 per inhabitant. In addition, only three people per 1,000 inhabitants used the concerts of the publicly financed orchestra in the 2020/21 season. With public theaters there were only 20 visitors per 1,000 inhabitants; For the comparison, it should be noted that Saxony records the highest value with 79 theater visits per 1,000 inhabitants.

cultural indicators and their development

In an overview of the development of the German cultural landscape from 2021 to 2023, the theater statistics are also presented in another report by the federal statistical offices and the federal states. There were a total of 2.2 million concert visits to publicly financed orchestras in the 2021/2022 season, which is a clear increase compared to 874,000 in the 2020/2021 season. The an average of 26.2 concert visits each 1,000 in Germany are in contrast to Berlin 77.2.

Furthermore, the theater visits from a significant decline testify; In 2021/2022, 11.6 million visits were counted, after 3.0 million in the previous year and 27.0 million in 2011/2012. The national average is 137 theater visits each 1,000 inhabitants, while Hamburg has the highest value with 514.

Museum visits in Germany were 81.4 million in 2022, which corresponds to an increase of 38.8 million in the previous year. On average, every inhabitant came on a 1.0 visits to the museum, with Berlin at the top with 3.8.

The brochure "Culture Indicator at a glance" also contains extensive cultural data, including information on the cultural editions, the education sector, memorial protection and the television and radio offering and is available as a PDF in the statistical portal of the statistical offices of the federal government and the federal states.