446. Where can you get information on political issues in Schleswig-Holstein?

Official German wording

Wo können Sie sich in Schleswig-Holstein über politische Themen informieren?

  1. bei der Verbraucherzentrale
  2. beim Ordnungsamt der Gemeinde
  3. bei dem/der Landesbeauftragten für politische Bildung
  4. bei den Kirchen

Answer options

  1. at the consumer advice center
  2. at the municipal public order office
  3. at the Land (state) Commissioner for Political Education
  4. at the churches

Correct answer

at the Land (state) Commissioner for Political Education

Explanation

The competent body is the Land Commissioner for Political Education in Schleswig-Holstein, a non-partisan, Land-based institution of civic education. This mandate derives from the democratic and liberal constitutional order of the Basic Law (Art. 20; freedom of expression and information, Art. 5) and has been implemented since the 1950s by federal and Land institutions; the guiding standard is the Beutelsbach Consensus (prohibition of overwhelming, requirement of controversy, learner orientation). Consumer advice centers serve consumer protection, municipal public order offices enforce regulatory and hazard-prevention law, and churches—though public-law corporations—are not state organs of political education under Art. 140 GG incorporating Weimar provisions.

Official sources

The German questions come from the original BAMF catalog for the Einbürgerungstest and Leben in Deutschland. Translations and explanations are study aids; verify legal details in the official sources.