56. Which authority in Germany is part of the municipal administration?

Answer options

1. Parish office
2. Public order office
3. Tax office
4. Federal Foreign Office

Explanation

Article 28(2) of the Basic Law guarantees municipal self-government; municipalities manage local affairs on their own responsibility. The Ordnungsamt functions in most Länder as the lower regulatory authority within municipal administration, enforcing the Länder’s police and public-order laws. By contrast, tax offices (Finanzämter) are Land authorities within the tax administration (Art. 108 GG), and the Auswärtiges Amt is a federal ministry. A Pfarramt is a church body; under the Weimar Church Articles incorporated via Article 140 GG, church and state are institutionally separate, so it is not part of the municipal administration.