| Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development | |
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| Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | October 27, 1998 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Minister responsible | Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development |
| Website | |
| http://www.bmvbs.de/ | |
The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (German: Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung) is a Ministry of Germany.
It was created in 1998 by merger of the former Federal Ministry of Transport and the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development, both established in 1949. The new ministry at first was named Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing until it adopted its current name in 2005.
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (German: Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)) located in St. Pauli, Hamburg provides among others things information of all matters of maritime shipping, to special funding programmes, law of flag, certification of mariners and information of the coasts and coastal waters of Germany. Official website BSH
(Federal Ministers of Transport, Building and Housing until 2005)
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