dated 3 February 1972, last amended by resolution dated 1 November 2025

§ 1 Name, registered office, financial year

The association bears the name “Konzertgesellschaft Neuschwanstein e.V.”
Its registered office is in Schwangau.
The financial year is the calendar year.

§ 2 Purpose of the association

The purpose of the association is to promote art and culture, particularly music, in and in connection with Neuschwanstein Castle.
To achieve this purpose, financial resources may be made available within the scope of the association’s purpose, cooperations, participations and other types of collaboration with, in particular, natural persons, legal entities under private and public law, etc. may be entered into, and events may be held.

§ 3 Non-profit status
3.1. The association pursues exclusively and directly non-profit purposes within the meaning of the section “Tax-privileged purposes” of the German Tax Code (Abgabenordnung) in its currently valid version. It acts altruistically and does not primarily pursue its own economic purposes. 3.2. The association’s funds may only be used for purposes in accordance with its statutes. Members do not receive any payments from the association. The association may not favour anyone through expenses that are not related to the purpose of the association or through disproportionately high remuneration.

§4 Membership

4.1. Natural persons and legal entities may become members. Applications must be submitted in writing to the Executive Board, together with a direct debit authorisation for the membership fee. The Executive Board shall decide on the admission of new members. No reasons need to be given for rejection.
4.2. Members who have rendered outstanding services to the association may be appointed honorary members by resolution of the general meeting at the request of the executive committee.
4.3. Membership shall end upon resignation, expulsion or death, or upon the declaration of bankruptcy or dissolution in the case of legal entities. 4.4. Termination may be declared in writing to the executive committee at the end of a calendar year. The notice must be received by the executive committee by 30 June of each year at the latest. 4.5. Expulsion from the association is possible if a member grossly violates the content and spirit of the statutes or if an annual membership fee has not been paid after two reminders. The member shall be notified of the executive committee’s decision to expel them by registered letter, stating the reasons. The member has the right to have the decision reviewed by the general meeting. Until then, membership is suspended. Members who leave the association have no claim to the association’s assets. 4.6. The association charges a membership fee, the amount of which is determined by the general meeting. The executive committee determines the due date.

§ 5 Organs of the Association

The organs of the Association are the General Meeting and the Executive Committee.

§ 6 General Meeting
6.1. The General Meeting is responsible for
– receiving the reports of the Chair and the Chief Financial Officer with the cash report
– receiving the report of the cash auditors
– the discharge of the Executive Board
– the election of the Executive Board
– the setting of membership fees
– the appointment of honorary members
– amendments to the Articles of Association
– the dissolution of the Association.

6.2. At least once a year, a general meeting shall be convened by the executive committee. The notice period shall be 14 days. The invitation shall be issued in writing, stating the agenda. The written form shall also include a telecommunication or electronic form, in particular by fax or email. In individual cases, a general meeting may be held by electronic and digital means, in particular by video and telephone conference, in deviation from Section 32 (1) sentence 1 of the German Civil Code (BGB), if all members are invited and more than half of the members participate in votes in writing, by telecommunication or electronic means, prior to the meeting.
6.3. Motions must be received by the chairperson or his/her representative at least 7 days before the general meeting.
6.4. Upon written request by at least one quarter of the members, stating the agenda and the respective reasons, the executive committee shall convene an extraordinary general meeting within one month.
6.5. The meeting shall be chaired by the chairperson or, if he or she is unable to attend, by his or her deputy. The general meeting shall constitute a quorum regardless of the number of members present. Resolutions shall be passed by a simple majority of the valid votes cast. Abstentions shall be considered invalid votes.
6.6. Other members may be represented by written proxy, but no member may exercise more than a total of 3 voting rights. 6.7. Amendments to the Articles of Association require a three-quarters majority of the valid votes cast.

6.8. Voting and elections are generally conducted openly.
6.9. Minutes of the general meeting shall be taken and signed by the chairperson and the secretary.

§ 7 Executive Board
7.1. The Executive Board consists of
– the Chair (m/f/d),
– the Deputy Chair (m/f/d),
– the Chief Financial Officer (m/f/d),
– the Deputy Chief Financial Officer (m/f/d),
– the Secretary (m/f/d),
– the Deputy Secretary (m/f/d),
and three to seven advisory board members.
The Executive Board within the meaning of § 26 BGB (German Civil Code) consists of the Chair and the Deputy Chair, both of whom are authorised to represent the association on their own.
The Executive Board is responsible for all matters of the association, unless these are delegated to the General Meeting of the association by the Articles of Association.
7.2. The term of office is three years. The members of the Executive Board remain in office until a new election takes place. If a member of the Executive Board resigns before the end of the term of office, the Executive Board may appoint a new member until the next election at the next General Meeting.
7.4. The Executive Board shall be invited at least 5 days prior to the meeting. The invitation period may be shortened in urgent cases, as determined by the Chair. The Executive Board shall constitute a quorum if at least half of the elected members of the Executive Board are present, including at least the Chair or the Deputy Chair. A member of the Executive Board shall also be deemed to be present if they participate in a telephone and/or video conference. The Executive Board shall decide by a simple majority. 7.5. Resolutions may be passed by circular resolution (in writing, electronically, by telephone) if all elected members of the Executive Board have been involved and a quorum has been established in accordance with 7.4, sentence 3. Minutes shall be taken of the Executive Board meetings and signed by the chairperson and the secretary. Activities on the Executive Board (§ 7), the cash audit (§ 8) and other committees (§ 9) are performed on a voluntary basis. The persons working in these bodies may receive (flat-rate) reimbursement for their work or time spent. The upper limit is set at the amount of the applicable allowance under § 3 No. 26a EStG (Income Tax Act). Necessary expenses and costs may also be reimbursed. The decision on reimbursement shall be made by the Executive Board, taking into account in particular the expenses incurred and the budgetary possibilities.

§ 8 Cash audit

The general meeting appoints two members for a term of three years to audit the cash transactions at least once a year before the general meeting and to report on this to the general meeting.

§ 9 Advisory body

The Executive Board may appoint advisory bodies that are not organs of the association and temporarily co-opt individual persons to the Executive Board. It may also appoint a management team to carry out the day-to-day tasks of the Executive Board. The persons in question, who do not have to be members of the association, have no voting rights on the Executive Board.

§ 10 Dissolution of the Association

10.1. The dissolution of the Association requires three-quarters of the votes of all members at a general meeting convened specifically for this purpose. If this number is not reached, another extraordinary general meeting shall be convened within four weeks, at which a decision shall be taken by a three-quarters majority of the valid votes cast, regardless of the number of members present.
10.2. Upon dissolution of the association, the existing assets shall be divided equally between the district of Ostallgäu and the municipality of Schwangau, to be used for cultural purposes.

§ 11 Entry into force

These Articles of Association shall enter into force upon resolution by the General Meeting and upon entry in the register of associations. At the same time, the Articles of Association dated 2 April 2022 shall cease to be in force.