The Board of Directors

The Board of Directors represents the Foundation in and out of court. It consists of three persons appointed by the sponsors in accordance with the statutes. The board is tasked firstly with drawing up a budget ensuring that the assets of the Foundation are managed conscientiously and economically and secondly with signing the agreements necessary for conducting the business of the Foundation. The Board of Directors also makes the final decisions as to how the profits achieved by the business of the Foundation are to be put to use, after which it files the relevant report.

Members of the Board of Directors of the Foundation

The Board of Directors consists of the following members, who will remain in office until 3 June 2029:

Christoph Ihling, B.A. (Chairman)
Lord Mayor of Eisenach (in accordance with the statutes)
Wolfram Böhnhardt (Deputy Chairman)
Self-employed master carpenter; chairman of the museum association Museumsverein AWE e.V. (in accordance with the statutes)
Matthias Doht, qualified engineer (Chief Financial Officer)
Founding donor, Lord Mayor (retd.) (for the Wartburg-Sparkasse bank)

The Management Board

The Foundation has had two managers since 1 January 2025.

The two managers conduct the day-to-day administrative business and bear the sole responsibility for the area assigned to each of them.

Enrico Martin
Managing Director of the museum
Dr. Jessica Lindner-Elsner
Scientific Director of the museum