Talk:Kultusministerkonferenz

literal translation
The literal translation is not correct; "Kultus" does not mean culture (that would be "Kultur"), it actually comes from latin "cultus", which means cult. Historically, a Kultusministerium was a ministry for religious affairs and education, because before the separation of church and state, the church was traditionally responsible for education (source: "Kultusministerium" in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Leipzig, 1906, p. 795). Today, in Germany there are ministries of cultus (education), and ministries of culture (usually as a part of the federal ministries of science, research, and culture). These are not identical.--Kernpanik (talk) 13:29, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * We just had an editing conflict here; now it should be fine :) --Kernpanik (talk) 13:36, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think that "cult" is an appropriate translation. We're supposed to translate the common German meaning of Kultusminister which happens to be "minister of education". While the origin of the word is clear, its meaning has changed in today's common German language. De728631 (talk) 13:45, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Aye, don't refer to culture, keep the short form to be based on "education" instead of the "cultural affairs" part - possibly delete the "literal" if that sounds misleading. Guidod (talk) 12:18, 10 September 2013 (UTC)