Since its foundation in the year 1967, the Hanns Seidel Foundation practices political education with the aim of supporting the "democratic and civic education of the German people with a Christian basis", as the foundation's statutes say.

For its numerous seminars, conferences, conventions and cultural events, the Hanns Seidel Foundation can utilize the new Conference Center Munich along with the educational centers of the Banz Monastery and Wildbad Kreuth.

Seminars are conducted at the Banz monastery and Wildbad Kreuth Training Centers. Further events are held at the Munich Conference Center and in various parts of Bavaria. In all, some 58.641 participants attended the 1.463 seminars.