in this capacity sattler served as a member of the and again in the which served till the end of 1950. within the cabinet his responsibilities covered the "fine arts": he was appointed ""staatssekretär für schöne künste"" on 31 january 1947. during his time as a member of the bavarian government he was closely involved in the establishment, in 1948, of the bavarian fine arts academy (""bayerische akademie der schönen künste"") and of the bavarian institute for art history (""zentralinstitut für kunstgeschichte""). in 1948 sattler also succeeded in having a teaching chair created at munich university for romano guardini, a noted roman catholic intellectual and, by this stage, also a family friend and frequent visitor at the sattlers' home. the teaching chair at munich effectively replaced the teaching chair at berlin university from which nazis had forced guardini to resign back in 1939. having planted the idea already in 1945, sattler was from the beginnings in 1947 up to its final establishment in 1950, the main driving force behind the establishment of the institute of contemporary history (munich), the most important academic institution committed to research of nazi germany.