Name E_mail_Address Scientific_Session Contribution_type Title Authors_affiliations Abstract Subr Ladislav lsubr@astro.uni-bonn.de EAS Symp.6:Dynamics of Galaxies and Galactic Nuclei. invited Axisymmetric structures in galactic nuclei -- theoretical consequences Ladislav Subr, Argelander Institute for Astronomy, Bonn Structures (either gaseous or stellar) of considerable mass and axially symmetric to the first approximation are observed in many galactic nuclei. In my contribution I will discuss two different aspects of their presence: (i) their perturbing gravitational potential may influence motion of stars in a characteristic way, with possible observational consequences; (ii) due to their deduced stability they can serve as probes of the external gravitational field.