Auto Club Europe
| Auto Club Europe (ACE) |
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| purpose | "Representation of its members in particular in the areas of road safety, transport policy, traffic law, tax policy, consumer protection" |
| Chair: | Stefan Heimlich |
| Establishment date: | July 16, 1965 |
| Number of members: | approx. 630,000 |
| Seat : | Stuttgart |
| Website: | ace.de |
The ACE Auto Club Europa e. V. ( ACE ) is Germany's second largest automobile club after the ADAC with more than 630,000 members . The association is based in Stuttgart. In terms of transport policy, the ACE is committed to the car and at the same time promotes the idea of holistic mobility that should meaningfully link all means of transport.
history
The club was founded in 1965 by trade unions in the DGB out of the GUV / faculty . The founding day was July 16, 1965; On the sidelines of the International Transport Exhibition in Munich, Kurt Heinemann and Gerhard Kugoth were elected chairmen with equal rights. In 1969 it became the second largest automobile club in Germany with around 300,000 members. In 1974 the club had 400,000 members. He was a member of the Federal Association of Public Enterprises eV of the Trade Unions. The opening to people without union ties took place in 1995. Today the association has around 630,000 members.
structure
Chairman is Stefan Heimlich, who replaced his predecessor Wolfgang Rose , who left office for reasons of age, on March 21, 2014 , his deputy is Karlheinz Stockfisch, who replaced his predecessor Erwin Braun, who left office for reasons of age on July 17, 2015. The club is divided regionally into 6 regions (North ( Schleswig-Holstein , Hamburg , Bremen , Lower Saxony ), North Rhine-Westphalia , Bavaria , East ( new federal states ), Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg without Tauberfranken) and Central ( Saarland , Rhineland -Pfalz , Hessen , Tauberfranken )) and about 113 district clubs. There are also around 1,000 partner companies from which members can inquire about and receive services, as well as a nationwide network of lawyers of trust.
A general assembly attended by elected delegates takes place every four years. Only those who are members of one of the trade unions united in the DGB and who have been an ACE member for at least a full year can be elected or appointed to association bodies.
On November 18, 2019, the ACE's general meeting said it decided that the ACE would advocate a speed limit of 130 km / h on motorways with politicians and legislators.
numbers
- Membership: 630,000
- Insured persons: 1,300,000
- Widespread circulation of the ACE Lenkrad magazine : 603,737 copies (IVW II / 2018), estimated number of readers of the magazine: over 890,000 readers (MA 2018 PM II)
- The total annual turnover of the ACE group: around 90 million euros
The ACE Group includes ACE-Wirtschaftsdienst GmbH, ACE-Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Euro-Union-Assistance GmbH, the Society for Tourist Assistance and ACE eV itself.
Working method
ACE maintains a comprehensive network of contractual partners who provide breakdown and accident assistance if necessary . There are also partner car workshops that offer special offers for members. The operations are coordinated by a dedicated emergency call center (ACE Euro emergency call) in Stuttgart.
literature
50 years of ACE, Auto Club-Europa eV: 1965 - 2015; a journey through time / Rainer Fattmann, Stuttgart 2015.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Statutes of the ACE
- ^ Personal details : Stefan Heimlich elected as the new chairman of the ACE. In: Focus Online . March 21, 2014, accessed January 25, 2020 .
- ↑ ACE press release of November 18, 2019
- ^ Homepage of the ACE: about the car club
- ↑ ACE LENKRAD (members' magazine) media data