Natural gas Swabia
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1952 |
| Seat | Augsburg , Bavaria |
| management | Markus Last |
| Number of employees | 305 (2015) |
| sales | 270/258 million euros (2016/2015) |
| Branch | Energy supplier |
| Website | www.erdgas-schwaben.de |
The natural gas schwaben gmbh supplies in the district Bavarian Swabia with border areas in Upper Bavaria nearly 200 cities and municipalities as primary care and five downstream network operators with natural gas , biomethane and bioelectricity from Bavarian hydropower plants .
The company was founded in 1952 as Ferngasversorgung Schwaben GmbH in Augsburg (HRB 6195 of May 13, 1952), but some of the locations of the operating offices are much older and go back to the beginnings of the gas industry in Bavaria in the 19th century. The shareholders are Thüga Aktiengesellschaft München with 64.9% and Stadtwerke Augsburg Energie GmbH with 35.1%.
Coverage area
The supply area essentially covers the administrative region of Bavarian Swabia , but also extends to Upper Bavaria in the east. As of January 1, 2007, around 85% of the supply network was leased to schwaben netz gmbh and 15% to Erdgas Kempten-Oberallgäu Netz GmbH (EKO Netz). Downstream network operators are the communities of Oettingen, Neuburg ad Donau, Gundelfingen ad Donau, Memmingen and Bad Wörishofen.
Bio-energy is supplied by biogas plants in Altenstadt, Arnschwang, Graben and Maihingen as well as biomass heating power plants in Dillingen, Kaufbeuren and Mindelheim.
In 2017, Erdgas Schwaben bought the hydropower plants in Schongau and Ettringen from the Biofore company UPM. Both run-of-river power plants on Lech and Wertach generate 65,000 MWh of electricity per year.
Electromobility
As a partner in smartlab Innovationsgesellschaft mbH, erdgas schwaben enters the electric mobility business in 2017. smartlab offers services, products and concepts for electromobility and is behind the Stadtwerke-Verbund ladenetz.de and the roaming platform e-clearing.net. 100 partners with around 1,000 connected charging stations are currently cooperating at ladenetz.de.
Operating points
There are six local contact persons in the supply area: at the headquarters in Augsburg, in Donauwörth, Günzburg, Kaufbeuren, Kempten and Nördlingen. A subsidiary is located in Schwabmünchen. Since August 2016, electric cars can be charged at charging stations in all operating locations.
Company history
Established as a long-distance gas supply in Swabia
After the Second World War, the Bavarian state government set the course for converting the Bavarian gas supply to a more effective group gas supply. In Bavarian Swabia, the existing gas works in Göggingen, Schwabmünchen and Kaufbeuren were out of date. In addition, the jewelry and glass industry in Neugablonz urgently needed an energy supply to enable those displaced from Gablonz in the Czech Republic to make a fresh start. That is why the decision was made to build a gas pipeline from Göggingen via Schwabmünchen to Kaufbeuren and Neugablonz. For this purpose, the shareholders Stadtwerke Augsburg and Aktiengesellschaft für Licht- und Kraftversorgung (LUK), Munich, founded Ferngasversorgung Schwaben GmbH in 1952 (50% each). The gas works in Augsburg in Oberhausen supplied the hard coal gas .
Natural gas age: Erdgas Schwaben GmbH
With significant natural gas discoveries near Groningen in the Netherlands and the extraction of oil and natural gas deposits in the North Sea, the triumph of natural gas as an energy source began in Germany. Bayerische Ferngasgesellschaft mbH ( Bayerngas ) has been supplying natural gas via a pipeline from Munich to the Augsburg gasworks in Oberhausen since 1962; the communities supplied by Ferngasversorgung Schwaben GmbH were converted to natural gas from 1963. Wintershall AG has been producing crude oil in Bedernau near Arlesried in Bavarian Swabia since 1964 and also natural gas from 1967 to 1976, which entered the Swabian gas network via Bayerngas. On the initiative of the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Otto Schedl , Ruhrgas AG finally signed a contract with the Soviet foreign trade company Sojuznefte -Export in 1970 , which was followed by further supply contracts. Within 20 years, 120 billion m³ of natural gas should reach Bavaria at Waidhaus. At the same time, contracts for the delivery of 1.2 million tons of Mannesmann natural gas pipes to the Soviet Union and a loan agreement for 1.2 billion DM were concluded.
The establishment of Erdgas Schwaben GmbH on July 21, 1974 took account of the dynamic development in the energy sector in the following years. While Ferngasversorgung Schwaben GmbH continued to maintain the gas pipeline to Kaufbeuren, Erdgas Schwaben GmbH was supposed to set up a supply network for natural gas in Bavarian Swabia.
Restructuring to erdgas schwaben gmbh
1981 came the merger of Ferngasversorgung Schwaben GmbH, Erdgas Schwaben GmbH and Inselversorgungen der Thüga (which in 1979 merged the Munich stock corporation for light and power supply). The shareholders of the new erdgas schwaben gmbh were: Thüga 48%, Stadtwerke Augsburg 26%, Lechwerke Augsburg (LEW) 23%, Allgäuer Überlandwerk (AÜW) 3%. LEW and AÜW transfer their shares to Schwäbische Erdgas-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH Augsburg.
The spin-off of schwaben netz gmbh on January 1, 2007 resulted from the EnWG (2005).
History of the operating points
Historic gas lanterns
Historic gas lanterns can still be found in front of the head office of erdgas schwaben in Augsburg and in front of the buildings of the operating offices. As a present for the 2013 anniversary year, erdgas schwaben gave 13 historic gas lanterns to the city of Nördlingen. An ensemble is located along the city wall between Reimlinger Tor and Löpsinger Tor.
Gas lighting in the theater
Coal gas theater lighting was a huge step forward over candles or kerosene. For the spotlight in particular , the brighter lighting was a huge improvement that had a big impact on the performances. The City Theater Kempten received in 1854 for a major renovation still 16 new oil lamps to chandeliers including a safety roller for lifting and lowering. Warm air heating was also part of the renovation. At the end of October 1857, however, the changeover from petroleum to gas lighting with 131 flames took place. The gas was supplied by Ludwig August Riedinger's newly built gas works ; the contract was signed in June 1857. However, the gas lights were still complemented by candles. The lowering of the orchestra room and an increase in the parquet flooring towards the rear also provided a better view of the stage. The theater was electrified in 1902. Gas light was also installed in the Stadtsaal in Kaufbeuren in 1899, for which a gas fitter was responsible at events.
Donauwörth
In 1863 Ludwig August Riedinger (1809–1879) built a hard coal gas works in Bahnhofstrasse to produce light gas for street lighting in Donauwörth. In the same year, Riedinger transferred the gas works to the Gesellschaft für Gasindustrie, Augsburg, which he also managed. With the extension contract from 1897, the pipe network was expanded and the street lamps switched to the gas incandescent light according to Auer von Welsbach . The contract of 1912 now allowed private customers to obtain electricity (1914 Donauwörth was connected to the LEW power grid). In 1926, a new building with 7 retort furnaces was started in Dietrichstrasse, on the site of today's erdgas schwaben plant. In 1935, the stock corporation for light and power supply (LUK), Munich took over the management (merger agreement 1949). In the war years of 1942/43, the gas works was able to be expanded considerably (larger furnace system, second gas tank with 1,000 m³) after the Donauwörth machine factory (MaDo) had switched from oil to town gas. During the bombing raid on Donauwörth on April 19, 1945 the gas works suffered considerable damage, but after eight weeks it was able to produce its first gas again on June 20, 1945. In the 1950s, the gas works was expanded again and new residential areas were supplied with town gas. From 1952 LUK operated from Donauwörth a liquefied gas cylinder sales for the districts of Donauwörth, Dillingen, Wertingen, Neuburg ad Donau and Eichstädt. The gas street lighting was discontinued in 1955. On April 26, 1960, a liquid gas cracking plant was put into operation, thus converting the energy supply to natural gas. In 1963 a mixing plant was added, which was expanded in 1965 and finally replaced the splitting plant. This meant the conversion of all consumer devices. As early as 1962, a new administration building with an exhibition room and teaching kitchen was built in place of the furnace and apparatus house that was no longer needed. Donauwörth has been connected to the natural gas network since 1976.
Göggingen
The beginnings of gas supply go back to the industrialization of Göggingen in the 19th century. The Göggingen twist and sewing thread factory (ZNFG) had an energy problem until the Wertach Canal was built in 1884 and therefore produced coal gas itself (1877: 28,793 cubic meters) for lighting the production halls. In addition, the company illuminated the street to their workers 'apartments in the so-called workers' quarter free of charge. In Göggingen, the Karl Michel steam brewery and Ignaz Wörle's furniture factory also had their own gas production.
In 1910 the Göggingen magistrate signed a contract for the construction of a hard coal gas works with the Frankfurt engineer Friedrich Wilhelm Heil, who acted on behalf of the Berlin-Anhaltische Maschinenbau AG ( BAMAG ), Berlin. The gasworks was built at the current administrative headquarters of erdgas schwaben gmbh in Bayerstr. 43, Augsburg, from August 1911 (start of operations at the end of December 1911). Even before commissioning, the contract with all rights and obligations was transferred from BAMAG to the joint stock company Vereinigte Gaswerke Augsburg, which was owned by August Riedinger (1945–1919). The management of the United Gasworks Augsburg was taken over by the Aktiengesellschaft für Licht- und Kraftversorgung (LUK), Munich (merger agreement 1952).
Gas production was stopped on September 1, 1951, when the gas supply from the Oberhausen gasworks began. In 1956 a propane filling plant was put into operation. The conversion to natural gas took place in spring 1964. In 1985 erdgas schwaben gmbh built a modern administration building on the site of the former gasworks as the company's headquarters.
Gunzburg
Inauguration of the operating site in 1994.
Kaufbeuren
In 1863 Ludwig August Riedinger (1809–1879) built a gas works at Mindelheimer Str. 6, which coked hard coal with so-called light gas to illuminate the city of Kaufbeuren. In 1863 gas lanterns in the train station (80 flames), in the mechanical cotton spinning and weaving mill (488 flames) as well as for private individuals (625 flames) were supplied in addition to the public roads (75 flames).
The Gesellschaft für Gasindustrie, Augsburg, bought the gas works in Kaufbeuren as well as all other gas works in Riedinger in 1863. Increasing gas consumption made it necessary to expand the gasworks with a second gas container in 1901. From 1895 to 1902 the street lamps were converted to incandescent gas (using the method by Auer von Welsbach ). In 1899 gas light was also installed in the city hall. In 1934, the stock corporation for light and power supply (LUK), Munich, took over the management of the gas works (merger agreement 1948).
From January 30, 1953, gas was purchased from the Augsburg gas works via a gas pipeline operated by Ferngasversorgung Schwaben GmbH. A new gas tank (3,000 m³ capacity, telescopic to 9,000 m³) was therefore installed in the allotment gardens on the Mühlbach as a temporary storage facility. Neugablonz and the local jewelry industry were connected to this pipeline at the beginning of 1955. While Neugablonz was converted to natural gas overnight in 1963, this conversion took place in the old town of Kaufbeuren in 13 stages between 1963 and 1977.
Erdgas schwaben has owned the naming rights for the Erdgas Schwaben Arena since the end of October 2016 .
Kempten
Ludwig August Riedinger (1809–1879) built a gas works in the Brennergasse in 1857, which he initially operated with forchen and pine wood. From 1861 sale to the Kempten company for gas lighting (partner LA Riedinger and citizens of the city of Kempten). The conversion to hard coal followed in 1870. In 1897 the city of Kempten took over the gasworks as the “municipal gas company”. Until 1902 the Kempten theater was also lit with gas light. The Allgäuer Überlandwerk GmbH bought the gasworks in 1938, and in 1977 the gas supply was transferred to Erdgas Schwaben GmbH.
Nordlingen
The Nuremberg gasworks director Emil Spreng signed a contract with the city for the construction of a gasworks that went into operation on October 24, 1863. After his death in 1864, the city of Nördlingen bought the gasworks from the widow. Due to technical problems, however, it was sold to the Gesellschaft für Gasindustrie, Augsburg (taken possession on September 1, 1875). In 1896 they introduced the incandescent gas light by Carl Auer von Welsbach . The gasworks was expanded and modernized in 1913 with a modern chamber furnace system; the furnace system was replaced by a new six-chamber furnace in 1952. After the contract was extended in 1928, the gas network could be expanded and for the first time extended to new construction areas outside the city walls. The gas works survived the air raids at the end of the Second World War almost unscathed. In the post-war period, a distribution network for propane cylinders was set up: From 1952 the gas works supplied the district of Nördlingen as well as the cities of Dinkelsbühl and Wemding. In 1956 a new administration building with a sales room for gas appliances and a teaching kitchen was built. After the commissioning of a mixed propane plant on August 21, 1962 (the first plant of this type in Bavaria), coal coking was shut down; This made a complex conversion of all gas devices in Nördlingen necessary. The liquid gas tanks were replaced by a spherical gas container in 1966. In 1977 it was connected to the Erdgas Schwaben GmbH network and Nördlingen was supplied with natural gas. In 2007, with a modern new building, the third administrative building on the company premises was inaugurated.
Schwabmünchen
In 1907 the company of Carl Francke , Bremen, built a coal-based gasworks near the Augsburg-Lindau railway line (today Holzheystr. 73, seat of the Schwabmünchen waterworks). According to the so-called Francke system, ownership was regulated on a mixed-economy basis: the owner was the Gaswerk Schwabmünchen Aktiengesellschaft, which leased it to Centralverwaltung von Gas-, Wasser- und Electrizitätswerken GmbH, Bremen. The Schwabmünchen community bought the majority of the shares in Gaswerk Schwabmünchen Aktiengesellschaft, and Schwabmünchen citizens also bought smaller blocks of shares. In 1940 the gas works was communalized by the Schwabmünchen market.
From January 26, 1953, gas production was shut down and remote gas was obtained from Ferngasversorgung Schwaben GmbH. Before switching to natural gas on 29./30. On September 1st, 1963, the municipality sold the pipe network to the public limited company for light and power supply (LUK), Munich, on May 1st, 1963.
Holdings
- schwaben netz gmbh (founded on January 1, 2007, 100%)
- Erdgas Schwaben Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (100%)
- schwaben regenerativ gmbh (founded on January 1, 2014, 100%)
- Erdgas Kempten-Oberallgäu Netz GmbH, Kempten (100%)
- Erdgas Kempten-Oberallgäu GmbH, Kempten (EKO, 50%)
- Erdgas Allgäu Ost Verwaltungs GmbH, Füssen (50%)
- Erdgas Allgäu Ost GmbH & Co.KG, Füssen (50%)
- Kommunale Wasserbeteiligung GmbH, Munich (50%)
- RIWA GmbH Kempten (33.3%)
- Smartlab Innovationsgesellschaft mbH (10%)
Web links
- erdgas schwaben gmbh
- Schwaben Netz GmbH
- Erdgas Kempten-Oberallgäu GmbH (EKO)
- Erdgas Allgäu Ost GmbH & Co.KG
- Gaswerkfreunde Augsburg eV
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual financial statements for the business year from 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2016
- ↑ a b c consolidated financial statements of erdgas schwaben gmbh as of December 31, 2015 (published in the Federal Gazette on January 4, 2017).
- ↑ Curtain up! 400 years of theater in Kempten, ed. from the city of Kempten, texts: Birgit Kata. Friedberg 2007, pp. 59-69. http://buehnentechnik-und-ihre-geschichte.berlin/lampenputzer/
- ↑ 100 years of the Kaufbeuren gas works. Kaufbeuren 1963, p. 60.
- ↑ 100 years of the Donauwörth gas works. Donauwoerth 1963; Angela Schlenkrich, Petra Spier: From a gas factory to a partner in the energy transition. 150 years of Donauwörth. Augsburg 2013.
- ^ State Archives Augsburg, District Office Augsburg, Statistics Production and Consumption of Light Gas 1878–1879.
- ^ Augsburg City Archives.
- ↑ 100 years of the Kaufbeuren gas works. Kaufbeuren 1963; Angela Schlenkrich, Petra Spier: From a gas factory to a partner in the energy transition. 150 years of Kaufbeuren. Augsburg 2013.
- ↑ Jenny Feil: 100 years of gas. 50 years of electricity. Festschrift Allgäuer Überlandwerk GmbH Kempten; Siegfried Waibl: Studies on the industrialization history of the Kempten area in the 19th century. Kempten 1999.
- ↑ a b 100 years of the Nördlingen gas works. Nordlingen 1963; Angela Schlenkrich, Petra Spier: From a gas factory to a partner in the energy transition. 150 years of Nördlingen. Augsburg 2013.
Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 36.9 ″ N , 10 ° 53 ′ 1 ″ E