Großglockner High Alpine Roads AG
| Grossglockner High Alpine Roads AG (GROHAG) | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | February 19, 1931 |
| Seat | Salzburg |
| management | Johannes Hörl (General Director) Wilfried Haslauer junior (Chairman of the Supervisory Board) |
| Number of employees | 40–100 (seasonal) |
| sales | 7.5 million € (2006) |
| Branch | Construction and operating company in road traffic, tourism company |
| Website | www.grossglockner.at |
The Großglockner Hochalpenstraßen AG (abbreviation GROHAG ) is the construction and operating company of several alpine roads and other tourist facilities in Austria .
GROHAG companies
Name giving origin task was the operation of 1930-1935 under Franz Wallack built
- Großglockner High Alpine Road (in short: Glocknerstraße or Großglocknerstraße).
It also operates in Pinzgau , Province of Salzburg , the
GROHAG is also the operator of three roads in the state of Carinthia :
- Nockalmstrasse (since 1995)
- Villach Alpine Road
- Goldeck panorama road
Since 2004, the WasserWunderWelt Krimml has been operated in Krimml im Pinzgau with the House of Water , which forms a tourist framework concept around the Krimml Waterfalls .
In addition, GROHAG is closely involved in the operation of the Hohe Tauern National Park - the Glocknerstrasse is a globally unique project, in which a highly frequented tourist road leads into the core zones of a nature reserve.
history
The Großglockner Hochalpenstraßen AG was founded on February 19, 1931 and has been 79 percent owned by the Republic of Austria since it was founded , the rest is divided between Salzburg and Carinthia, each with 10.5 percent .
The company employs between 40 and 100 people, depending on the season. The turnover in 2006 was 7.5 million euros. The chairman of the supervisory board is the deputy governor of Salzburg, Wilfried Haslauer junior ( ÖVP ). After 17 years as sole director and general director of GROHAG, Christian handed over Heu in 2011 to the current general director Johannes Hörl.
In the course of the corona crisis , Director Hörl declared on April 17, 2020 that decisions by other organs were required for the evacuation and opening of Großglocknerstrasse, which are not possible before May 20. "The supervisory board alone cannot allow the management board to open a part of the business if it is unlikely to be profitable." However, this is foreseeable if travel and exit restrictions remain in place and the 75% share of visitors from abroad can therefore be expected to fail.
Economic data and frequency of use
The Grossglockner High Alpine Road, one of the largest tourist attractions in Austria, is used by around 900,000 visitors annually (census from 2005). In 2007 there were 70,000 motorcycles on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road alone.
The Nockalmstrasse has an average annual frequency of 70,000 vehicles. In the period from 1995 to 2006, less than 5 million visitors generated revenue of 12.7 million euros. A census from 2005 shows 220,000 visitors.
The Villach Alpine Road is used by an average of 48,000 vehicles per year.
Web links
- Official website
- Early documents and newspaper articles on the Großglockner Hochalpenstraßen AG in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20121126_OTS0227/grohag-vorstand-johannes-hoerl-wiederbestellt-bild
- ↑ www.villacher-alpenstrasse.at
- ↑ Water Wonder World Krimml
- ↑ Long-term board member Dr. Christian Heu says goodbye to GROHAG - Großglockner Hochalpenstraßen AG, - APA-OTS
- ↑ Großglocknerstraße will not be cleared orf.at, April 17, 2020, accessed April 17, 2020.