Gold Kraemer Foundation
| Gold Kraemer Foundation | |
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| Legal form: | charitable foundation |
| Purpose: | Support for mentally and physically disabled people as well as poor, old and sick people |
| Chair: | Johannes Ruland |
| Managing directors: | Peter-Michael Soénius |
| Consist: | since 1972 |
| Founder: | Paul Rudolf Kraemer , Katharina Kraemer |
| Seat: | Cheeky |
| Website: | gold-kraemer-stiftung.de |
The Gold Kraemer Foundation is a charitable foundation founded in 1972 by the entrepreneurial couple Paul R. and Katharina Kraemer , based in Frechen, to support people with mental and physical disabilities as well as poor, old and sick people. It is one of the largest private charitable foundations in Germany and also supports projects in the fields of health care, education, art and culture. Since the death of the two donors in 2006 and 2007 respectively, the Gold Kraemer Foundation has also been the sole shareholder of the Kraemer Group, which currently has 40 jewelry stores in Germany and the Netherlands.
history
Paul R. Kraemer was born as the youngest son of four children to a craftsman. After leaving school, he did an apprenticeship as a goldsmith. At the age of 22 he was the youngest goldsmith in Germany to receive his master's certificate. In 1941 he opened his "workshop for goldsmithing" in Cologne. In 1943 he married Katharina Hogut. She continued the workshop during the war years. In 1948 the couple employed 14 goldsmiths, and in 1951 the first “Gold Kraemer” jewelery shop opened in Schildergasse in Cologne. Paul R. Kraemer's concept of making jewelry affordable for everyone earned Paul R. Kraemer the nickname “Goldsmith for Millions”. However, economic success was marred by a severe blow of fate. Son Rolf was born in 1953 with severe disabilities. Despite intensive care, he died in 1966. The parents took his death as an opportunity for their diverse social commitment. In 1972 they established the Gold Kraemer Foundation to specifically support people with mental and physical disabilities, the sick, the poor and the elderly. The foundation launched and implemented numerous initiatives and projects in Frechen, where the couple had settled, and in the Rhein-Erft district. In addition to now four homes, including one in Cologne, for people with disabilities, this also includes, for example, a special educational kindergarten, a school for children and young people with special needs in the field of intellectual development and other outpatient projects. After 63 years of marriage, Katharina Kraemer died on April 4, 2006, and Paul R. Kraemer died a year later, on May 10, 2007.
Overview of the social commitment of the Kraemers and the Gold Kraemer Foundation
| 1976 | Construction of the "Knisterkiste" kindergarten in Frechen Buschbell (operator: Stadt Frechen) |
| Mid 1970s | Support of the Lazarus Relief Organization in Germany V - (LHW), construction of the Lazarus social station Frechen, in particular: purchase of two trucks for Poland aid as well as financial support from the Lazarus aid organization for the purchase of a depot in Düsseldorf for a handicapped transport service and significant co-financing of the LHW's care activities for the disabled Participants with a car service during the Protestant Church Congress and the Catholic Congress |
| 1981/82 | Construction of the “Käthe Kraemer” curative educational day-care center for 24 mentally handicapped, blind, deaf or multiply disabled children (operator: Lebenshilfe im Rhein-Erft-Kreis e.V.) |
| 1983 | Opening of the Paul Kraemer House 1 home for the disabled in Frechen Buschbell with 48 residential spaces |
| 1984 | Purchase of the barrier-free residential complex Gold Kraemer Haus 1 in Frechen with 65 apartments |
| Purchase of the building in Franzstr. 70 in Frechen, today a house of assisted living for three people with intellectual disabilities | |
| Early 1990s | Foundation of the Lebenshilfe NRW e. V. for the promotion, support and help of orphaned and disabled people without family connections |
| Funding of the “Centro de Rehabilitación y Stimulación” for mentally handicapped children on the Spanish island of Tenerife | |
| 1990 | Opening of the Paul Kraemer House 2 home for the disabled in Frechen Buschbell with currently 24 spaces |
| Opening of the barrier-free residential complex Gold Kraemer Haus 2 in Frechen with 33 apartments | |
| 1993 | Opening of the Paul Kraemer House 3 home for the disabled in Pulheim with 50 stationary living spaces |
| Mid 1990s | Extension and renovation of part of the handicapped-accessible holiday home in the Modestia holiday complex on the Dutch island of Texel (operator: Lebenshilfe NRW e.V.) |
| 2000 | Completion of the center of the Gold Kraemer Foundation in Cologne Kalk; House for over ten organizations with 14 different offers for disabled and non-disabled people. Paul Kraemer House 4 with 30 living spaces is also located here. The house was selected as one of the six “best practice models” for family centers in North Rhine-Westphalia. |
| 2004 | Completion of the integrative day care center "Die kleine Strolche" in Frechen (operator: AWO) |
| Purchase of a plot of land to realize the integrative leisure, sports and performance center for disabled and non-disabled people | |
| 2007 | Acquisition of the former Paul Kraemer School in Frechen to build an integrative residential and administrative center for disabled and non-disabled people |
| Completion of the barrier-free residential complex Gold Kraemer Haus 3 with 29 apartments |
tasks and goals
The purpose of the statutes according to the foundation's statute is
- 1. Promotion
- a) mentally and / or physically disabled people
- b) youth care and / or youth welfare
- 2. Help for sick, poor and / or old people who are in need within the meaning of Section 53 of the Tax Code
- 3. the promotion
- a) healthcare
- b) education
- c) art
- d) culture
through suitable facilities and / or donations in kind.
In addition, tax-privileged corporations, institutions and foundations or a public authority that is particularly entrusted with a social and / or cultural task can be provided with funds for use for tax-privileged purposes. The Gold Kraemer Foundation is primarily committed to integration and inclusion within the meaning of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
Projects and services
Paul Kraemer houses
The Paul Kraemer Haus Behindertenwohnstätten non-profit carrier company mbH offers socio-educational support to people with intellectual disabilities in a total of four homes, including in their own apartments. The main areas of activity currently include the cities of Frechen, Pulheim and Cologne. Over 150 men and women who cannot live independently in their own apartment are given individual support and support in Frechen, Pulheim and Cologne according to their needs. In addition, Paul Kraemer Haus gGmbH also looks after people with intellectual disabilities on an outpatient basis in their own apartments. In 1983 the first Paul Kraemer house was built in Frechen-Buschbell, the second house as an outdoor living group was built in 1990 in the same place. The third facility was opened in 1993 in Pulheim. The fourth facility was moved into in July 2000 in the center of the Gold Kraemer Foundation in Cologne-Kalk. In addition to the living spaces, the houses have various rooms for use as part of individual funding offers and for leisure activities. Most of the residents work in workshops for people with disabilities. Some are active in the open labor market, mostly in domestic areas. The aim is to enable as many as possible to find a meaningful job. The educational services offered by Paul Kraemer Haus gGmbH include advice, support and support for the individual in everyday life, leisure activities, the mediation of cultural offers and medical-therapeutic care.
Family Center Cologne-Kalk
Around a dozen offers from different providers and social associations are bundled in the family center in Cologne-Kalk, which was opened in 2000. They complement each other directly on site and save those seeking help long distances. It houses the Paul-Kraemer-Haus 4 home for the disabled, advice centers for families, children and young people from the child protection association and youth welfare in Cologne, an integrative kindergarten and other care facilities of the city of Cologne, the office of the German Multiple Sclerosis Society Cologne, the artist's studio "Art of Life ”and the Center for Early Treatment and Intervention. In the "KölnKlaaf" bistro, young people and adults can gain professional experience in gastronomy, and the residents of the district benefit from a sociable meeting place in the middle of Kalk.
Riding Therapy Center
The Gold Kraemer Foundation provides the Frechener Equestrian Club (PSV) "Zum alten Römer" e. V. has its riding therapy center on Römerstrasse in Frechen-Buschbell. The riding arena, sand track and pastures were built by the donor couple Paul R. and Katharina Kraemer. On the site, handicapped children and young people have optimal training opportunities for special educational vaulting, which partly takes place as part of school sports. The aim is to instill self-confidence and competence in the children through solvable tasks related to horses. The individual therapies improve motor skills (exercises for coordination and balance) and train cognitive skills (orientation and willingness to speak). Outside of school sports, it is an important goal to integrate children and young people with various disabilities. The focus is on training tolerance, helpfulness and social behavior. Depending on their possibilities, the children help before and after the vaulting lesson with mucking out the horse boxes, with the horse care and with putting on the equipment.
Integrative meeting center church Alt St. Ulrich
At the end of 2008, the Gold Kraemer Foundation decided to acquire the Alt St. Ulrich church in the center of Frechen-Buschbell in order to set up a cultural and meeting center for people with and without disabilities. Three years earlier, the Protestant church had to give up the house of God for economic reasons; Since then, the associated community rooms have also been empty. With the purchase, the foundation wants to ensure that the listed building with seven windows by Solingen artist Georg Meistermann does not fall into disrepair and continues to be used while preserving the dignity of the church. Since the beginning of 2009, associations from various sectors and charitable organizations have been able to use the premises for meetings, concerts and exhibitions. The building is also available for private celebrations for weddings, gold weddings and christenings or other events. Evangelical and Catholic parishes also celebrate ecumenical services in Alt St. Ulrich. The aim of the Gold Kraemer Foundation is to involve people with disabilities in the events. In the immediate vicinity of the church there are several facilities for people with disabilities and the headquarters of the foundation.
Artist residence in Brauweiler
On the Guidelplatz in Pulheim-Brauweiler opposite the abbey, an artists' quarter is being built with apartments, studios and commercial space, in which older, recognized and supportable artists from various disciplines such as painters or musicians are to find a new home. Opportunities for encounters such as an outdoor exhibition area or painting and music schools are also planned. In this environment, new jobs for people with disabilities will also be created in the long term. The project means a considerable urban development upgrade for the Brauweiler district.
Integrative residential and administrative center Gold Kraemer Haus 4
The former Paul Kraemer School on Tulpenweg in Frechen is currently being converted into an integrative residential and administrative building for the Gold Kraemer Foundation. The special school of the Rhein-Erft-Kreis was at home on Tulpenweg in Frechen for 34 years. In 2005, the all-day school for children and young people with special needs in the field of intellectual development in Frechen-Habbelrath moved into a much larger new school building that was adapted to today's needs. In addition to the administration of the Gold Kraemer Foundation, which is based here, the GKS - Integrative Dienstleistungen gGmbH as well as the Zeil 84 GmbH and the administration of the Paul Kraemer Haus Behindertenwohnstätte non-profit carrier company are housed here. In addition, people with intellectual disabilities have found a new home here. They live in their own apartments and are cared for on an outpatient basis by employees of Paul Kraemer Haus gGmbH. In 2011 the German Disabled Sports Association eV-National Paralympic Committee moved from Duisburg-Wedau to Frechen to Gold Kraemer Haus 4. The Research Institute for Disability and Sport eV has found a new home on the former property of the donors in the immediate vicinity. Young men with intellectual disabilities who have special skills in soccer are already living in their own apartments in the integrative residential and administrative center. They train together regularly in order to be able to play football at a high level over the long term. A gym and a swimming pool suitable for the handicapped in the house complement the framework conditions in order to be able to support young people in this sport in a targeted manner. The support is provided by Lebenshilfe NRW e. V. and the Disabled Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Soccer performance center Frechen
The Gold Kraemer Foundation offers young men with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to make football their profession under professional conditions. For the first time in Germany, the Frechen Football Performance Center (FLZ) enables football to be practiced as a workshop occupation. The FLZ started its work on August 1st, 2013. Cooperation partners are the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR), the Federal Employment Agency and the Gemeinnützige Werkstätten Köln mbH (GWK). Sports performance, team spirit and the path to independence and personal responsibility are the focus of the varied professional life at the FLZ.
Paul-und-Käthe-Kraemer inclusion price
The award was announced for Paul Kraemer's 100th birthday. Three prizes will be awarded.
subsidiary company
Kraemer GmbH
Kraemer-GmbH is the supporting company for the currently 40 jewelry stores in Germany and the Netherlands, which were transferred to the Gold Kraemer Foundation after the death of Paul R. and Katharina Kraemer.
Paul Kraemer Haus Wohnstätten non-profit support company
The Paul Kraemer Haus Behindertenwohnstätte non-profit carrier company mbH operates the four homes for people with intellectual disabilities as part of the integration assistance. In total, over 150 people with intellectual disabilities live in the Paul Kraemer houses in Frechen, Pulheim and Cologne. The company has also been a provider of assisted living since 2004, with a focus on Frechen and Pulheim. In addition, she ensures the socio-educational assistance for the GKS - Integrative Dienstleistungen gGmbH.
GKS Integrative Services gGmbH
As a service company, GKS - Integrativedienste gGmbH takes on the operational tasks for the Gold Kraemer Foundation. Above all, this includes:
- General administrative tasks
- Management of the foundation's properties, including over 100 rental units suitable for the elderly and handicapped, including caretaker and cleaning services
- Garden and landscape maintenance of the foundation's own facilities
- Development and implementation of projects in the area of local recreation, leisure and sports opportunities for people with and without disabilities
- Planning and implementation of integrative events, especially in the meeting center of the Gold Kraemer Foundation Church Alt St. Ulrich
- Development of new concepts and their implementation to integrate more people with disabilities
This means that different professional requirements are necessary for the very varied tasks in the workplace, for example for office or real estate clerks, accountants, gardeners and landscapers, mechanics, communication and media designers or housekeepers.
Zeil 84 Vermögensverwaltung gGmbH
Zeil 84 Vermögensverwaltungs gGmbH manages the assets from a majority stake in a property on the Zeil in Frankfurt a. M.
Goud Kraemer vof
Goud Kraemer vof was founded in 1978. She is currently running the Goud Kraemer branch in Amsterdam.
Web links
- Internet presence of the Gold Kraemer Foundation
- Integrative meeting center church Alt St. Ulrich
- Kraemer Group
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gold Kraemer Foundation: The Frechen Football Performance Center ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ SportPressePortal: Gold Kraemer Foundation: For the first time in Germany, young football talents with intellectual disabilities train like professionals. July 30, 2013
- ↑ Rhein-Erft Rundschau: “That's totally my thing” December 9, 2013
