Hamburg Chamber of Crafts
The Hamburg Chamber of Skilled Crafts is a corporation under public law and an organized self-governing body for all skilled crafts in Hamburg.
The task of the Chamber of Crafts is to represent the interests of the entire craft and to regulate the concerns of the craft itself in the course of self-administration. The Chamber of Crafts exercises legal supervision over the 49 guilds, which are responsible for the technical tasks of the crafts they represent. The independent craftsmen are represented in the guilds as voluntary members. In addition, the Chamber of Crafts offers various services for its members.
The Chamber of Crafts includes the owners of a craft business (differentiated between those trades that require a license and those that do not require a license) and the trades-like trades, as well as journeymen, employees who have completed their professional training and apprentices. It thus represents over 15,000 companies with around 129,000 employees in the 93 craft and 54 craft-like trades that are represented in Hamburg.
The tasks and goals of a Chamber of Crafts are set out in the Crafts Code (HwO)
Organization and structure
The organs of the Chamber of Crafts are according to § 92 of the Crafts Code (HwO) and the statutes of the Chamber of Crafts: the general assembly (general assembly), the board and the committees.
General Assembly (General Assembly)
The General Assembly is the central organ of the Chamber of Crafts. It forms the parliament of the self-governing Hamburg craft. The general assembly consists of 39 elected volunteer representatives. Elections for the composition of the general assembly take place every five years. The election of the general assembly and its activities are regulated by the Crafts Code (HwO).
Two thirds of the assembly members are self-employed, one third is employed in the trade. They are each elected for a period of 5 years and represent the trades and craft-like trades organized in the Chamber of Crafts.
The general assembly elects a board of directors and a management to implement the decisions made by it and to manage the business of the Chamber of Crafts. Both the board and management are responsible to the general assembly. If its members represent the Chamber of Crafts externally, they are representatives of the companies in the democratic sense. [2] All activities of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts are based exclusively on the measures and strategies that their democratically elected general assembly decides.
Board
The board of the Chamber of Crafts consists of the chairman (president), two deputies (vice-presidents), one from the employee and one from the employer side, as well as three other members - two of whom are representatives of the self-employed traders and one employee representative. The term of office of a President of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts has been limited to two five-year periods since the statutes were changed in the 1980s.
Chair of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Chamber of Crafts
The chairmen of the Chamber of Commerce from 1873 to 1945 were:
| Period | Chairman | Life dates | job |
| 1873-1875 | Eduard Schmidt | 1830-1900 | Master locksmith |
| 1876 | Carl Gustav Isidor Herbst | 1835-1902 | Book printer |
| 1877-1881 | Eduard Schmidt | 1830-1900 | Master locksmith |
| 1882-1899 | Carl Heinrich Martin Bauer | 1829-1904 | Master bricklayer and architect |
| 1900 | Christian Ferdinand Wulff | Book printer | |
| 1901-1902 | Heinrich Knost | 1853-1923 | Master baker |
| 1903 | August Richter | Gold goods manufacturer | |
| 1904-1906 | Heinrich Knost | 1853-1923 | Master baker |
| 1907 | August Richter | Gold goods manufacturer | |
| 1908 | Ernst Schiele | 1865-1933 | Heating engineer ( ROM ) |
| 1909 | Heinrich Knost | 1853-1923 | Master baker |
| 1910 | Ernst Schiele | 1865-1933 | Heating engineer (ROM) |
| 1911 | Heinrich Knost | 1853-1923 | Master baker |
| 1912 | Leopold Osbahr | 1855-1937 | Rubber goods manufacturer ( NYH ) |
| 1913 | Heinrich Knost | 1853-1923 | Master baker |
| 1914 | Leopold Osbahr | 1855-1937 | Rubber goods manufacturer (NYH) |
| 1915 | Heinrich Knost | 1853-1923 | Master baker |
| 1916 | Leopold Osbahr | 1855-1937 | Rubber goods manufacturer (NYH) |
| 1917 | Carl Zimmermann | Master tailor | |
| 1918-1919 | Ernst Schiele | 1865-1933 | Heating engineer (ROM) |
| 1920 | Heinrich Knost | 1853-1923 | Master baker |
| 1921-1926 | Leopold Osbahr | 1855-1937 | Rubber goods manufacturer (NYH) |
| 1927 | Ernst Schiele | 1865-1933 | Heating engineer (ROM) |
| 1928 | Wilhelm Wolfromm | Master carpenter | |
| 1929-1931 | Ernst Schiele | 1865-1933 | Heating engineer (ROM) |
| 1932 | Paul Hartung | 1864-1944 | Book printer |
| 1933 | Hermann Carl Vering | 1879-1955 | Fiberglass manufacturer |
| 1933-1934 | Walter Kleist | Master locksmith | |
| 1935-1945 | Arnold Petersen | 1892-1953 | Master painter |
| 1945 | Johannes Stäudlen | Master chimney sweep |
The presidents after 1945 were:
| Period | president | job |
| 1945-1953 | Paul Wilken | builder |
| 1954 | Heinrich Wulf | Master baker |
| 1954-1965 | Richard Soerensen | builder |
| 1966-1979 | Edmund Helbig | Master butcher |
| 1979-1989 | Franz Eble | Master car mechanic |
| 1989-1999 | Dieter Horchler | builder |
| 1999 | Erwin Wolkenhauer | Master car mechanic |
| 1999-2009 | Peter Becker | Master baker |
| 2009-2019 | Josef Katzer | Building cleaning master |
| 2019 – today | Hjalmar Stemmann | Dental technician |
Managing directors
The management of the Chamber of Crafts consists of a general manager and several business area managers, one of whom usually also acts as deputy general manager.
The names of the secretaries ("Secretair") of the Chamber of Commerce and the general managers of the Chamber of Crafts:
| Period | secretary | Life dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1873-1877 | Justus Brinckmann | 1843-1915 |
| 1877-1880 | Julius Schulze | 1836-1888 |
| 1881-1895 | Lorenz Theodor Nagel | 1828-1895 |
| 1896-1923 | Thilo Hampke | 1868-1932 |
| 1923-1950 | Georg Stenzel | 1877-1964 |
| 1950-1967 | Heinrich Meyer-Hartig | 1913-1997 |
| 1967-1983 | Clement Caesar | 1918-2009 |
| 1983-2003 | Jürgen Hogeforster | * 1943 |
| 2004-2013 | Frank Happy | * 1948 |
| since 2014 | Henning Albers | * 1958 |
Committees
The Hamburg Chamber of Crafts has various committees that deal with important issues or prepare the basis for decisions. The members of the respective committees take on the work on a voluntary basis and are elected from among the members of the General Assembly for a period of 5 years.
The following chamber committees currently exist (as of 08/2019):
- Vocational training committee: The main task of this committee is to ensure and improve the quality of vocational training in the skilled trades. It is the only committee required by law.
- Finance Committee: reviews the annual financial statements of the management and advises the general assembly on whether these should be adopted. That concern the craft. In exchange with external specialists and experts from Hamburg authorities, its members prepare statements for the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts on current issues.
- Medal Committee: Suggests personalities for the “Silver Badge of Honor” and “Golden Badge of Honor”. Afterwards, the board of the Chamber of Crafts decides in the case of the “Silver Badge of Honor” and the General Assembly for the “Golden Badge of Honor”.
- Election review committee: Ensures the correctness of the election of the general assembly and investigates objections against it.
Finances
The Hamburg Chamber of Skilled Crafts is financed primarily from income that it generates through its own activities. Around two thirds of the income is made up of income from educational offers, administrative services, public grants for projects and reimbursements.
As far as the education sector or temporary projects are concerned, the offers of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts are market-oriented. The necessary cost coverage through own income ensures that the offers of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts are demand-oriented and contribute to the promotion of businesses and employees of the craft.
The Authority for Economy, Transport and Innovation accompanies the work of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts. As the supervisory authority of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts, it approves the business plans and annual financial statements as well as all other decisions of the General Assembly that are to be approved in accordance with the Crafts Code.
Membership fees
The Hamburg Chamber of Crafts has around 15,000 member companies and represents the interests of around 120,000 employees. All natural and legal persons and partnerships managed by the Chamber of Crafts are liable for contributions. The obligation to contribute is independent of the business practiced, the size of the company, the legal form, the number of employees, turnover levels or the like.
The obligation to contribute applies to
- Crafts that require authorization in accordance with Appendix A of the Law on the Order of Crafts (HwO), such as. Roofers, joiners, hairdressers
- Authorized trades or trades similar to trades in accordance with Appendix B, such as tile, slab, mosaic, roller shutter and sun protection technicians.
The contributions to be paid by the members consist of fixed and variable amounts. The fixed amounts and contribution rates required to determine the contribution are decided each year by the general assembly. The resolution on contributions by the general assembly must be approved by the supervisory authority.
With their contributions, member companies finance services for which the Chamber cannot generate its own income. According to § 113 No. 1 of the Crafts and Trades Code, costs that are not otherwise covered can be financed by contributions from the member companies. The contributions currently finance around a third of all expenditure by the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts.
In the first few years of self-employment, entrepreneurs are exempted, in full or in part, from the contribution to the Chamber of Crafts according to Section 113 (2) of the Crafts Code. [3]
Sponsors
The work of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts is supported by sponsors. In mid-2019 these were the
- Guarantee community Hamburg
- Hamburger Sparkasse (Haspa)
- Hamburger Volksbank
- Hamburg Investment and Development Bank (IFB Hamburg)
- Guild health insurance fund IKK classic
- SAGA group of companies
- Signal Iduna
- Pension fund of the guilds and professional associations in the area of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts
Participation by the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts
The Hamburg Chamber of Crafts has expanded the promotion of the craft in recent years. This was achieved in particular through the acquisition of projects that are funded by grants from the state, the federal government and the EU.
In 2017, services and advice worth 3.8 million euros were made available to the Hamburg trade in this way. The main focus is on the acquisition of young professionals and skilled workers, the qualification and integration of migrants as well as advisory services in the environmental sector.
The investments of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts in subsidiaries and other companies also serve to promote the trade in the economy. This involves services that go beyond the tasks specified in the craft regulations (§ 91 HwO) and that are or could be provided by third parties.
The Hamburg Chamber of Skilled Crafts does not offer these services to its members as a public service provider, but - for equal competitive conditions - within the framework of private companies. The Chamber of Crafts acts as a private provider in particular if the innovative services required by the craft are not provided by third parties.
The focus of the investments is welding technology, management consulting, quality management in the healthcare trades and personnel services. The Hamburg Chamber of Crafts is also taking an innovative approach together with the Hamburg BA-H gGmbH. It offers high school graduates a dual training program that enables them to do an apprenticeship parallel to a bachelor's degree.
These include (the stake in brackets):
- SLV Nord gGmbH (100%)
- Trade funding for the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts (100%)
- University of Cooperative Education Hamburg (BAH) (56%)
- Verlag Nord-Handwerk GmbH (35%)
- HWF Hamburg Economic Development Corporation (14%)
- Hochschule 21 GmbH (1.3%)
- Guarantee community Hamburg GmbH (2.6%)
- hySOLUTIONS GmbH (4%)
In order to strengthen its mandate and the related trade-political interests, the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts is also a member of individual associations and foundations.
Commercial accounting
With the preparation of annual financial statements in the form of balance sheets and profit and loss accounts, the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts makes the economic results of its work transparent not only to the general assembly, but to all members and the public.
It also describes the development of the assets that it manages to carry out its tasks specified in the craft regulations. The Hamburg Chamber of Crafts publishes its annual financial statements on the Internet. Each annual financial statement is checked and certified by an auditor before publication.
History of the Chamber of Crafts
As a precursor of guilds and the chamber in the applicable medieval incurred guilds . In 1873 all trades in Hamburg were united in the Chamber of Commerce, which later became the Chamber of Crafts.
The Chamber of Commerce Act, which was published on December 18, 1872, was the basis for the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce. The first meeting of the Chamber of Commerce took place on April 28, 1873. The chairman was the master locksmith Eduard Schmidt (1830–1900). The Chamber of Commerce consisted of 15 members until 1907 and was expanded to 24 members in 1907. The first chamber secretary was Justus Brinckmann (1843–1915), who later founded the Museum of Art and Industry .
At that time the Chamber of Commerce was an organization for industry and craft.
Industry has been represented by the Chamber of Commerce since 1934. The “Law on the Provisional Development of German Crafts” of November 29, 1933 was the basis for the renaming of the Chamber of Commerce to “Chamber of Crafts” with effect from January 1, 1934. Since then, responsibility for industrial operations has been transferred to the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce . On April 20, 1942, the “Gauwirtschaftskammer-Ordinance” came into effect and with it the renaming of the Chamber of Crafts to “Gauwirtschaftskammer”.
For the Hamburg handicrafts, the regulation of the Central Office for the British Zone on the development of the handicrafts came into force on December 6, 1946. At that time, the building contractor Paul Wilken was President of the Chamber. Later, the " Crafts Code " of September 17, 1952 regulated the affairs of the craft nationwide.
Location and history of the commercial building
Tasks and goals of the Chamber of Crafts
As a representative of around 15,000 craft businesses in Hamburg, the Chamber of Crafts is a public institution for its members in various areas. These include:
Advocacy
The Hamburg Chamber of Crafts advocates the needs of its members at various levels. For example, the President of the Chamber of Crafts takes a position on current issues in various local media or experts from the Chamber negotiate with authorities, the Senate, district assemblies and business associations in order to create the best framework conditions for the success of the Hamburg craft sector.
consultation
The Chamber of Crafts offers Hamburg craftsmen support with many questions and needs. These include:
- Tax issues
- financing
- Legal advice
- Existential advice
- Foreign trade advice, e.g. B. for questions about orders abroad
- Debt collection service when customers don't pay their bills
- Innovation agency for questions about technological innovations
Vocational training u. further education
A special focus of the chambers of crafts is the assurance of quality in vocational education and training. With various measures, for example the INa project - Integrated Recruiting of Young Skilled Trades, the Hamburg Chamber of Skilled Crafts supports both companies in recruiting young talent and schoolchildren in choosing a career and looking for an apprenticeship.
Leading the craft role and apprentice role
In the handicrafts register, all owners of businesses that require a license are entered in accordance with Section 6 (1) of the Handicrafts Code (HwO). These 41 trades are set out in Appendix A of the Crafts Code. This is countered by the 52 trades in Appendix B, which may be practiced without special proof of qualification, e.g. in the form of a master craftsman's examination.
From the beginning of 2020, 12 trades in Appendix B will again be subject to the master's obligation.
These are:
- Tile, slab and mosaic layers
- Concrete block and terrazzo manufacturer
- Screed layer
- Tank and apparatus builder
- Parquet layer
- Roller shutter and sun protection technician
- Woodturners and wooden toy makers
- Cooper
- Glass refiner
- Sign and light advertising manufacturer
- Interior decorator
- Organ and harmonium builder
All existing training contracts are entered in the apprentice role, which is why it is also referred to as the “directory of vocational training relationships”. According to Sections 34 to 36 of the Vocational Training Act and Sections 28 to 30 of the Crafts Code (HwO), the Chamber of Crafts checks compliance with the legal framework for training. It is the task of the trainer to register a training relationship.
Craft role
Enterprises of trades requiring authorization must be entered in the trade register in accordance with Section 6 (1) of the Crafts Code (HwO). These entries are the responsibility of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts.
Services of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts for its members
Legal advice
In addition to free legal advice, the Hamburg Chamber of Skilled Crafts also offers support in the settlement of disputes and helps with the placement of experts.
Recognition of professional qualifications
Anyone with a foreign professional qualification can have it recognized by the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts. For this purpose, the Chamber of Crafts offers, among other things, a qualification test.
Business start-up
Anyone who wants to build up an existence in the trade or take over a business can get comprehensive advice from the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts. The free offer includes:
- Capital requirement u. Financing plan
- Selection of the loan program
- Selection of the surety partner
- Debt service determination
- Calculation of the average hourly wage
- Gross profit calculation depending on the utilization
- Sales and cost of goods planning
- Profitability planning
- Liquidity planning
- Business tax calculation
- if necessary, company valuation
further education
There are numerous further training opportunities for craftsmen at the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts. These range from courses and seminars on a wide variety of topics to master classes and advice on the financing of further training, for example with advancement student loans.
Additional Services
- Registration, deletion, processing of all business advertisements
- Free business and technical advice
- Free mediation and advice on business succession
- Free support in the mediation of commercial premises and commercial space
- Free foreign trade advice
- Free advice on all training questions and inclusion of vacant apprenticeships in the online apprenticeship exchange
- Free initial consultation to prepare for certifications
- Inexpensive debt collection service
- Further training in the ELBCAMPUS - competence center of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts
Seat of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts
At the beginning, the Chamber of Commerce and the supervisory authority were located at Neue Gröninger Straße 5, Bei den Pumpen 38, Bohnenstraße 19 (near Trostbrücke) and on Große Bleichen 61/63.
Location and history of the commercial building
The Hamburg Chamber of Crafts performs its tasks at two locations: In the area of Holstenwall 12 / Schuldts Stift in Neustadt, the sovereign administration and the business areas with advisory and service offers for the companies are housed. The commercial building, built by Fritz Schumacher between 1912 and 1917, represents the wide-ranging creative power of the craft with many architectural details. The commercial building is connected to the Schuldts Stift 3 office building via a car park. Since numerous Hamburg guilds are also based here, Holstenwall is the first address for Hamburg's craft organizations.
At the Harburg location, the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts built the ELBCAMPUS, a new training center near the Harburg train station, in 2008. The ELBCAMPUS is a future investment for the craft in the Hamburg economic area and is one of the leading educational institutions in the craft in Germany.
Training centers of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts
Elbcampus: Competence center in Harburg
→ Main article: Elbcampus The ELBCAMPUS is the education and service center for training and further education of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts. The training center is located near the Hamburg-Harburg train station in the Harburg district and unites under one roof:
- the educational institutions of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts
- the center for energy, water and environmental technology (ZEWU)
- the Academy for Dental Technology of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts (AZHH)
- the Hamburg University of Cooperative Education
- the North Welding Training and Research Institute
- the teaching bakery of the Hamburg Bakers' Guild
- the training center of the state guild of building cleaners
- the North German training center of the Hamburg painters and varnishers' guild
Current lighthouse projects of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts
Offakamp championship mile
With the master mile in Lokstedt, the city of Hamburg, together with the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts and Sprinkenhof GmbH, is offering commercial space in the Eimsbüttel district.
There is space for around 100 small and medium-sized craft and production companies on four floors. Thanks to the special expansion with large freight elevators, sound insulation and reinforced ceilings, the tenants can also use heavy machines for production on the upper floors. In addition, the building offers a basement with storage space, technical rooms and an underground car park. Parking spaces, delivery zones and building entrances are planned in such a way that the adjacent residential area is protected from noise.
With the master mile Offakamp, Hamburg has the first inner-city craft center in northern Germany. The concept offers advantages for tradespeople and local residents, especially in urban areas where residential construction and commercial space are in competition for space. On the one hand, many craft businesses can be found in a relatively small space on the commercial park, which is inspired by a reference building in Munich, and on the other hand, residents can call on a craftsman nearby if necessary.
Public relations work by the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts
The Hamburg Chamber of Crafts has been part of the major image campaign “The craft. The economic power. Next door.". This was suggested and implemented in 2009 by the then President of the Central Association of German Crafts (ZDH), Otto Kentzler . In addition to participating in the general nationwide campaign, Hamburg has special, regional motifs for image advertising.
In addition, the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts takes on the communication with regard to the interests of the local craft and organizes various events that support companies, for example in recruiting young talent.
The Hamburg Chamber of Crafts received the International German PR Award from the German Public Relations Society (DPRG) in the category “Associations and public institutions” for the event “Future Talk in the Giant Ferris Wheel: Career Orientation with Foresight”.
This is a format that the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts developed itself. At this unconventional event to attract young talent, experts from companies, guilds and the chamber met with students in the gondolas of the Ferris wheel on the summer DOM in 2018 and 2019. During the small group discussions, the young people were able to find out about career prospects in the skilled trades, ask questions and deal with professions of which they had not yet learned much.
Structural changes to the commercial building
Bibliography
- Thilo Hampke: Craftsman or Chamber of Commerce? A contribution to the solution of the commercial organizational question (1893) [1]
- Stefan Timpe: "A stronghold against the unions". On the background of the construction of Fritz Schumacher's "commercial building" in Hamburg. In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History , Volume 78 (1992) [2]
- Hella Häussler: Fritz Schumacher's commercial building. Its history and its treasures. Hamburg 2010 [3]
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ZDH | Craft regulations. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Regulations | HWK Hamburg. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Hamburg Chamber of Crafts: Hamburg and its Crafts - 1873–1973 . Ed .: Chamber of Crafts Hamburg. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1973.
- ↑ Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (ed.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 1: Social politicians in the German Empire 1871 to 1918. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86219-038-6 , p. 145 ( online , PDF; 2.2 MB).
- ^ Lothar Machtan: Nagel, Lorenz Theodor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 710 f. ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Hampke, Thilo: Craftsmen or Chambers of Commerce? In: dlib-pr.mpier.mpg.de. Retrieved January 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Chamber committees | HWK Hamburg. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Business data | HWK Hamburg. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Sponsors | HWK Hamburg. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Business data | HWK Hamburg. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Business data | HWK Hamburg. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Business data | HWK Hamburg. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Annual accounts | HWK Hamburg. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Home: INa - Integrated recruiting in the craft. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ ZDH | Appendix A of the craft regulations. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ ZDH | Appendix B of the craft regulations. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Reintroduction of the master craftsman's duty: important questions and answers - dhz.net. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
- ↑ German PR Prize of the DPRG: These are the 2019 winners - Latest news - News - newsroom.de. Accessed December 3, 2019 (German).
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