IHK Regensburg for Upper Palatinate / Kelheim
The Regensburg Chamber of Commerce for Upper Palatinate / Kelheim is the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for the Upper Palatinate and the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim . It represents 91,000 member companies and has around 150 full-time employees.
Seat
The seat is in the center of Regensburg . The Regensburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry is represented in the region with offices in Amberg, Cham, Kelheim, Neumarkt, Wackersdorf and Weiden.
There is also a regional office of the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce and the Czech Chamber of Commerce in the Czech city of Pilsen.
structure
At the head of the Regensburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce is the general assembly with 82 members. It consists of entrepreneurs from the region and is elected every five years by the IHK members. The general assembly elects a seven-member presidium and the president, appoints the general manager and decides on the finances.
The IHK Regensburg is represented by the President Michael Matt and the General Manager Jürgen Helmes.
In addition to the general assembly, the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce has seven regional IHK bodies: Amberg-Sulzbach, Cham, Kelheim, Neumarkt idOPf., North Upper Palatinate, Regensburg and Schwandorf. These on-site support points support regional issues such as transport connections, city marketing or decision-making and planning processes.
In addition, there are technical committees, working groups and the business juniors .
tasks
The content-related work of the Regensburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce is divided into the business areas of location policy, start-up assistance and corporate support, training and further education, innovation and the environment, international as well as law and fair play.
history
The Regensburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry was founded in 1843 and its roots go back to the beginning of the 14th century. In 1311 the Regensburg retailers, the "Kramer", formed a brotherhood. The oldest still existing statute of the Kramer Brotherhood from 1392 regulated the general rules of procedure, the obligation to contribute and, above all, demanded moral behavior from its members. The original of these oldest guild regulations in the city is in the archive of the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce.
In 1184 there was the office of Hansgrave in Regensburg . In 1811 the successor organization, the Hanseatic Court, formed a separate organization for wholesaling, which in 1826 merged with the Kramer Guild to form the “committee for the entire trade”. In the course of the preceding centuries, the Kramer Brotherhood developed into a semi-official organ of the small traders and supported the municipal Hansgrafenamt as an appraiser and expert. In the process, the medieval brotherhood turned more and more into an economic interest group. The protection of the members from competition came to the fore, and the name “Kramerinnung” replaced the term “brotherhood”.
After King Ludwig I of Bavaria had allowed the establishment of chambers of commerce in certain cities and districts in 1842 , he approved a chamber of commerce in Regensburg on April 7, 1843 as a new representation of trade, tradespeople and manufacturers. He himself appointed important local merchants and manufacturers as founding members. The first chairman was the spice dealer and councilor Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Fabricius.
In 1850, King Maximilian II decided that the chambers should consist of three independent departments - the trade council for crafts, the trade council and the factory council. In 1851 a trade and trade council was established in Amberg and a trade and factory council in Weiden. In the years that followed, trade and commerce councils were established in Neumarkt and Sulzbach. After the introduction of the freedom of trade, all previous trade associations , guilds and guilds were dissolved in 1868 and the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce was appointed the successor to the committee of the entire trade class.
In the Chamber of Commerce ordinance of 1908, the tasks of the chambers were expanded to include areas such as vocational training and certificates serving commercial transactions. The IHK Regensburg was granted the rights of a legal person and it was appointed to represent trade and industry. In 1926, the Bavarian Chambers of Commerce were given the name "Chamber of Commerce and Industry". Presidents at this time were Georg von Christlieb, followed by Ludwig von Donle .
In the years 1933 to 1945 the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry was gradually dissolved as a representative of economic self-government. After the end of the war, entrepreneurs and former representatives of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce met to discuss the economic situation in the Upper Palatinate. On October 25, 1945, the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce was reconstituted; the general assembly met for the first time on February 16, 1949. From 1950 to 1965 Wilhelm Seltmann held the office of President of the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce. In 1951 the Chamber of Commerce and Industry decided to build a new building in Regensburg. On August 12, 1953, the new IHK building was inaugurated, which was built in Martin-Luther-Strasse on the foundations of the former "Schwarzhaupt-Villa". Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was one of the guests of honor at the celebration .
In the 1980s, further training centers were opened in Regensburg and Weiden, followed by a cooperation office in Pilsen in 1991 and an office in Cham in 2000. At the end of 2007, the IHK opened a service center in Neumarkt.
On May 9th, 2008 the inauguration of a new service center in Regensburg took place. Remnants of the old Roman and city walls in the “Römerhof” of the building were integrated into the structure.
people
Board members and presidents
| Period | Official |
|---|---|
| 1843-1844 | Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Fabricius (1788–1846), music dealer and music teacher, councilor and magistrate |
| 1844 | Christoph Friedrich Braunold (1794–1853), wholesaler |
| 1844-1862 | Georg Heinrich Brauser (1800–1878), wholesaler, magistrate and trade councilor, assessor in the bill of exchange and mercantile courts |
| 1863 | Friedrich Anton Theodor Rümmelein († 1881), wholesaler |
| 1864-1865 | Johann Christoph Rehbach (1805–1884), pencil manufacturer, wholesaler and councilor |
| 1866-1869 | Friedrich Georg Joseph Fikentscher (1810–1879), sugar manufacturer |
| 1870 | Georg (e) Friedrich Neuffer (1819–1893), wholesaler, land and factory owner, royal councilor of commerce |
| 1871-1872 | Georg (e) Bezold , grocer |
| 1873-1885 | Friedrich Hendschel (1833–1887), pencil manufacturer and magistrate, royal councilor of commerce |
| 1886-1890 | Paul Joseph Laux , wholesaler |
| 1890-1901 | Carl Brauser , wholesaler |
| 1901-1908 | Friedrich Pauer , leather manufacturer and royal councilor |
| 1909-1918 | Georg von Christlieb , go. Commerce councilor and tobacco manufacturer |
| 1919 | Wilhelm Laux , wholesaler and councilor |
| 1919-1933 | Ludwig von Donle (1869–1942), General Director of Shipping |
| 1933-1935 | Fritz Weidinger , coal wholesaler |
| 1935-1945 | Arthur Knab (1893–19 ??), building contractor |
| 1945 | Georg Otto Christlieb (1886–1958), tobacco manufacturer |
| 1945-1946 | Fritz Günther , leather manufacturer |
| 1946-1950 | Carl Lanz , freight forwarder |
| 1950-1965 | Wilhelm Seltmann (1895–1967), porcelain manufacturer |
| 1965-1974 | Hugo Riepl (1911–1974), building contractor |
| 1974-1986 | Willy Lersch (1914–2006), ceramic entrepreneur |
| 1986-2003 | Helmut Heene (* 1936), freight forwarder |
| 2003-2013 | Peter Esser (* 1957), publisher |
| 2013-2018 | Gerhard Witzany (* 1947), chemical entrepreneur |
| 2018- | Michael Matt (* 1959), entrepreneur; Optics, acoustics |
On March 20, 2013, President Peter Esser was elected Vice President of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK).
Michael Matt, Managing Director of Optik Matt GmbH & Co. KG in Regensburg, has been the new President of the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce since July 25, 2018.
literature
- Martin Kammerer: Change of lobbying policy - from the "Upper Palatinate Regensburg Chamber of Commerce" to the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry 18431–932 . Regensburg 2002