Chamber of Crafts for East Frisia
The Chamber of Trade of East Friesland is in the area of East Friesland , that is where the counties Aurich , Leer and Wittmund and the independent city of Emden , competent Chamber . It sees itself as a lobby group and service provider for the local trades , craft-like businesses and their employees and apprentices. The Chamber of Crafts represents around 5,250 companies with their 35,000 employees and around 3,000 apprentices from 100 craft and craft-related trades in the region.
The seat of the Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland is Aurich, Straße des Handwerks 2. The president is Albert Lienemann and the general manager Jörg Frerichs.
history
prehistory
The guilds that arose in the Middle Ages , the oldest of which in East Frisia was founded in Emden in 1491, are regarded as forerunners of guilds and chambers . The most important tasks were setting prices, regulating the market and purchasing raw materials. Towards the end of the princely period , an economic decline began in East Friesland, which further and further diminished the importance of the guild system. When East Frisia fell to Prussia in 1744 after the death of the last prince from the local Cirksena family , Carl Edzard , the latter reorganized the handicrafts with a Principa Regulativa . The newly established war and domain chamber in Aurich controlled all guilds and guilds from then on.
After the battle of Jena and Auerstedt in 1806, East Frisia fell to the Kingdom of Holland and was thus part of the French sphere of influence. This also brought about changes for the trade, such as the unrestricted freedom of trade introduced in 1808, which led to unwelcome competition. In addition, the continental barrier ordered by Napoleon in 1806 hit the craftsmen in the region hard. The economic life came almost completely to a standstill. After the collapse of French rule, East Frisia fell to the Kingdom of Hanover as a result of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 , which immediately reintroduced the guild obligation for craftsmen, but over time this proved to be an obstacle to further development.
The Chamber of Crafts for East Frisia
After several unsuccessful attempts to reform the craft sector, the Craftsmen Act was passed in 1897. The Reich Law created the conditions for the formation of the chambers. From April 1900 onwards, a total of 71 chambers of crafts were established throughout the German Empire. The craftsmen in Ostfriesland were assigned to the Chamber of Crafts Osnabrück and Ostfriesland formed in 1900. The seat of the chamber was Osnabrück, but the majority of the companies came from East Friesland, so that this constellation soon proved to be difficult and led to protests among the craftsmen. The chamber was dissolved on April 1, 1908 by decree of the Prussian Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Chamber of Crafts for East Frisia was founded. At that time, the chamber had 4,910 member companies. In 1910 the first office space was rented, which could be expanded in 1912 by buying a house. During the First World War in 1916 around 40 percent of the artisans in the chamber district were deployed in the war. Including half of all apprentices and a large number of journeymen. During this time, the chamber was mainly occupied with looking after the interests of drafted master craftsmen and fending off unjustified demands made on the absent masters. Due to the shortage of raw materials and the lack of labor, economic life almost came to a standstill until 1918. After the end of the war, the demobilization of the armed forces made large stocks of tools and raw materials available, the distribution of which to the craft businesses was organized by the Chamber.
In the Versailles Treaty , Germany was obliged to pay reparations to the victorious powers ( France in particular ), the amount of which the politically responsible sought to reduce by further devaluations. In January 1920 the mark had only a tenth of its exchange value against the US dollar in August 1914. As a result of this and the difficult economic situation in general, the work of the Chamber almost completely came to a standstill and all employees, with the exception of the syndic, had to be dismissed . In order to be able to maintain the basic business operations, the chamber sold several typewriters, for example, in order to raise the postage for the necessary correspondence. At the height of inflation in 1920 and 1924 no budgets or annual accounts were drawn up, but operations were continued, only interrupted in the winter of 1923/24 when a lack of money made it impossible to employ employees. After the introduction of the Rentenmark , the economic situation stabilized so much that the Chamber of Crafts was able to return to its actual tasks and in 1924 reorganized the training of apprentices, the advanced training of journeymen and the examination system for journeymen and masters.
During the Nazi era , the Chamber of Crafts was formally dissolved on December 16, 1942. From then on, their tasks were taken over by the Emden Chamber of Commerce of the Weser-Ems Gauwirtschaftskammer in Bremen, where the Chamber of Crafts continued the day-to-day business as the “Crafts Department”.
After the Second World War , the Chamber of Crafts was given back its independence on December 31, 1945 by the British occupying forces . In the following years, East Frisia was populated by many refugees and expellees from the eastern regions of the German Empire . Among them were many craftsmen who now aspired to the Chamber of Crafts in order to build a new existence in East Frisia. Of around 1,500 new entries in the handicraft role, more than a fifth were initiated by former residents of the ceded eastern German territories.
In 2008 the Chamber of Crafts celebrated the hundredth anniversary of its existence.
The official press organ of the Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland is the business newspaper Norddeutsches Handwerk , which is published by Schlüterschen Verlagsgesellschaft in Hanover and is jointly published by the Chambers of Crafts in Lower Saxony and Magdeburg . The "newspaper magazine", which appears twice a month, reports in an editorial section that is up-to-date and trade-related on politics, business and corporate management. The regional part with news from the individual chambers and their districts is directly managed by the respective chamber of crafts, including the Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland.
organization
The Chamber of Crafts is divided into the organs of the general assembly (general assembly), board of directors and committees for certain matters.
The board is responsible for the administration of the Chamber of Crafts. It is composed of a president, two vice-presidents (one representative each of employers and employees) as well as four employer and two employee representatives. The President and Chief Executive Officer represent the Chamber of Crafts in and out of court. The president is Albert Lienemann (Holtrop), the vice-president of the employers 'side is Imke Hennig (Wiesmoor), the vice-president of the employees' side is Jörg Klein (Südbrookmerland) and the general manager is Jörg Frerichs.
The general assembly consists of 24 members, a third of whom are employee representatives. It meets twice a year and is one of the decision makers of the Chamber of Crafts alongside the Presidium. Their tasks include resolutions on the statutes, resolutions on the contribution and fee regulations, election and discharge of the board of directors, establishment of the budget and the annual financial statements, election of the managing directors, issuing regulations on vocational training, issuing of journeyman's, master's examination and advanced training regulations .
The members of the General Assembly, the Presidium and the Board of Directors exercise their office on an honorary basis.
There are currently six committees at the Chamber of Crafts. These are divided into the vocational training, auditing, building, master craftsman's examination, journeyman's examination and advanced training committee.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Chamber of Crafts for Ostfriesland (Ed.): We are craftsmen. 100 years Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.9 MB) , p. 10.
- ^ Chamber of Crafts for Ostfriesland (Ed.): We are craftsmen. 100 years Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.9 MB) , p. 11.
- ^ Chamber of Crafts for Ostfriesland (Ed.): We are craftsmen. 100 years Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.9 MB) , p. 27.
- ^ Chamber of Crafts for Ostfriesland (Ed.): We are craftsmen. 100 years Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.9 MB) , p. 31.
- ^ Chamber of Crafts for Ostfriesland (Ed.): We are craftsmen. 100 years Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.9 MB) , p. 20.
- ↑ a b Chamber of Crafts for East Friesland: Structure of the Chamber of Crafts ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2016 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. , accessed January 10, 2010
