Herford supply and transport investment company

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The Herford Versorgungs- und Verkehrs-Beteiligungs-GmbH (HVV) , founded in 1983, is a wholly-owned holding company of the city of Herford . It employs 630 people in its subsidiaries and has total assets of 450 million euros (as of the end of 2013). The HVV companies operate a 1,000-kilometer-long gas and water supply network, a 450-kilometer-long sewer network and one of the most modern sewage treatment plants in Europe. They collect 30,000 tons of waste for disposal and recycling, provide 6,500 citizens with living space and organize parties for 500,000 visitors.

Shareholdings of the Herford supply and transport investment company

HVV holds shares in the following companies:

  • Stadtwerke Herford GmbH (SWH GmbH) 86.54%
  • Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft Hansestadt Herford mbH (SEH GmbH) 100%
  • Stadtverkehr Herford GmbH (SVH GmbH) 100%
  • Herford Abwasser GmbH (HAG GmbH) 100%
  • Kultur Herford gGmbH 98.81%
  • Wohn und Wirtschafts-Service GmbH (WWS Herford GmbH) 94.44%
  • Elsbach Areal Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH 94.9%
  • Property company Elsbach Areal GmbH & Co. KG 94.9%
  • MARTa Herford gGmbH 88.87%
  • Herford City Garden and Schützenhof GmbH (HSS) 72.5%
  • Pro Herford GmbH 66.67%
  • Servicegesellschaft für Wirtschaft und Kommunen mbH (SWK GmbH) 51%
  • Westfalen Weser Energie GmbH & Co. KG (WWE) 21.33%
  • Westfälische Propan GmbH (WPG) 16.67%

Stadtwerke Herford GmbH (SWH GmbH)

Holdings

Stadtwerke logo

HVV holds an 86.54% stake in Stadtwerke Herford. Other shareholders are the municipality of Hiddenhausen with 8.98% and the city of Spenge with 4.48%. Stadtwerke Herford supplies the city of Herford and the municipality of Hiddenhausen with green electricity, natural gas, drinking water and heat, the city of Enger with green electricity, natural gas and heat and the city of Spenge with drinking water. The wholly owned subsidiary of Stadtwerke is Freizeiteinrichtungen Stadtwerke Herford GmbH (FSH GmbH). The FSH operates in Herford, the ice rink and the outdoor pool in the small field , the pool Elverdissen and the sports and leisure H2O in Hiddenhausen the Waldfreibad and in Spenge the Werburger forest pool and the outdoor pool Lenzinghausen . The municipal utilities also have stakes in the water procurement associations Wasserwerk Begatal (55%) and Herford West district (19.5%), Kalldorfer Sattel Wassergesellschaft mbH (35%), Wassergesellschaft Kalldorfer Sattel GbR (30%) and Nahwärmeversorgung Hiddenhausen GmbH (NWH) (50%), Windenergie-Westfalen-Lippe GmbH (WWL) (18.75%) and the Working Group of East Westphalia Utilities (AOV) with AOV GbR (4.78%) and aov IT.Services GmbH ( 2.22%).

history

Stadtwerke Herford

In 1864, the first Herford gasworks went into operation on Elverdisser Strasse at the corner of Hermannstrasse . In 1896 a central public waterworks went into operation and the city center was supplied with water via water pipes with a total length of 27 kilometers. The second Herford gasworks went into operation in 1909 on Werrestrasse. From 1963, gas was supplied exclusively with long-distance gas from Westfälische Ferngas AG . In 1969 the water supply was started in the communities newly incorporated into the city of Herford. In 1971 the gas supply was switched to natural gas . In 1983 Stadtwerke Herford became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the newly founded HVV. The heat supply was started in 1991. In 1994 the Herford baths and the ice rink were taken over. In 1997 the newly built sports and leisure pool H2O was added.

In 2002 the Stadtwerke took a 100% share in the Enger gas supply, which was merged with the Stadtwerke in 2007. Also in 2002, Elektrizitätswerk Minden-Ravensberg GmbH took a 25.1% stake in the municipal utilities. The electricity company was transferred to E.ON Westfalen Weser AG in 2003, and the company's shares of 22.74% were sold to HVV in 2010. In 2003 the municipal utilities took a 100% share in the gas and water supply in Hiddenhausen. At the same time, the community of Hiddenhausen participated in the municipal utilities. In 2007 Gasversorgung Enger GmbH was merged with Stadtwerke Herford. On January 1, 2012, the “Spenge Waterworks” was incorporated into the Stadtwerke. Since then, the city of Spenge has held 4.48% of the municipal utilities.

Urban development company Hansestadt Herford mbH (SEH GmbH)

On January 1, 2015, Wasserkraftanlagen Herford GmbH (WKH) was rededicated as Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft Hansestadt Herford mbH. At the same time, Herford Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (HBG GmbH) was dissolved. HVV GmbH now holds the shares it holds in other companies directly.

The object of the SEH GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the HVV, is the promotion of urban development, in particular the conversion of the released in 2015 for the British Military Area ( conversion ). Further strategic partners are to be found for this purpose.

Stadtverkehr Herford GmbH (SVH GmbH)

The business area of ​​SVH, also a wholly owned subsidiary of HVV, includes the implementation of public bus services, the management of parking areas and multi-storey car parks, as well as the organization of bicycle traffic. The SVH operates the collective call taxi (AST) in the city of Herford.

Herford Abwasser GmbH (HAG GmbH)

HAG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HVV. It operates the wastewater treatment plant on Goebenstrasse (one of the most modern wastewater treatment plants in Europe), other small wastewater treatment plants in the outskirts of the city and the 450-kilometer-long Herford rain and sewage canal network.

Culture Herford gGmbH

Kultur Herford gGmbH, founded in 2006, in which HVV holds 98.81% and the city of Herford 1.19%, bundles most of the city's diverse cultural offerings. It operates the city ​​library , the Herford city theater and the Herford music school . Another area of ​​responsibility is the city's history with the Daniel-Pöppelmann-Haus , the museum depot and the municipal archive . As places of communication and conviviality, all of these houses make a significant contribution to cultural education in Herford.

In addition, organized events such as the cultural program at the Herford Hoekerfest , readings, performances and concerts by various music school ensembles expand the cultural life. Working with children and young people is very important.

As a non-profit organization, Kultur Herford gGmbH is also a member of the supporting association of the Northwest German Philharmonic and of the community college in the Herford district. It also supports the Landestheater Detmold nationwide .

Housing and Economic Service GmbH (WWS Herford GmbH)

Holdings

94.44% of WWS are held by HVV, 4.69% by the city of Herford and 0.85% by other shareholders. The HVV manages 3,820 apartments in the city. It also has a 5.1% stake in Elsbach Areal Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH.

history

In 1935 the Society for the Promotion of Public Interests of the City of Herford mbH was founded to operate the Otto-Weddigen-Bad (today H2O ). In 1954 the partnership agreement was changed in the direction of the construction of small apartments and in 1956 the name was changed to Wohnbau GmbH. In 1957 the first apartments were completed on Lerchenstrasse near Amselplatz. From 1969, one of the largest residential areas in the north of the city ​​was built . In 2004 the company was given the current name Wohn und Wirtschafts-Service GmbH and in September 2010 the office moved from Berliner Straße to Elsbachhaus .

Elsbach Areal Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

HVV has a 94.9% stake in Elsbach Areal Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. WWS holds 5.1%. The company's tasks essentially consist of managing and representing the property company Elsbach Areal GmbH & Co. KG. She is liable to her. No further business activity is planned.

Property company Elsbach Areal GmbH & Co. KG

HVV holds 94.9% of the property company Elsbach Areal GmbH & Co. KG. WWS holds 5.1%. The company operates the Elsbachhaus and takes care of the leasing and maintenance of the building.

MARTa Herford gGmbH

MARTa Herford gGmbH, in which HVV holds an 88.87% stake, operates the MARTa Museum, which opened in 2005 .

Herford City Garden and Schützenhof GmbH (HSS)

HVV holds 72.5% of Herford's Stadtgarten- und Schützenhof GmbH (HSS GmbH). The HSS operates the Schützenhof city park on Stiftbergstrasse, which also houses the studio of the Northwest German Philharmonic and gives concerts there.

Pro Herford GmbH

HVV has a 66.67% stake in the city marketing company Pro Herford GmbH. It promotes the city by publishing information material such as brochures and flyers, providing tourist information, and organizing markets and special events.

Service company for business and municipalities mbH (SWK GmbH)

HVV has a 51 percent stake in SWK and Veolia Umweltservice West GmbH & Co. KG 49%. The area of ​​responsibility includes waste disposal, green space maintenance, street cleaning and winter service in the city of Herford.

Westfalen Weser Energie GmbH & Co. KG (WWE)

HVV holds 21.33% of Westfalen Weser Energie GmbH & Co. KG. The municipal WWE was founded on June 26, 2013 as the successor to E.ON Westfalen Weser AG. It is 100% owned by 48 municipalities and districts in Ostwestfalen-Lippe and Weserbergland after the E.ON shares were taken over by them.

Westfalen Weser Energie GmbH & Co. KG's subsidiaries are Westfalen Weser Netz GmbH and Energieservice Westfalen Weser GmbH.

Westfalen Weser Netz GmbH operates regional distribution networks for electricity, gas and water. The central task is to provide the electricity and gas network for industry, commerce, agriculture and households. The network area extends (with around 6400 km²) over two federal states in the regions of East Westphalia-Lippe and southern Lower Saxony.

The business field of Energieservice Westfalen Weser GmbH is the heat supply for private households, communal properties or commercial enterprises.

Westphalian Propan GmbH (WPG)

HVV has a 16.67% stake in Westfälische Propan GmbH, which is based in Detmold. Your task is to provide and deliver energy sources, in particular liquid gas and wood pellets. The city of Herford was also involved in founding the company in 1951.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Participation report of the city of Herford 2013/2014 , accessed on July 12, 2015
  2. ^ Organization chart of the HVV in the participation report of the city of Herford 2015/2016, page 14 , accessed on May 22, 2020
  3. ^ Organization chart of Stadtwerke Herford (PDF; 48 kB), accessed on September 18, 2012
  4. ^ Stadtwerke Herford organization chart , accessed on July 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ Company history of Stadtwerke Herford (PDF; 580 kB), accessed on September 18, 2012
  6. ^ A new GmbH of the city starts, Neue Westfälische from December 15, 2014
  7. ^ History of WWS , accessed on July 12, 2015
  8. ↑ Pro Herford GmbH ( Memento of the original from July 13, 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. , accessed July 12, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.herford.de
  9. ^ Shareholder of Westfalen Weser Energie GmbH & Co. KG , accessed on July 12, 2015
  10. ^ History of Westfälische Propan GmbH , accessed on July 12, 2015

Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 48.5 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 30.6 ″  E