Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

chamber
Organizational form	Public corporation
founding year	1825
Seat	Alter Markt 8, 39104 Magdeburg
Homepage	www.magdeburg.ihk.de
president	Klaus Olbricht
Chief Executive	Wolfgang March
Members
Associated	52,000 companies
General Assembly	64 members
Bureau	1 president and 8 vice-presidents

The Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK Magdeburg) is a corporation under public law . The district of the IHK Magdeburg extends over the independent city of Magdeburg and the districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel , Börde , Harz , Jerichower Land , Salzlandkreis (only the areas of the districts Schönebeck and Aschersleben-Staßfurt within the limits of June 30, 2007) and Stendal . With an area of 11,900 km², the IHK district of Magdeburg is the fourth largest district in Germany.

Headquarters and building of the IHK Magdeburg

The IHK Magdeburg building at Alter Markt 8

The building of the IHK office in Salzwedel in the Alte Münze

The building of the IHK office in Wernigerode

Sculpture of Saint George

Stylized sculpture

The IHK Magdeburg has its headquarters at Alter Markt 8 in Magdeburg. Other offices are in Salzwedel and Wernigerode. The original Seidenkramer guild house was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War . The new Seidenkramer guild house was built around 1666 on the southern side of the Old Market (No. 5 - today No. 2). The portal was decorated with a 1 meter high sculpture of St. George - patron saint of merchants - which was created by the master stonemason Melchior Lentz. In 1825 the house was used as the seat of the corporation of merchants and the stock exchange, from 1904 as the house of the Chamber of Commerce and from 1924 as the seat of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. During the Second World War , the sculpture of St. George was walled up above the portal by committed Magdeburg merchants in order to protect the sculpture from war damage. Because of this, the plastic was not destroyed by the bombing on January 16, 1945. In 1949 the IHK Magdeburg moved into its current building at Alter Markt 8. The sculpture of Saint George was restored at the beginning of the 1990s and placed on May 3, 1994 in the foyer of the IHK Magdeburg. In addition, the IHK Magdeburg uses Saint George as a logo. In 2005 the IHK Magdeburg was expanded to include the adjacent corner building Alter Markt 7 / Bei der Hauptwache 3, so that all services of the IHK could be offered under one roof.

history

1200 to 1825

The Seidenkramer Guild House at No. 5 Alter Markt

The history of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry goes back to the 12th century. At that time the merchants formed guilds in order to withstand the competition from outside merchants, to regulate weights and measures and to protect their rights from attacks by the feudal lords. The largest guilds in Magdeburg were the garment tailors, linen wall tailors, shopkeepers, furriers, united tanners and shoemakers. An important guild was the Merchants' Brotherhood, first mentioned in 1425. It was an association of Magdeburg's wholesalers who prepared reports on the general economic situation and trade customs, dealt with questions relating to traffic and ensured the safety of goods on land and water. In addition, the brotherhood worked out many proposals such as the establishment of a stock exchange and a commercial court. The request for the establishment of a stock exchange and a commercial court was only met in 1824. The first stock exchange meetings took place in the former Seidenkramer guild house on the Alter Markt in Magdeburg .

In 1809 the guilds were banned. This ban did not affect the Merchants' Brotherhood. The merchants of the dissolved guilds joined together to form the Association of Merchants, which grew steadily in importance. Increasingly, members of the brotherhood also joined the association, so that the brotherhood lost more and more importance, whereby there is no official date for the dissolution of the brotherhood. Due to the law of September 7, 1811 on the police conditions of the trades, the Magdeburg merchants had to receive a constitution. After several years of negotiations, the statute received royal approval on April 9, 1825. The association of the merchants became the corporation (corporation) of the merchants of Magdeburg. The corporation of the Kaufmannschaft is the legal predecessor of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Compared to the chambers of commerce of that time, there is an essential difference in the self-administration of public trading facilities such as warehouses, stock exchanges and stacking areas. This self-government either belonged to the corporation per se or was assigned to it by the state. This contributed significantly to the corporation's fortunes.

1825 to 1933

On January 3, 1899, the corporation was officially reorganized into the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce. At that time, the chamber district comprised the urban district of Magdeburg and the places in a one-mile radius. The remaining places in the Magdeburg administrative district belonged to the division of the Halberstadt Chamber of Commerce. 25 years later, on April 4, 1924, the chamber was renamed “Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry”. Their tasks included promoting young talent in trade and industry, providing information and advising on the national and private sector. In particular, the IHK in Magdeburg was one of the first IHKs to administer various arbitral tribunals for, for example, grain, potatoes, onions and beets. In addition, one of the tasks of the Magdeburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce was the Reichsnachrichtenwesen, which normally was not a task of a chamber.

time of the nationalsocialism

In 1933, urged NSDAP under the DC circuit on a new election of the chamber to impose their views and objectives. 1935 "was Commerce Central Germany (Mittelelbe)" established that included the Chambers of Commerce and the Chambers of Crafts of the Regions Magdeburg and Anhalt. With the aim of standardizing the economic administration, in November 1942 the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and the Central German Chamber of Commerce were replaced by the newly founded " Gauwirtschaftskammer Magdeburg-Anhalt". The economy of Magdeburg was almost completely destroyed by the Second World War. The IHK Magdeburg building on the Alter Markt also did not survive the war: the building was destroyed in the air raid on Magdeburg on January 16, 1945 .

Post-war phase

After the end of the Second World War, the economy had to be reorganized. The Lord Mayor and District President Otto Baer oriented himself towards the well-known professional chamber system, so that in May 1946 the “Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry” was formed as one of three district chambers in Saxony-Anhalt. The district chambers were subordinate to the regional chamber of the province of Saxony. This was an essential difference to the other German states, as these only had district chambers downstream. In addition, the state and district chambers were headed by honorary presidents from the economy - and not by full-time presidents.

Time of the GDR

Since 1949, the IHK was withdrawn from its responsibility for the state-owned and cooperative operations, so that only private companies (excluding crafts) belonged to the Magdeburg IHK. As of March 31, 1953, a resolution stipulated that the activities of all chambers would be discontinued and dissolved. In order to de-escalate the tense situation with the remaining private entrepreneurs, however, it was decided on August 6, 1953 to set up a GDR Chamber of Commerce and Industry with subordinate district offices. The Magdeburg district office was created accordingly. Due to the increasing nationalization and co-operativeisation of companies by the GDR government, the number of member companies fell by two thirds to 2,871 companies by the 1970s. In addition, the chamber lost its self-governing status, so that the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce lost its importance. In the course of fulfilling the plan, her main task was material and workforce control as well as the development of young talent. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry was transformed into the Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 8, 1983. The chamber was dependent on the state agencies and had to coordinate with the state in each case.

Since 1990

On April 12, 1990, the constituted plenary meeting of the IHK took place in the meeting room of the IHK Magdeburg: The IHK Magdeburg was re-established. In April 1990, 3300 companies were registered in the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In the course of the reunification of Germany, many citizens of the former GDR became self-employed and countless business start-ups followed. In addition, companies that had once been expropriated were reprivatised or repatriated. As a result of this development, the number of member companies grew rapidly: in December 1990 there were already 9,775 companies. The first law passed in the new federal states on the Chamber of Industry and Commerce was passed by the state parliament on June 10, 1991, so that the continuation of the Magdeburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce within the meaning of the law for the provisional regulation of the law of the chambers of industry and commerce of 18 June 1991 December 1956 was verified. Up to 1992 the IHK Magdeburg operated seven branches in Burg, Halberstadt, Haldensleben, Salzwedel, Staßfurt, Stendal and Wernigerode. With the exception of Salzwedel and Wernigerode, five of the IHK representations were closed. In 2016, around 51,000 companies belonged to the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce.

structure

Industry and Infrastructure
Trade, services and business promotion
Vocational training
International
Administration, law and taxes

organization

Over 2500 members of the Magdeburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce are active on a voluntary basis in the plenary assembly, in specialist and examination committees and in working groups. Your entrepreneurial knowledge and experience form the basis of the activities of the IHK Magdeburg.

General Assembly

The general assembly is elected by the member companies every six years. The general assembly consists of 64 members who are directly elected. In addition, up to 9 additional members can be co-opted. The IHK-affiliated companies are divided into electoral groups and electoral districts in order to reflect the economic characteristics of the IHK district and the overall economic importance of the trade groups. In the district of the IHK Magdeburg there are seven electoral groups and three electoral districts (Altmark, Harz and Magdeburg).

Bureau

The Presidium consists of the President and eight Vice-Presidents. They are elected from among their number by the General Assembly for three years. Re-election is permitted.

Chief Executive

The general manager is appointed or dismissed by the general assembly. He manages the business of the IHK Magdeburg according to the specifications of the plenary assembly and the presidium. On May 1, 1995, Wolfgang März was appointed general manager of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce.

Committees

The committees of the IHK Magdeburg are formed to support the plenary assembly, the presidium and the management. They have an advisory role to deal with specific areas of responsibility or special matters.

Technical committees

Finance and Accounting Committee
Building committee
Digital economy
Finance and Credit Committee
Trade committee
Industry Committee
Committee of Experts
Tourism Committee
Transport Committee

Regional committees

Regional Committee Altmark
Regional Committee Harz
Regional Committee City-Surrounding-Magdeburg

Vocational training committee

First heads, directors and presidents of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

First head of the merchant class or the Chamber of Commerce

Carl Schultze: First head of the merchant class. (1825–1836 and 1844–1847)

Statute for the Magdeburg merchants from April 9, 1825

Surname	Term of office	Companies
Carl Schultze	1825-1836	JC Weisse & Co. and Schultze & Eichel
Jean Jacques Cuny	1837-1843	David Cuny Son & Co.
Carl Schultze	1844-1847	JC Weisse & Co. and Schultze & Eichel
Carl Deneke	1848-1877	Carl Deneke chicory factory
David Coste	1877-1880	Coste & Lippert and Coste, Schulze & Diesing
August Neubauer	1880-1889	Neubauer & Porse, later FU Neubauer
Otto Hubbe	1889-1904	Gustav Hubbe
Wilhelm Zuckschwerdt	1904-1931	Zuckschwerdt & Beuchel

President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Surname	Term of office	Companies
Curt Ramdohr	1931-1933	Peter Georg Palis
Wilhelm Adolf Farenholtz	1933-1945	United Oil Works Hubbe & Farenholtz
Otto Jahn	1945-1945	Migroma Magdeburger import and wholesale, Jahn & Schulze
Willy Sondershausen	1945–1953?	Albert Drevenstedt & Co.

Director of the Magdeburg District Office

Surname	Term of office	Companies
Helmut Beck	1953-1974	Director of the Magdeburg District Office or the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Magdeburg District
Elise Ziron	1974-1990	Director of the IHK Magdeburg and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Magdeburg district

President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Surname	Term of office	Companies
Eberhard Pohl	1990-1995	Eberhard Pohl taxi company
Klaus Hieckmann	1996-2007	Symacon GmbH
Klaus Olbricht	since 2007	Electric motors and equipment manufacturing Barleben GmbH

literature

M. Behrend: Magdeburg merchants. Self-published by the Chamber of Commerce, Magdeburg 1906.
G. Hammerschmidt , V. Stelzig: Houses with house signs in the former old town of Magdeburg. Self-published, Magdeburg 2004, DNB 1064962734 .
HC Leonhard: Memorandum for the 100th anniversary of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Johann Friedr. Eilers, Magdeburg 1925.
Martin Will: Self-administration of the economy. Mohr Siebeck, Möhringen 2010, ISBN 978-3-16-150705-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ How big is the area of the IHK district? (in km²) - IHK.de - roof portal. In: www.ihk.de. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Tradition and Innovation. 175 years of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 1825-2000. Magdeburg 2000, p. 11.
↑ 180 years of the Magdeburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Retrieved August 19, 2016 .
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Tradition and Innovation. 175 years of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 1825-2000. Magdeburg 2000, p. 24 ff.
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Funding and financing. In: The market in Central Germany. Communications from the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 5/2010, SV
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Chronicle of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 170 years of chamber history five years after its re-establishment. Desselmann-Druck, Schönebeck 1995, p. 20 f.
^ Martin Will: Self-administration of the economy. Mohr Siebeck, Möhringen 2010, p. 269.
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Funding and financing. In: The market in Central Germany. Communications from the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 5/2010, p. IX.
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Chronicle of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 170 years of chamber history five years after its re-establishment. Desselmann-Druck, Schönebeck 1995, p. 35.
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Chronicle of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 170 years of chamber history five years after its re-establishment. Desselmann-Druck, Schönebeck 1995, p. 37 ff.
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Funding and financing. In: The market in Central Germany. Communications from the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 5/2010, p. XII.
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Chronicle of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 170 years of chamber history five years after its re-establishment. Desselmann-Druck, Schönebeck 1995, p. 51.
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Funding and financing. In: The market in Central Germany. Communications from the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 5/2010, p. XIII.
↑ H. Königseder, A. Stephainski: time travel. 1200 years of life in Magdeburg. Elbe Report / Saale Verlagsgesellschaft, Magdeburg 2005, ISBN 3-00-016464-2 , p. 57.
^ S. Härtel, M. Schwibbe, C. Klupsch, U. Löhr, R. Floum: Saxony-Anhalt Land on the move. Saale Verlagsgesellschaft, Göttingen 2006, p. 10.
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Economy calls for faster reforms. In: The market in Central Germany. Communications from the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 7/2010, p. II.
↑ Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Chronicle of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 170 years of chamber history five years after its re-establishment. Desselmann-Druck, Schönebeck 1995, p. 68.
^ The Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Retrieved August 17, 2016 .
↑ The chairmen of the technical and regional committees. Retrieved August 17, 2016 .

[1] How big is the area of the IHK district? (in km²) - IHK.de - roof portal. In: www.ihk.de. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .

[2] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Tradition and Innovation. 175 years of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 1825-2000. Magdeburg 2000, p. 11.

[3] 180 years of the Magdeburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Retrieved August 19, 2016 .

[4] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Tradition and Innovation. 175 years of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 1825-2000. Magdeburg 2000, p. 24 ff.

[5] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Funding and financing. In: The market in Central Germany. Communications from the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 5/2010, SV

[6] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Chronicle of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 170 years of chamber history five years after its re-establishment. Desselmann-Druck, Schönebeck 1995, p. 20 f.

[7] Martin Will: Self-administration of the economy. Mohr Siebeck, Möhringen 2010, p. 269.

[8] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Funding and financing. In: The market in Central Germany. Communications from the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 5/2010, p. IX.

[9] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Chronicle of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 170 years of chamber history five years after its re-establishment. Desselmann-Druck, Schönebeck 1995, p. 35.

[10] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Chronicle of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 170 years of chamber history five years after its re-establishment. Desselmann-Druck, Schönebeck 1995, p. 37 ff.

[11] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Funding and financing. In: The market in Central Germany. Communications from the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 5/2010, p. XII.

[12] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Chronicle of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 170 years of chamber history five years after its re-establishment. Desselmann-Druck, Schönebeck 1995, p. 51.

[13] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Funding and financing. In: The market in Central Germany. Communications from the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 5/2010, p. XIII.

[14] H. Königseder, A. Stephainski: time travel. 1200 years of life in Magdeburg. Elbe Report / Saale Verlagsgesellschaft, Magdeburg 2005, ISBN 3-00-016464-2 , p. 57.

[15] S. Härtel, M. Schwibbe, C. Klupsch, U. Löhr, R. Floum: Saxony-Anhalt Land on the move. Saale Verlagsgesellschaft, Göttingen 2006, p. 10.

[16] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Economy calls for faster reforms. In: The market in Central Germany. Communications from the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 7/2010, p. II.

[17] Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Chronicle of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 170 years of chamber history five years after its re-establishment. Desselmann-Druck, Schönebeck 1995, p. 68.

[18] The Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Retrieved August 17, 2016 .

[19] The chairmen of the technical and regional committees. Retrieved August 17, 2016 .