Chamber of Commerce and Industry Swabia
The Swabian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (short name: IHK Schwaben ) is the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia . It is a corporation under public law , administered by the commercial sector itself. Over 140,000 companies from industry, trade and services in the chamber area, but not from crafts, agriculture and the liberal professions, are legally obliged to become members.
The organization is based in Augsburg . In addition to the main office responsible for the Augsburg region, it has eight regional offices in Donauwörth , Günzburg , Kaufbeuren , Kempten , Lauingen , Lindau-Bodensee , Memmingen and Neu-Ulm .
structure
The highest body is the IHK plenary assembly. Fundamental decisions are incumbent on you. In particular, it has to decide on contributions, statutes, election regulations, election of the president and vice-presidents, appointment of the chief executive officer, the budget of the corporation and the fee schedule. In the 2018–2023 electoral period, it has a maximum of 110 members who are newly elected every five years.
The general assembly elects the president, three deputy presidents and eleven regional vice-presidents from among its members. The Presidium sets guidelines for the IHK policy, provided that the plenary assembly is not responsible for this, and monitors the execution of the tasks of ongoing management. The Presidium Committee, consisting of the president and the three deputy presidents, is used to prepare resolutions, to relieve the president and to ensure the implementation of general assembly resolutions. The current president (as of June 2019) is Andreas Kopton, General Manager Marc Lucassen. Both jointly represent the IHK Schwaben in legal transactions and in court.
A total of eleven IHK regional assemblies exist for each district and the city of Augsburg. These “corporate parliaments” are supposed to articulate the local economic interests in local politics. They elect the representatives for the General Assembly from among their number. Its members are from the electoral groups
- Production,
- Distribution,
- Leisure, culture and healthcare
- Transport, logistics, information, communication
- Finance
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There are also eight specialist committees, which are intended to stimulate the work of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce with suggestions and advice, recommendations about activities and measures, and statements. On the other hand, they offer the opportunity to exchange views and experiences between the companies themselves. Apart from the technical committees, examination boards have been set up for vocational training, further training for advancement and for the examinations of expertise. Around 5,300 examiners test the knowledge of those interested in around 150 apprenticeships plus their subject areas and for 39 further training profiles.
tasks
The IHK Schwaben itself summarizes its tasks with "Bilden.Bündeln.Beraten". The content work focuses on:
- Vocational education: service, advice / career guidance, training exams, further education exams
- Location policy: industry and innovation, mobility, trade and urban development, branch service
- Corporate service: customer service, legal and business administration advice center, customs and foreign trade law
Its main tasks are to represent its members' economic interests and to provide services for the commercial economy. The IHK is also required, for example, for issuing foreign trade documents ( e.g. certificate of origin or Carnet ), examining trainees or advising start-ups .
history
From the beginning to the end of the Weimar Republic
The establishment of a chamber of commerce in Bavaria was coveted as the first Palatinate merchants in 1819. An ordinance approved by King Ludwig I of September 19, 1842 is named as the founding date of the Augsburg Chamber of Commerce. According to another source, on the other hand, the IHK was established on April 7, 1843, when the king approved a chamber of commerce for the administrative region of Swabia and Neuburg, based in Augsburg . The general assembly met for the first time on May 24, 1843 in the Augsburg town hall. This organization was transferred to the District Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Swabia and Neuburg in 1854 , which existed from 1855. The revision of the Chamber of Commerce legislation in Bavaria on December 20, 1868 resulted in the formation of a corporation instead of the previous assemblies. In 1869 the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Swabia and Neuburg was founded. After the turn of the century, the craftsmen were given a separate lobby. After its spin-off, the name Augsburg Chamber of Commerce was used from 1908 . On September 12, 1926, the name was added: Augsburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry was now called the institution.
The time of National Socialism
The seizure of power by the Nazis brought to the Chamber of Commerce in 1933 the DC circuit with it. The IHK functioned as the central approval authority for the " Aryanization " of Jewish companies. Its president, Robert Eisenmeier, was also the “main processor” of the regional economic consultant Otto Jung. Reich Minister of Economics Walther Funk developed the idea of making the party gauze basic units of the state structure and in April 1942 issued an ordinance that dissolved the previous chambers and established district economic chambers . In 1943 the Chamber of Crafts and the Augsburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry were combined to form the Swabian Chamber of Commerce .
After the Second World War
The American military government created the Augsburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry again with effect from August 1, 1945 . However, the chamber district was reduced to the Lindau district, which was part of the French occupation zone. A decree of the French military authorities of May 15, 1946 gave birth to its own Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which would later be one of the smallest in Germany. In Augsburg, freely elected company representatives met for the first time on September 28, 1948 for a general meeting.
Further development
In 1977 the name was changed in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Augsburg and Swabia . On January 1, 2004, it merged with the Lindau-Bodensee Chamber of Commerce and Industry , giving the organization its current name. The Lindau branch maintains a Mediterranean project office, which, among other things, is entrusted with the task of further promoting the centuries-old business relationships of the Swabian economy in the Mediterranean region. The contacts to Austria and Switzerland that were established over the past 58 years are to be maintained after the merger.
President
- 1843–1854 Ferdinand Benedikt von Schaezler
- 1855–1856 Karl Ludwig Forster
- 1857–1900 Johann Friedrich Albert von Hertel
- 1900–1919 Paul von Schmid
- 1920–1934 Christian Diesel
- 1934–1937 Walter Gaulis Clairmont
- 1938–1945 Robert Eisenmeier
- 1945–1958 Otto Adolf Heinrich Vogel
- 1958–1970 Georg Haindl
- 1970–1974 Willy-Werner Schwarz
- 1974–1975 Wilhelm Huebsch
- 1976–1979 Kurt Nill
- 1979–1995 Hans Haibel
- 1995–2009 Hannelore Leimer
- 2009– Andreas Kopton (since January 26, 2009)
Special activities
From 1993 to December 2013, the works of the Augsburg surrealist Wolfgang Lettl were shown in the Lettl atrium of the IHK building . The permanent exhibition was set up on the occasion of the Chamber's 150th anniversary. The Lettl-Atrium moved out due to necessary renovation and renovation work.
The IHK Schwaben is the publisher of the membership magazine Bayerisch-Schwäbische Wirtschaft . Their monthly circulation is around 40,000 copies. According to IVW, the widespread print run totaled 37,582 copies in the first quarter of 2019.
The IHK Akademie Schwaben is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the IHK Schwaben. Otherwise, the IHK Schwaben has a stake of at least 50 percent in the Umwelt-Technologische Gründerzentrum (UTG) in Augsburg and in the Management Centrum Schloss Lautrach .
literature
- Marita Krauss: The start of a region - the IHK in Bavarian Swabia since the 1960s. For the 175th anniversary of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Volk Verlag Munich
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ IHK Schwaben: Honorary office for the 2014-2018 electoral period , requested on August 22, 2014
- ↑ Dieter Schäfer: The justification of the chambers of commerce in Bavaria. In: Claus Grimm (ed.): Departure into the industrial age. 4 Vol. Munich 1985, Vol. 2, pp. 269-279, pp. 269f.
- ↑ Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Augsburg and Swabia. In: Augsburger Stadtlexikon. queried on September 11, 2010
- ↑ Klara van Eyll , Renate Schwärzel: German economic archives. Volume 1. ISBN 3-515-06211-4 , p. 126. accessed on September 11, 2010
- ↑ Dieter Ziegler: The Dresdner Bank and the German Jews in: Klaus-Dietmar Henke (Ed.): The Dresdner Bank in the Third Reich , Volume 2, Page 210. ISBN 3-486-57780-8
- ↑ Harm-Hinrich Brandt , An efficient organ of the commercial and factory owner status , The Chamber of Industry and Commerce Würzburg-Schweinfurt in 150 years, 1993, page 170.
- ↑ Bavarian Economic Archives Munich: IHK Schwaben (Augsburg) , queried on September 11, 2010
- ^ City of Lindau: Lindau's city history , queried on October 22, 2017
- ↑ Lindauer Bürgerzeitung from December 19, 2003: 58 years of the Lindau-Bodensee Chamber of Commerce and Industry are coming to an end , requested on September 11, 2010
- ↑ Source: IVW , requested on July 4, 2019