Heilbronn-Franken Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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The Heilbronn-Franken IHK, based in Heilbronn, is one of 79 chambers of industry and commerce in the Federal Republic of Germany. It has around 70,000 member companies (as of March 2018) and represents the interests of all tradespeople and companies with the exception of pure craft businesses , agriculture and freelancers (who are not entered in the commercial register) in the Heilbronn-Franken region . The President of the Heilbronn-Franken Chamber of Industry and Commerce is Harald Unkelbach, and the General Manager is Elke Döring.

history

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Heilbronn was founded in 1855. At the time of National Socialism, the Chamber in Heilbronn became a subsidiary of the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce through the Württemberg Chamber of Commerce Act of 1934 , which gave rise to disputes for years. In 1942, the chambers were reorganized into Gauwirtschaftskammer, with the Heilbronn Chamber remaining a branch of the Gauwirtschaftskammer Stuttgart. After the war ended, a new, independent Chamber of Commerce and Industry was founded in Heilbronn in 1945.

tasks

The IHK is a corporation under public law to which the state has delegated sovereign tasks. For example, regulating audits, issuing foreign trade documents, appointing experts or acting as an arbitration tribunal.

Essentially, the area of ​​responsibility of the IHK can be divided into three major areas: a) Representation of the interests of all member companies in the region in politics and the public. b) It advises and supports its companies on a wide range of economic issues and comments on current federal, state and municipal projects and c) as a self-government of the economy takes on numerous sovereign tasks. The IHK Center for Continuing Education GmbH , a legally independent subsidiary of the IHK, offers seminars and further training measures for companies and specialists and managers.

Donations from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for the Heilbronn city center campus and the Niederstetten airport are criticized . According to the criticism, these grants should not be part of the legal duties of the IHK. The Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Economics published legal concerns about funding the inner city campus in Heilbronn, but deferred them in favor of the educational location. The action brought by a chamber member before the Stuttgart Administrative Court against the funding of Niederstetten airfield by the IHK was dismissed in May 2010. The court came to the conclusion that the IHK had not exceeded the limits of its statutory powers with its decision (Ref .: 4 K 2367/09).

organization

The highest decision-making body of the IHK is the general assembly .

The IHK general assembly consists of 47 representatives elected by the IHK members. Up to 6 additional members can be co-opted . The plenary assembly determines the guidelines for the chamber's work and decides on all questions that are of fundamental importance for the commercial economy of the chamber district or the work of the chamber, such as the IHK statute or the contribution and fee regulations or the budget. The IHK plenary assembly elects the president and the vice-presidents from among its members, who together form the presidium.

The Presidium consists of the President and up to eight Vice-Presidents. The President and Vice-Presidents are elected from among their number by the General Assembly for the duration of the electoral term. The Presidium decides on the rules of procedure as well as the budget and cash rules of the Chamber. It prepares the general assemblies and the items to be discussed there. The President heads the Chamber within the framework of the guidelines and resolutions adopted by the General Assembly. In his office he is supported and represented by the Vice-Presidents. The President and the Chief Executive Officer jointly represent the Chamber in legal transactions and in court.

Business areas

The work of the IHK Heilbronn-Franken is divided into six business areas:

  • Location policy
  • Business start-ups and business support
  • Business, energy and the environment
  • Vocational training
  • Law, taxes, foreign trade
  • Central Services

literature

  • Harald Winkler: History of the Württemberg Chambers of Commerce and Industry Heilbronn, Reutlingen, Stuttgart / Middle Neckar and Ulm 1933–1980 . Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Stuttgart 1980

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