Bergische Chamber of Industry and Commerce Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid
The Bergische Chamber of Industry and Commerce Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid , unofficially until December 31, 2018 and officially designated as the Bergische IHK from January 1, 2019 , sees itself as representing the interests of the entire commercial economy in the Bergisch city triangle (consisting of the three major cities of Wuppertal , Solingen and Remscheid with a total of around 625,000 inhabitants).
It is part of the network of chambers of industry and commerce represented throughout Germany . The umbrella organization is the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK).
The Remscheid-based entrepreneur Thomas Meyer has been the honorary president of the IHK since May 16, 2013 . He succeeded Friedhelm Sträter , who was President of the Bergische IHK for 16 years, and was re-elected in 2017. Michael Wenge is the general manager.
Structure and tasks
Its structure and tasks are based on the federal law for the provisional regulation of the law of the chambers of industry and commerce . All commercial companies are in their compulsory member. The most important discussion and decision-making body is the plenary assembly, which consists of 80 representatives from the various branches of industry, elected by the members. You design the guidelines of the IHK work, determine the IHK positions on current economic policy issues and determine the amount of the contributions. In addition, the General Assembly elects the President and seven Vice-Presidents from among its ranks.
One of the most important tasks of the IHK is the organization of the vocational training system.
The Chamber of Industry and Commerce W-SG-RS recently passed a resolution calling on the politicians of the three large Bergisch cities to coordinate and work more closely for the good of the region. This is particularly important because of the dire financial situation of these municipalities.
The public appointment and swearing-in of experts is one of the main tasks of the IHK. In the area of financial real estate valuation, however, this has largely been replaced by the EU personal certification standard according to DIN ISO EN 17024.
The IHK building
The building of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (officially: Municipal Administration Building) is in Wuppertal on the banks of the Iceland at the Alexander Bridge. It was designed by the architect Peter Klotzbach and the government master builder Paul Fliether and built in 1928/29. An extension with the same architecture was added in the south-east in 1935/36, so that a U-shaped building ensemble has now been created.
It has been a listed building since November 12, 1986 .
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The starting formation of today's Bergisch IHK was the "Chamber of Commerce of Elberfeld and Barmen", which is generally considered to be the first modern chamber of commerce in Germany, namely based on the principle of self-government of the economy. The president was democratically elected by all local merchants who had to pay more than 12 thalers business tax annually. In contrast, for example, the chambers in the former French Rhine provinces were institutions that were assigned to the city administrations. The first draft statutes for the Wuppertal Chamber came mainly from the textile manufacturer Johann Adolf von Carnap . The self-governing status was only achieved after a few setbacks and delays. For example, the Lord Mayor of Elberfeld Brüning tried to prevent an independent chamber by intervening with the Interior Minister. A complete elimination of the Lord Mayor was "completely incompatible with his official position of a head of this city." The statutes of the Wuppertal Chamber were in June 1830 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. approved. In the period that followed, the new model was initially binding for the Rhine Province , for example in Düsseldorf and Duisburg, and later for all of Prussia.
Starting from this, there were various intermediate stages, separations and associations, the development to today's chamber of the three Bergischen cities.
List of presidents of the Chamber of Commerce
President of the Chamber of Commerce of Elberfeld and Barmen | |
January 1831 - January 1834 | Johann Heinrich Daniel Kamp (1786-1853) |
January 1834 - April 1840 | Heinrich Feldmann-Simons (1787–1865) |
April 1834 - January 1847 | Carl Hecker (1795–1873) |
January 1847 - June 1847 | Caspar Wilhelm Meckel (1790-1852) |
June 1847 - October 1849 | Johann Jacob Julius Möller (1793–1877) |
October 1849 - January 1856 | Friedrich Wilhelm Simons-Köhler (1802-1856) |
January 1856 - June 1871 | Jacob Wilhelm Haarhaus (1798–1881) |
President of the Barmen Chamber of Commerce | |
July 1871 - September 1884 | Friedrich Wilhelm Osterroth (1815–1884) |
September 1884 - February 1893 | Friedrich von Eynern jun. (1834-1893) |
March 1893 - August 1906 | Philipp Barthels (1838–1906) |
September 1906 - March 1917 | Max Albert Molineus (1855-1925) |
President of the Elberfeld Chamber of Commerce | |
July 1871 - May 1874 | Wilhelm Meckel Jr. (1815-1879) |
May 1874 - December 1875 | Friedrich Wilhelm Strücker (1816–1884) |
January 1876 - April 1879 | Wilhelm Meckel Jr. (1815-1879) |
May 1879 - November 1884 | Friedrich Wilhelm Strücker (1816–1884) |
January 1885 - March 1898 | August Schoeller (1836–1911) |
April 1898 - May 1906 | Wilhelm Boeddinghaus jr. (1837–1906) |
June 1906 - November 1911 | Johann Carl August Jung (1842–1911) |
January 1912 - March 1917 | Heinrich Ernst Schniewind (1842–1928) |
President of the Chamber of Commerce for the Wuppertal industrial district | |
April 1917 - December 1919 | Max Albert Molineus (1855-1925) |
January 1920 - December 1922 | Ernst Meyer-Leverkus (1863–1942) |
January 1923 - December 1929 | Rudolf Ziersch (1867–1962) |
President of the Bergische Chamber of Industry and Commerce Wuppertal-Remscheid | |
January 1930 - April 1933 | Rudolf Ziersch (1867–1962) |
April 1933 - June 1933 | Franz Paul Hager (1894–1934) |
July 1933 - March 1943 | Friedrich Wachs (1892–1963) |
President of the Solingen Chamber of Commerce and Industry | |
1841-1845 | Carl August Schnitzler (1794–1861) |
1845-1850 | Carl Gustav Weyersberg (1798–1865) |
1850-1851 | Carl August Schnitzler (1794–1861) |
1851-1856 | Johann Ferdinand Wilhelm Jagenberg (?) |
1856-1863 | Carl Gustav Weyersberg (1798–1865) |
1863-1867 | Friedrich Neeff (?) |
1867-1868 | Carl Weyersberg (?) |
1868-1872 | Otto Maußner (?) |
1872-1877 | August Neeff (?) |
1877-1878 | Gustav Coppel (1830-1914) |
1879-1905 | Albert Schnitzler (1838–1906) |
1905-1918 | Fritz Beckmann (1850-1918) |
1918-1932 | Carl Duisberg (1861-1935) |
1933-1934 | Hermann Theodor Wuppermann (1869–1941) |
1934-1938 | Erich Hartkopf (?) |
1938-1943 | Paul Beckmann (1881–1963) |
1945-1947 | Erwin Krusius (?) |
1947-1954 | Wilhelm Gilgen-Quadt (1903–) |
1954-1952 | Eugen Fervers (1895–1962) |
1962-1967 | Friedrich Silcher (1906–1995) |
1967-1977 | Hans-Robert Grah (1911–1998) |
President of the Remscheid Chamber of Commerce and Industry | |
1840-1849 | Johann Gottfried Kirberg (1793–1849) |
1849-1856 | Johann Daniel Engels (1795–) |
1856-1865 | Peter Schürmann (1816–1873) |
1865-1871 | Friedrich Wilhelm Hilger (1816–1874) |
1871-1876 | Johann Daniel Fuhrmann (1810–1885) |
1876-1883 | Hermann Schröder (1818–1886) |
1883-1888 | Reinhard Kotthaus (1828–) |
1888-1893 | Arnold Wilhelm Hardt jun. (1843-1897) |
1893-1897 | Hermann Böker (1844–) |
1897-1911 | Wilhelm Kattwinkel (1842–) |
1911-1915 | Alfred Honsberg (1864–) |
1915-1919 | Emil Schröder (?) |
1919-1923 | Moritz Böker (1853-1933) |
1923-1929 | Adolf von der Nahmer (1866–1939) |
1945–1962 | Christian Heinrich Wolf (1892–1962) |
1962-1968 | Hans Vaillant (1904–1978) |
1968-1974 | Wolfgang Busch (?) |
1974-1977 | Günter Schöpp (1928-2014) |
President of the Wuppertal Chamber of Commerce and Industry | |
1945-1959 | Wilhelm Vorwerk (1889–1967) |
1959-1964 | Max Kretschmann (1890–1972) |
1964-1970 | Harald Frowein (1900–1978) |
1970-1977 | Walter Salzer (1911–1978) |
President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid | |
1977-1985 | Georg Kroll (1922-2015) |
1985-1997 | Jörg Mittelsten Scheid (* 1936) |
1997-2013 | Friedhelm Sträter (* 1950) |
2013-2018 | Thomas Meyer (* 1955) |
President of the Bergisch Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid | |
2019– | Thomas Meyer (* 1955) |
literature
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wuppertal 1831–1956 (commemorative publication for the 125th anniversary on January 17, 1956) , Wuppertal 1956
- Reinhard Thom: Bergische entrepreneurs in self-administration. For their 125th anniversary ed. from D. Bergischen Industrie- u. Remscheid Chamber of Commerce . Remscheid 1965
- Bergische Wirtschaft Anniversary PDF file Festschrift for the 175th anniversary of June 2005
Web links
- Entry in the Wuppertal monument list
- Website of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid
- Members of the IHK-Kombi West (association of the IHK magazines NRW)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.wuppertal.ihk24.de/servicemarken/aktuell_presse/medien_infos/Aktuelle_Medieninfos_Mai_2013/2417864/VV.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ General Assembly: Thomas Meyer continues IHK President. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on May 18, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.bundesrecht.juris.de/ihkg/index.html Law on the provisional regulation of the law of the chambers of industry and commerce of December 18, 1956 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 920 ), last amended by Article 7 of the law dated December 11, 2008 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2418 )
- ^ Georg Kroll, speech at the ceremony of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid on June 11, 1980, typescript
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