Chamber of Commerce of the Palatinate
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Palatinate is one of 80 German chambers of industry and commerce and, in terms of regional jurisdiction, covers the area of the Palatinate district association . The seat is in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . The current address Ludwigsplatz 2 has existed since 1904.
history
Following an initiative by Speyer merchants, the first constituent meeting of the Chamber of Commerce took place on April 30, 1843 in the town hall of the Kaiserslautern town hall, under the leadership of District President Karl Theodor von Wrede . For this purpose, King Ludwig I of Bavaria appointed 15 founding members. Among them were Adam Weber, the mayor of Kaiserslautern, who was also elected first chairman. In 1850, King Maximilian II decided that the chambers should consist of three independent departments - the trade council for crafts, the trade council and the factory council. The chamber was now called the District Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Palatinate . In 1926 the Bavarian Chambers of Commerce were given the designation "Chamber of Industry and Commerce". After the seizure of power by the National Socialists, the self-management of the economy has been abolished. The CCI has been brought into line and disbanded in 1942 and in the Gauwirtschaftskammer incorporated. After the Second World War, the IHK was restored.
Personalities
List of all presidents from 1843 to the present day
| Term of office | president |
|---|---|
| 1843-1846 | Adam Weber |
| 1846-1851 | Adrian Pletsch |
| 1851-1856 | "Interregnum" |
| 1856-1865 | Ludwig Andreas Jordan |
| 1866-1867 | Simon Levi |
| 1867-187 | Sebastian Lederle |
| 1877-1898 | August von Clemm |
| 1898-1926 | Franz Ritter von Wagner |
| 1926-1937 | Hermann Tröltsch |
| 1938-1941 | Albert Reimann |
| 1941-1945 | Carl Wurster |
| 1946-1960 | Bernhard Landmesser |
| 1960-1968 | Leopold Arnsperger |
| 1968-1974 | Ernst Hermann Fernholz |
| 1974-1988 | Udo Giulini |
| 1978-1988 | Hans-Jörg Demuth |
| 1988-2004 | Axel Wiesenhütter |
| 2004-2015 | Willi Kuhn |
| 2015 – today | Albrecht Hornbach |