Kleinwalsertal mountain railway
| Kleinwalsertaler Bergbahnen AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1969 |
| Seat | Riezlern |
| management | Andreas Gapp & Johannes Krieg |
| sales | 11,771,440 euros |
| Branch | Mountain railways, gastronomy |
| Website | https://www.ok-bergbahnen.com/ |
The Kleinwalsertaler Bahn AG (KBB) is a shareholder or operator of five important tourist cable cars and numerous ski lifts in the Allgäu Alps on the Austrian and German territory. The company is based in Riezlern in the Austrian Kleinwalsertal (state of Vorarlberg ).
The group of companies employs (after the takeover of Ifen Bergbahn) around 330 people. The board of directors of KBB is Andreas Gapp and Johannes Krieg, who also act as managing directors of Fellhornbahn GmbH.
history
The Kleinwalsertaler Bergbahn AG was created in 1969 by renaming from the Kanzelwandbahn AG, which had existed since March 6, 1954. The founding shareholders of Kanzelwandbahn AG were:
- Riezlern power station: 38.4%
- Allgäuer Überlandwerk: 15.4%
- Mittelberg community: 23.1%
- 41 small shareholders: together 23.1%
The main shareholders of KBB today (2009) are Allgäuer Überlandwerk GmbH from Kempten with a stake of 51% and Raiffeisen Holding Kleinwalsertal eGen from Hirschegg (which also majority owned by Raiffeisenbank Kleinwalsertal AG ) with a stake of 45%.
Cableways
- Kanzelwandbahn , Riezlern
- Fellhornbahn , Oberstdorf (100%)
- Nebelhornbahn , Oberstdorf (26%)
- Walmendingerhornbahn (100%)
- Ifen Bergbahn (100%): the mountain railway at Hohen Ifen , established in the 1970s, was for a long time majority owned by Ruth Merckle , the wife of pharmaceutical entrepreneur Adolf Merckle . By taking over the 82% share of the Merckle family and the 18% share of the family of the Kleinwalsertal tourism pioneer Alfons Herz, Ifen Bergbahn GmbH u. Co since July 1, 2009 completely to KBB.
- Söllereckbahn
Lifts
In the ski and snowboard areas of Kanzelwand, Fellhorn, Walmendingerhorn, Nebelhorn and Ifen, KBB is involved in almost 20 lift operating companies. The Kanzelwand / Fellhorn and Nebelhorn ski areas are equipped with snow-making systems, and another system is planned for a system on the Ifen.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual Report 2011/12. Kleinwalsertaler Bergbahn AG, accessed on January 22, 2013 (PDF).
- ↑ Buy the Kleinwalsertaler Bergbahnen Ifenbahn , ORF Vorarlberg, April 3, 2009
- ↑ “Great services to our valley” , www.das-hoechste.com, July 18, 2012
- ↑ Artificial snow-making on the ski slopes “essential”: Kleinwalsertaler Bergbahn AG shareholders' meeting wants to spend even more money on snow cannons ( 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. , Allgäuer Zeitung , October 31, 2007
- ↑ Participations ( 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. , Raiffeisen Holding Kleinwalsertal
- ↑ "A perfect ski area for the winter sports family" ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Allgäuer Advertisement Sheet, June 30, 2009
