Rhineland Regional Association of Gardening Friends
| Rhineland Regional Association of Gardening Friends | |
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| purpose | Promotion and maintenance of allotment gardens and design of allotment gardens as part of the public green in the Rhineland part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. |
| Chair: | Hans-Jürgen Schneider |
| Establishment date: | July 23, 1922 |
| Number of members: | 26 district and city associations as well as 35 directly affiliated associations (2011) |
| Seat : | Dusseldorf |
| Website: | www.gartenfreunde-rheinland.de |
The Landesverband Rheinland der Gartenfreunde e. V. is the largest allotment gardening association in North Rhine-Westphalia. In contrast to all other federal states, in North Rhine-Westphalia the promotion of allotment gardening is anchored in the constitution, which supports the Rhineland Association of Gardening Friends in a special way in its work. The catchment area of the regional association extends from Emmerich to the Rhein-Sieg district and from Wuppertal to Aachen. It is based in Düsseldorf and is a member of the Bundesverband Deutscher Gartenfreunde e. V. The regional association sees itself as a lobby group and interface for over 90,000 allotment gardeners. It currently has 26 district and city associations and 35 directly affiliated clubs . The garden friends organized in the Rhineland Regional Association manage around 47,000 allotment gardens with around 2050 hectares of garden area in 814 facilities.
Goal and purpose of the association
According to the statutes, the regional association is committed to the promotion and maintenance of allotment gardens and the design of allotment gardens as part of the public green area accessible to the general public in conjunction with the state and local authorities. His goals also include increasing the quality of life for citizens as well as protecting the environment and preserving biodiversity. The association is politically and religiously neutral and pursues exclusively and directly charitable purposes within the meaning of the tax code.
Significance of allotment gardens in North Rhine-Westphalia
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the allotment garden system and thus also the work of the regional association have had a special place in relation to the situation in other federal states since the state constitution came into force in 1950. Since then, Article 29 (3) has said: “The small settlements and allotment gardening are to be promoted.” This makes North Rhine-Westphalia the only federal state in which the promotion of allotment gardening is anchored in the state constitution. Against this background, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia promoted the acquisition of allotment garden areas in the course of the post-war decades through interest-free loans and the creation of new or the expansion of existing facilities through grants.
tasks
One of the tasks of the state association is the commitment to the interests of contemporary allotment gardening and its socio-political and urban significance. He advocates the creation and maintenance of allotment gardens designated under planning law and the promotion of allotment gardening and advocates that the provision of allotment gardens is made possible to a sufficient extent for the population through appropriate urban and spatial planning. In particular, it is one of its tasks set out in the statutes to promote health, environmental protection and the introduction of young people to closeness to nature, taking into account the principle of non-profit status in connection with its members. To this end, the association strives to merge all associations of allotment gardening associations in the districts or urban districts in the Rhineland part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Services
The regional association advises its member associations on all horticultural and club-related issues and offers them a wide range of training courses for specialist advisors and other officials. With the training of these multipliers, he supports the affiliated allotment gardening associations in the performance of their statutory tasks, such as the voluntary maintenance and development of public greenery, the promotion of children and young people in the sense of a conscious approach to the environment and nature as well as the cultivation of part of the garden organically grown fruit and vegetables. The regional association publishes the specialist journal Kleingartenmagazin, in whose association part it offers member associations the opportunity to announce news and dates. It supports its members through lobbying and initiatives to protect and promote voluntary work. Each allotment gardening association is insured against liability damage in the allotment garden area due to its membership in the regional association.
history
On July 23, 1922, the representatives of the horticultural associations Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bergisch-Land (Remscheid, Solingen, Elberfeld, Ronsdorf, Barmen) and Krefeld founded the "Provincial Association of Rhineland Horticultural Associations" as the forerunner of today's Rhineland Association of Gardening Friends. In 1933, after Adolf Hitler came to power, the so-called " Gleichschaltung" of allotment gardeners' organizations began throughout Germany . After the organized club life was idle for a long time after the end of the Second World War, on June 26, 1946 Vice-Rector i. R. Franz Mauermann from Essen commissioned by the district president to undertake the “reorganization of the allotment garden system in the North Rhine Province”. Mauermann was confirmed by a unanimous election as chairman of the "Rhineland provincial group of allotment gardeners and small settlers" on November 11, 1946. At the meeting of the "Provincial Group" on February 13, 1947 in Cologne, the statutes were revised. The association gave itself the name "Rhineland Regional Association of Horticultural Associations" based in Essen. The general meeting of the association in Krefeld then voted in 1951 for the name “Landesverband Rheinland der Kleingärtner e. V. ". Since then he has been able to refer to the state constitution in his work (see above). In 2008, after several moves, the association moved into its office in Düsseldorf, which has a seminar room for conducting training courses in-house. Since 2008, the regional association has been called the “Landesverband Rheinland der Gartenfreunde eV” by resolution of the 10th association assembly in Mönchengladbach. V. ". With this, the association, which has had its permanent headquarters in Düsseldorf since 1996, wants to make it clear that it sees itself as a contact person for many gardening enthusiasts outside of the organized allotment gardening sector.
organs
Organs of the regional association are the association assembly, the advisory board and the board of directors. The association assembly, which must be called at least every four years, consists of the delegates of the member associations, the delegates of the passive members and the members of the board. The advisory board, which meets at least once a year, consists of the members of the board as well as the chairmen or a representative of the member associations. The board itself, which is elected for a period of four years, consists of the chairman, his deputy and at least three assessors.
literature
- Allotment garden magazine (publisher: Landesverband Bayerischer Kleingärtner e.V., Association of Allotment Gardeners Baden-Württemberg e.V., Landesverband Rheinland der Gartenfreunde e.V., Verlag mk publishing GmbH)
- Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKULNV), Düsseldorf, (editor): Future of allotment gardens in North Rhine-Westphalia (2009)
- Federal Allotment Garden Act
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ §2.1.1. the statutes of the Rhineland Regional Association of Gardening Friends
- ^ Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKULNV), Düsseldorf, (publisher): Future of allotment gardening in North Rhine-Westphalia (2009)
- ↑ §2.1.2. - §2.1.4. the statutes of the Rhineland Regional Association of Gardening Friends
- ↑ §4 of the statutes of the Rhineland Regional Association of Gardening Friends
- ↑ §5 of the statutes of the Rhineland Regional Association of Gardening Friends