North Rhine-Westphalian university construction and financing company

The Nordrhein-Westfälische Hochschulbau- und finanzgesellschaft mbH , HFG for short , was a property development company of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the implementation of building measures in the university sector. The company was owned by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the company was based in Düsseldorf .

With § 1 of the Hochschulbaugesetz Nordrhein-Westfalen (HochSchBauG NW) from 1969 the HFG became with the expansion of the universities

• Bielefeld University and
• University of Düsseldorf

as well as the creation of clinical facilities

• Aachen Clinic at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen ,
• Essen Clinic of the Ruhr University Bochum and
• University Hospital Münster of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster

commissioned by the state in accordance with the draft contract and the expansion program.

A volume of 924.0 million DM was earmarked for these construction measures for the period 1969 to 1976 . The company was also authorized to carry out the planning, implementation, negotiations as well as purchases and sales on behalf of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

With effect from October 11, 1977 , the company was released from these tasks again (§ 1 UniAusbFortG NW). It was disbanded that same year because of its economic problems. A political scandal broke out.

The student residences operated by the company became the property of the Studentenwerke, for example five student residences in Bochum with a total of over 1,400 places to the Studentenwerk Bochum .

Web links

• Law on the continuation of the expansion of the universities of Bielefeld and Düsseldorf as well as the establishment of medical facilities of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, the comprehensive university Essen and the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (UniAusbFortG) of October 11th, 1977 (GV.NW. P. 355 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BUILDING SCANDAL: Pay and forget . In: Der Spiegel . No. 16 , 1979 ( online - 16 April 1979 ).