Volksbank Gescher

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Logo of the cooperative banks  Volksbank Gescher eG
Bench small katha.jpg
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Seat Marktplatz 5
48712 Gescher
legal form registered cooperative
Bank code 401 649 01
BIC GENO DEM1 GE1
founding 1898
Association Genossenschaftsverband - Association of Regions eV
Website www.vb-gescher.de
Business data 2019
Total assets EUR 390 million
insoles 166 million euros
Customer credit EUR 243 million
Employee 74
Offices 2
Members 4,591
management
Board Ralf Frankemölle
Jörg Porsche
Supervisory board Martin Schultewolter (Chairman)
List of cooperative banks in Germany

The Volksbank Gescher eG is a cooperative bank in Gescher . In addition to the main office, there is a branch in Hochmoor (Gescher) . It belongs to the Federal Association of German Volksbanks and Raiffeisenbanks .

history

Founded in 1898

The Volksbank Gescher goes back to the founding meeting of the Gescherer Savings and Loan Association eGmuH held on January 23, 1898. The chairman of the supervisory board was L. Meyer, vicar and president of Haus Hall , the first rendant was Bernhard Beving from Estern.

The main office of the savings and loan fund, 1927
The main office of the savings and loan fund, 1962

Four months after it was founded, the association had 110 members, 42 depositors (including 13 servants, maids and children), 9 members who had received loans. The balance sheet total for the year was 77,000 marks . In the first few years there were business premises in the Alter Haus Möbel Mensing, Haus Scharlau and finally in the Domhotel.

In 1927 the bank moved into its first bank building.

After 1945

In 1948, after the currency reform , the opening balance was DM 700,000 . In 1949, the company was renamed to Spar- und Kreditkasse Gescher eGmuH

On November 28, 1961, a branch was opened in the Hochmoor district. At the end of 1962, the bank moved into a new building on Katharinenstrasse. In 1968 the branch in Hochmoor got its own building.

In 1985 the main office got a new look. On May 1, 1998, the bank celebrated its 100th anniversary.

On June 7, 2001 the name was changed to Volksbank Gescher eG

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Master data of the credit institute at the Deutsche Bundesbank
  2. Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2019
  3. ^ Volksbank Gescher: History , accessed on March 11, 2016.
  4. Entry in the Cooperative Register No. 126 at the Borken District Court on June 21, 2001

Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 20.1 ″  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 27.3 ″  E