Volksbank on the Niers

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Logo of the cooperative banks  Volksbank an der Niers eG
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Seat Kevelaer
legal form registered cooperative
Bank code 320 613 84
BIC GENO DED1 GDL
founding 1885
Association Rheinisch-Westfälischer Genossenschaftsverband eV
Website www.vb-niers.de
Business data 2019
Total assets 2,531 million euros
insoles 1,990 million euros
Customer credit 1,817 million euros
Employee 381
Offices 20th
Members 51,636
management
Board Wilfried Bosch
Johannes Janhsen
Supervisory board Peter Küppers (Chairman)
List of cooperative banks in Germany
Administration building of Volksbank an der Niers eG

The People's Bank on the Niers eG is a bank in the region Niederrhein with a legal seat in Kevelaer . The administrative headquarters are in Geldern . With 381 employees, around 51,000 members and around 112,000 customers, the bank achieved total assets of more than EUR 2.5 billion in 2019 . Customers and members are advised in 20 branches.

history

On May 17, 1896, some citizens of the community came together in Issum in the Haak pub to found the Issumer savings and loan association eGmuH. This foundation was initiated by main teacher August Bogun and businessman Stephan Nolden, among others. Sixty people attended the meeting. Nolden was elected chairman of the board and Ferdinand Held chairman of the supervisory board. August Bogun took over the office of returnee. After the sexton of the Catholic Church in Issum, Heinrich Aegenheyster, had been elected as the new renter in September 1920, the office was moved to the sexton above the restaurant next to the Catholic Church. In 1928 the cooperative acquired the house at Neustraße 33 for 12,000 marks. The increased business volume and the parallel increase in the number of employees ultimately made a new, larger business premises necessary. In 1957 the cooperative finally moved into a new building on Schulstrasse. In 1959 the son of Heinrich Aegenheyster, Heinz, took over the management.

In 1969 the savings and loan association Issum recorded 14 million DM, had sales of 149 million DM, had 5,815 accounts and had 1,200 members. In 1970 the cooperative merged with the neighboring cooperatives from Sevelen and K (C) apellen as well as from Vernum. After this major merger, the balance sheet total was DM 34.8 million and sales were DM 203 million. The number of members was 2,417. After the merger, the cooperative bank had 14,581 personal accounts. In 1971 the cooperative opened a branch in Geldern. Over the years, more and more administrative departments had to be outsourced from the Issum office for reasons of space. The departments were then housed in the building in Geldern, which made the Geldern location more and more important. In 1974 the name was changed to Volksbank eG Geldern. In 1976, the merger with the savings and loan bank Veert followed. In 1980 Volksbank eG Geldern reported a balance sheet of 180 million DM. Volksbank eG Geldern had 5,854 members, had five branches and one paying agent. The number of customers was 20,300. The name of the cooperative was changed to Volksbank Geldernland eG by resolution of the representatives' meeting on March 26, 1992. This renaming was the consequence of the merger with the Vereinsbank eG in Straelen in accordance with the contract dated December 5, 1991 and with the Volksbank eG in Kerken. Volksbank Kerken eG had already taken over the purchasing and sales cooperative Kerken while it was self-employed in 1986. 100 years of partnership. 1891-1991. Volksbank Geldern. Zgl. 1990 annual report.

On the resolution of the representatives' meeting on May 27, 1999 and on the resolution of the general meeting of Volksbank Walbeck eG on March 11, 1999, the cooperatives merged on the basis of the merger agreement of June 16, 1999. On December 19, 2005, the boards of directors and supervisory boards of Volksbank Goch signed -Kevelaer eG and Volksbank Gelderland eG signed the merger agreement in the Mühle an der Niers near Schloss Wissen. After the merger, the cooperative was renamed Volksbank an der Niers eG. Volksbank an der Niers eG reported EUR 1,590.8 million in 2006, had 41,849 members and employed 354 people.

Savings and loan fund Sevelen

The savings and loan association eGmuH Sevelen was founded on April 23, 1893 mainly by farmers but also by some craftsmen and traders. Peter Ballmanns was elected Chairman of the Board of Management and Peter Baumanns Chairman of the Supervisory Board. The office of the Rendanten was initially taken over by a member named Beniers. When Gerhard Smeets took over the management, the office was moved to his house. In 1939, Smeet's daughter Margarete took over the management of the cooperative. Until the inauguration of the new cash desk building in 1958, the office was housed in the house of the Smeets family.

Savings and loan fund chapels

On March 13, 1891, 24 citizens from Kapellen, Hamb and Achterhoek founded the Capellen Savings and Loan Association eGmuH. The first head of the association was Peter Heinrich Polders, and the first chairman of the supervisory board was Peter Johann Aengenheister. The business premises were initially housed in the house of the innkeeper Segerius Zieberts, since Zieberts' son took over the office of renter. A year later, the cooperative moved into the newly built annex. The business premises stayed here until 1924. On February 3, 1924, the accountant Peter Lauber was elected as the new renter. The ticket office was relocated to the church building on Lange Straße / corner of Feldstraße, where the Rendant also lived. With the adoption of a new statute in 1926, the name of the cooperative was changed to Spar- und Kreditskasse eGmuH Kapellen. In 1927 the cooperative acquired the house on Langen Strasse and built a bank building there with an apartment for the renter. In 1954 Lauber stepped down and his son Franz took over the management of the cooperative bank. Franz Lauber held this office until 1988.

The credit cooperative, along with eleven other credit cooperatives, was involved in the establishment of the Rhenish Auditing Association in Kempen and in the central bank, the Rheinischer Bauern-Creditverein eGmbH.

Savings and loan fund Vernum eGmbH zu Hartefeld

On June 1, 1893, 37 citizens from Vernum and Hartefeld founded the savings and loan association Vernum eGmuH zu Hartefeld. Theodor Leurs, Ackerer, became the first chairman. Teacher Joseph Schmidt took over the office of return. In 1921 he was replaced by Theodor Soesters. Later the sexton and organist Bernhard Bereths took over the management. The office was then moved to the old chaplaincy. In 1969 the cooperative had 271 members.

Savings and loan fund Veert

The savings and loan association eGmuH in Veert was founded on December 11, 1910. The cooperative began operations on January 20, 1911. At that time, the cooperative had 51 members. Matthias Pottbecker took over the office of returnee. When Pottbecker died in 1924, the main teacher Wilhelm Esser took over the post. The first chairman of the supervisory board was Pastor Schepper. Jakob Blix was chairman of the board from 1910 to 1917, Heinrich Staudt from 1917 to 1940.

Between 1950 and 1956 the cash register was housed in the house of the Pauels family after Hubert Pauels junior. had taken over the management. In 1954 an office worker was hired. Two years later the office moved to the new Pauels building. In 1961 the cooperative was able to move into its own new building. In 1971, the comrades initially rejected a merger with the savings and loan fund Issum-Kapellen-Hartefeld.

Volksbank Walbeck eG

On March 31, 1895, 26 people from Walbeck founded a credit union in the Allofs restaurant. Among the founding members were the shoe manufacturers Peter Eyckmann, Barthel Eyckmann, Johann Koppers, Wilhelm Koppers and Hermann Janssen, six farmers, two small traders, two bricklayers, a butcher, a bike maker, a brewer, a pliester, a shoemaker, a sexton and a baker , a postal agent , a coppersmith, a teacher and an innkeeper. The chairman of the founding assembly was Eduard Leenen, at that time the only large landowner in Walbeck and brother of the mayor Joh. Ludwig Leenen. The teacher Wilhelm Oppenberg was chosen to be the student. After the first financial year, the cooperative had 63 members.

On October 9, 1920, the Kreissparkasse Geldern opened a collection point in Waldeck. The church manager Theodor Janssen took over the management. In 1927 the acceptance point was converted into a branch. The cooperative, for which the acceptance or branch of the Kreissparkasse represented competition, initially retained the tradition of setting up the cash register in the private house of the respective renter. In 1957, the cooperative built its first bank building, which was expanded in 1968. As early as 1953, the voluntary return office had been given up and a full-time managing director was appointed. Heinrich Leenen resigned his office after 33 years and Hans Eyckmann was hired as the first full-time managing director. He managed the business until 1988. In 1970 the cooperative had a balance sheet of around DM 14 million. In 1976, the Walbecker cooperative, which had operated as Volksbank eG since 1975, took over the savings and loan fund Pont, which at the time of the merger had a balance sheet volume of around DM 10 million. After the merger the balance sheet total was approx. 42 million DM. In 1985 the balance sheet total reached 125 million DM. 100 years Volksbank Walbeck. 1895-1995.

The savings and loan fund Pont was founded on December 18, 1900 by 20 Ponters. The executive board consisted of Gerhard Mertens (chairman) and Hermann Deselaers (deputy). Theodor Elspaß chaired the supervisory board. The teacher Holzschneider took over the post of render. In 1923 the cooperative had 77 members. In 1958 the cash register moved into the house of the Rendanten Theodor Büsch. In 1963 they finally started building their own cash building on Dorfstrasse.

Volksbank Goch-Kevelaer eG

In the business area of ​​the former Volksbank Goch-Kevelaer eG, it was the citizens of Uedem who founded the Uedemer Bank in 1885, the first cooperative credit institute in the area. In the following years another 13 foundings were made. The youngest of these foundations was Volksbank Niederrhein eG in 1956.

Weezer Volksbank eGmbH, which was founded on December 9, 1894 as a savings and loan fund and was renamed Weezer Volksbank eGmuH (from 1964: eGmbH) in the 1920s, took over several neighboring cooperatives over the years, which ultimately resulted in Volksbank Goch- Kevelaer was born. When the cooperative was founded, 130 members already joined. Count Friedrich von Loe was elected as the first chairman and the farmer Lambert van Doornick as his deputy. 75 years of Weezer Volksbank eGmbH Weeze / Niederrhein. 1894–1969, unpublished weeze municipal archive: list of members of the savings and loan fund Weeze, 1894–1914

In 1970 the Weezer Volksbank eGmbH took over the savings and loan association Kevelaer (founded in 1895), the savings and loan association Wetten (founded in 1897) and the savings and loan association Winnekendonk (founded in 1894), which in 1967 became the savings and loan association Kervenheim (founded in 1904). With the merger in 1970, Volksbank Weeze changed its name to Volksbank Kevelaer. In 1981 Volksbank Kevelaer eG took over the savings and loan association Twisteden eG (founded in 1900). In 1990 Volksbank Kevelaer eG merged with Volksbank Goch-Uedem eG. After the merger, the cooperative bank was called Volksbank Goch-Kevelaer eG. In 1990 Volksbank Goch-Kevelaer eG had 9,471 members. The number of members rose to 10,760 by 1993. The balance sheet total increased from DM 573,638,000 to DM 738,455,000 in the same period.

Before the merger with Volksbank Gelderland eG, Volksbank Goch-Kevelaer eG had ten other branches in addition to its main office in Kevelaer, including in Asperden, Goch, Uedem and Weeze. From the savings and loan fund Louisendorf to Voba Goch-Kevelaer.

Volksbank Goch-Uedem eG emerged from a large number of mergers. In 1986, Uedemer Bank eG (founded in 1885) and Volksbank Goch eG merged to form Volksbank Goch-Uedem eG. It can be assumed that in all the mergers that ultimately resulted in Volksbank Goch-Uedem eG, the savings and loan fund Goch, founded in 1906, was the merging partner taking over. The cooperative founded in 1906 first merged in 1970 with the savings and loan fund Keppeln-Louisendorf-Pfalzdorf. In 1974 the merger with Volksbank Niederrhein eG followed. At the same time, the cooperative was renamed Volksbank Goch eG. In 1976 Volksbank Goch eG took over the savings and loan fund Hassum-Asperden eG, which presumably emerged from the savings and loan fund Hassum founded in 1895 and which in 1970 took over the savings and loan fund Asperden (founded in 1897). The Volksbank Goch-Uedem.

The savings and loan fund Keppeln-Louisendorf-Pfalzdorf probably goes back to the savings and loan fund Keppeln founded in 1897. In 1955, it initially took over the savings and loan association Louisendorf (founded in 1922) and then changed its name to the savings and loan association Keppeln-Louisendorf. In 1965 she finally took over the savings and loan fund Pfalzdorf (founded in 1895), which gave rise to the name Spar and loan fund Keppeln-Louisendorf-Pfalzdorf.

Social Commitment

Every year the Volksbank an der Niers supports social, cultural and sporting projects of clubs, educational institutions and other institutions.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Master data of the credit institute at the Deutsche Bundesbank
  2. ↑ a b Facts and Figures 2016
  3. ↑ 100 years Volksbank Goch-Kevelaer eG, Goch 1994.
  4. ↑ 10 years of savings and loan fund Issum, 1956. (Community archive Issum)
  5. ^ Vereinsbank eG Straelen 1905-1980. 75 years of cooperative self-help, Geldern 1980. (Kleve district archive)
  6. ↑ Issum municipal archive: Acta Specialia re. Credit cooperative, 1915 (Sig. A 1845) Acta Specialia re. Credit cooperatives, 1896-1912 (Sig. A 1846)
  7. ↑ Account book of the savings and loan association Sevelen 1925-1927 (Sig. B 676)
  8. ↑ Stadtarchiv Straelen: inventory E 26 acquisition and economic cooperatives, savings, credit and loan funds, 1854-1926 (file no.1.12)
  9. ^ Stadtarchiv Kleve: Heinrich Valentin: Savings and Loan Fund Veert, Weeze 1977.
  10. ^ Josef Jörissen: 175 years of Louisendorf. Chronicle of a Palatinate village on the Lower Rhine, Goch-Pfalzdorf 1995, p. 42ff.
  11. ↑ Josef Jörissen: Chronicle of the community Bedburg-Hau. Bedburg-Hau 1990, pp. 173f.
  12. ↑ 60 years of dairy cooperative Hassum eGmbH and savings and loan fund Hassum eGmbH. no year
  13. ^ Stadtarchiv Goch Chronicle of the savings and loan fund Pfalzdorf from 1895 to 1924. Handwritten manuscript
  14. ^ Stadtarchiv Goch: Annual reports / management reports of Volksbank Goch, 1991-2005.

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 15.5 "  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 12.3"  E