Volksbank in the Bergisches Land

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Logo of the cooperative banks  Volksbank im Bergisches Land eG
Voba RSG
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Seat Remscheid
legal form registered cooperative
Bank code 340 600 94
BIC VBRS DE33 XXX
founding 1869
Association Cooperative Association - Association of Regions e. V.
Website www.bergische-volksbank.de
Business data 2018
Total assets 2,359 million euros
insoles 1,690 million euros
Customer credit 1,412 million euros
Employee 384
Offices 27
Members 11,109
management
Board Andreas Otto (Chairman)
Lutz Uwe Magney
Supervisory board Thomas Schäfer (Chairman)
List of cooperative banks in Germany

The People's Bank in Bergisch Land eG is a German cooperative bank in Bergisch Land ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), based in Remscheid . The bank was created in 2017 from the merger of Volksbank Remscheid-Solingen and Credit- und Volksbank .

organization structure

Volksbank im Bergisches Land eG is a registered cooperative. The legal basis is the cooperative law and the statutes issued by the representative assembly of Volksbank im Bergisches Land eG. The organs of the bank are the management board, the supervisory board and the representative assembly.

history

Volksbank im Bergisches Land eG was created in 2017 from the merger of Volksbank Remscheid-Solingen eG and Credit- und Volksbank in Wuppertal. Both predecessor institutes have their own long history.

Volksbank Remscheid-Solingen eG

In 1987 the Volksbanken Remscheid and Solingen merged to form the Volksbank Remscheid-Solingen. Its history began with the founding of Volksbank Solingen on February 4, 1918. Two thirds of the founders belonged to the craft and related professions. Otto Ruppert, Friedrich Langenberg and Adalbert Weck formed the first board of directors.

The Volksbank Remscheid has its roots in the bank for trade and commerce founded in 1927 and the Schutzsparkasse Remscheid, which was founded in the same year and which merged to form Volksbank Remscheid in 1944. At that time there were branches in Remscheid-Mitte, Remscheid-Lüttringhausen, Wuppertal-Ronsdorf, Radevormwald, Hückeswagen and Wermelskirchen as well as the head office in Remscheid-Lennep.

Over the years, the business areas grew through further mergers and branch openings.

Volksbank Solingen

  • 1954 Opening of the Wald and Ohligs branches
  • 1964 Hilden branch opens
  • 1970 Opening of the Haan branch
  • 1978 Opening of the Aufderhöhe branch

Volksbank Remscheid

  • 1958 The Hasten branch opens
  • 1969 Takeover of Volksbank Burscheid with two branches
  • 1973 The Handweiser branch opens

In 1979 the head office of the bank moved to Tenter Weg. Since then there has been a branch on Kölner Strasse in Lennep.

Credit- and Volksbank eG

Credit- und Volksbank was created in 1966 through the merger of Volksbank Wuppertal eG and Barmer Creditbank, while at the same time they took over Volksbank Niederberg eGmbH, based in Mettmann.

The roots of Volksbank Wuppertal lie in the “Savings and Loans Association for Saint Joseph”, which was founded on December 2nd, 1869 by 43 citizens of the city. This date is considered to be the founding date of Credit- und Volksbank eG in banking history, making it one of the first cooperative banks in Germany. After several name changes, the institute was entered in the cooperative register on October 6, 1941 as Volksbank Wuppertal eGmbH.

Barmer Creditbank was registered as an AG on December 18, 1900; their legal predecessors were the Barmer Handwerker-Loan-Verein and the Barmer Volksbank eG. In 1932 it returned to its original legal form as a registered cooperative as Barmer Credit eGmbH.

Over the years, the business areas grew through further mergers and branch openings.

Volksbank Wuppertal

  • 1960 Opening of the Cronenberg branch
  • 1960 Opening of the Ronsdorf branch
  • 1963 Opening of the Langerfeld branch
  • 1965 Opening of a branch in Oberbarmen

Barmer Creditbank

  • 1953 Construction of the office building on Bernhard-Letterhaus-Straße, until 2017 the main administrative headquarters of Credit- und Volksbank.
  • 1960s opening of branches in Elberfeld and Oberbarmen.

After the merger in 1966, the branches in some parts of the city were merged. When Credit- und Volksbank celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1969, its business area included branches in Mettmann, Neviges, Velbert, Wülfrath and Schwelm in addition to the Wuppertal branches.

Business area

The business area includes the cities of Remscheid, Wuppertal and Solingen , the cities of Burscheid , Haan , Hilden , Hückeswagen , Mettmann , Radevormwald , Schwelm , Velbert , Wermelskirchen and Wülfrath as well as parts of Odenthal ( Blecher ).

education

Training to become a bank clerk is offered. After one year of training, it is also possible to study for a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Economics & Management in Düsseldorf. At the beginning of the 2017 training year, Volksbank im Bergisches Land eG had 40 trainees.

Trivia

Walter Scheel , Federal President from 1974 to 1979, completed an apprenticeship as a banker at what was then Volksbank Solingen in the 1930s.

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, 2018 in the eBundesanzeiger
  3. ↑ Publication of the Wuppertal District Court on GenR 238 on August 1, 2017
  4. ↑ training. Retrieved August 24, 2017 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 43 "  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 56.4"  E