Housing cooperative Hamburg-Wandsbek from 1897

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Housing cooperative Hamburg-Wandsbek from 1897

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legal form registered cooperative
founding 1897
Seat Hamburg, Germany
management Detlef Siggelkow (Management Board)
Ralf Niedmers (Management Board)
Björn Hauto (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Number of employees 25.5 (2017)
sales EUR 20.8 million including EUR 5 million ancillary costs (2017)
Branch Housing industry
Website www.whw1897.de

The housing cooperative Hamburg-Wandsbek von 1897 eG , WHW for short, is a medium-sized Hamburg housing cooperative . It was founded on August 27 , 1897 in the independent town of Wandsbek , which at that time still belonged to Prussia , and which only became a district of Hamburg in 1937/38 . WHW owns over 3,200 apartments with a total living space of almost 200,000 m², and it also owns shops and parking spaces with a usable area of ​​over 19,000 m². The plants are mainly located in the Wandsbek district .

history

construction

Excerpt from the construction phase plan for Wandsbek-Marienthal from 1955. The sports field was built by the Volkshausbund , the administration building was below the southern curve on Hinschenfelder Straße
Former Administrative building of the Volkshausbund eV , built in 1928, sold in 2009. With two apartments and changing rooms for athletes. Today used as a residential building

After the entry in the cooperative register under the registration number 883 on September 22 , 1897 , the first financial year of the Bau- und Spar-Verein für Wandsbek und Umgebung eGmbH (registered cooperative with limited liability) began on October 1st . The first residential building with six 3- room - apartments was in the Heinrichstraße 9 (now Gladowstraße 13 ) built. The annual rent for an apartment was 250 marks , while in the neighboring Hamburg districts of Barmbek , Eilbek , Hamm and Horn the average per capita income was 459 marks. Despite the intention to improve the living conditions of the workers, they made up only 10% of the members at the end of 1898. In the Josephstraße 1899 arisen some terrace houses , so the ensemble 10a + b and 12a + b. Today, this includes the oldest preserved buildings of the WHW and represents the last example of terrace houses in the Wandsbek district. However, the monument expert Geerd Dahms points out in his report that the historical significance of the existing buildings is due to the extensive war damage and the greatly changed reconstruction no longer exists. By 1927 a total of 465 apartments had been built between Hogrevestraße and Auf dem Königslande . From 1927 onwards, the newly founded building cooperative free trade unionists Wandsbek eGmbH (BfGW) built hundreds of new apartments in just a few years using house interest tax . One example is the listed Friedrich-Ebert-Damm-Siedlung on Lesserstraße . The Friedrich-Ebert-Hof in Dulsberg , which is also a listed building, was built during this time , between Eulenkamp , Walddörferstraße and Lengerckestraße . After 1933, the National Socialists saw to it that the BfGW was dissolved and that the management of the cooperative, including the Bauverein, was filled with directors who were loyal to the line. The cooperative housing construction was practically stopped. In 1941 the general assembly of the building association voted for the merger with the BfGW. The new company was called Gemeinnützige Wohnungsgenossenschaft Hamburg-Wandsbek von 1897 eGmbH .

Consequences of war

Of the 930 apartments that the two cooperatives had built by 1933, 480 were completely destroyed and 250 badly damaged in the Second World War, and no apartment was entirely spared.

post war period

WHW high-rise building in Lesserstraße 43-49 , built in 1973

222 members appeared at the first general assembly after the war on November 25, 1945. The members of the cooperative, who had been deposed in 1933, were re-elected and a decision was made to amend the statutes to promote democracy. The planned reconstruction could only begin with the currency reform in 1948. In 1952 the Volkshausbund eV , founded in 1925, was incorporated into the cooperative , bringing 59 apartments, 6 shops and a restaurant in 5 residential buildings on Friedrich-Ebert-Damm . The Nordlicht-Filmbühne was opened at number 30 in 1951 (today Fahrrad Nielandt ). In addition, a sports stadium was added to the cooperative, on whose site the Hinschenfelder Stieg industrial area was later built and the proceeds of which were reinvested in new residential construction. The cooperative home on Gladowstrasse was also completed in 1953 for meetings of the newly introduced meeting of representatives. 540 new apartments had been built by 1959, including 225 in the Tonndorfer Hauptstrasse / Küperstieg residential complex, which has now been demolished . 830 apartments were completed between 1960 and 1969: 232 in the Dernauer Straße / Friedrich-Ebert-Damm / Thiedeweg area , 191 in Biehlweg / Lesserstraße and 301 in Lohbrügge on Reinbeker Redder / Fanny-David-Weg . Between 1970 and 1975 540 apartments were ready for occupancy, including 173 units in Kielkoppelstraße / Geesthachter Weg in Rahlstedt and 117 units in the high-rise building in Lesserstraße . The residential complex Alter Zollweg 61-63 in Rahlstedt with 42 units, completed in 1983, was the last new building project up to the new buildings in Gladowstraße in 1999. The house numbers 15-17 replaced a previous building there, opposite a three-storey flat roof building for the administration was built as number 20. The demolition of the Thiedeweg 23a + b facility began in 2006 . The new building with 83 residential units was completed in 2012.

Change of leadership in 2008

In 2008 it became apparent that the cooperative was threatened with financial difficulties. The trigger for this was the unsuccessful Thiedeweg construction project . A rescue forum appeared and alleged mismanagement. A demonstration was called on distributed flyers. This took place on the occasion of an extraordinary meeting of representatives on August 21, 2008. The WHW cooperative home was not approved by the board. The meeting place was therefore the community house of the Walddörfer housing cooperative in Bergstedt . Here the board members Verena Helle and Martin Hornig were dismissed by the meeting of representatives. The previous supervisory board resigned. Also present was the CDU member of parliament and lawyer Jörg Hamann as a representative of the rescue forum. The supervisory board was newly elected. The student and CDU member of the Wandsbek district assembly, Dennis Timmlau, was appointed chairman. The supervisory board then appointed two new board members. It was the previous department head Detlef Siggelkow and the real estate economist (ebs) and CDU member of parliament Ralf Niedmers. Niedmers was still tied to his previous employer. For this reason, Heinz R. Fricke, long-time director of the Süderelbe housing cooperative , was hired as a general manager for a transitional period in order to strengthen the technical and personnel aspects .

Business policy

The consolidation of finances was the most urgent task of the new board. In order to catch up on the renovation backlog, all available funds should be invested in the renovation of the existing building. New construction was excluded for the foreseeable future. After Mr. Niedmers was appointed full-time member of the board on July 1, 2010, the contract with the general manager ended on December 31, 2010. This went hand in hand with another strategic realignment. In the future, more emphasis should be placed on new buildings. In order to resolve the renovation backlog at the same time, the cooperative's own land is planned, whereby the existing old stock that is in need of renovation is to be demolished first. This line was in Lesserstr. 123-125 and rosemary instr. 8 (new buildings after demolition) and Josephstr. 10-18 (demolition and new construction planned) continued to the present. Under the leadership of the new board, the cooperative has distinguished itself with the extensive construction of new social housing. According to its own information, WHW von 1897 eG was the Hamburg housing cooperative in 2014 and 2015, which produced most of the social housing ready for occupancy.

Current development

Residential complex Property cancellation New building ready to move into
Thiedeweg 23a-g built-up stock 68 units 83 units Early 2012
Hörnumstr. 4a undeveloped stock - 11 units at the end of 2012
Tonndorfer Hauptstr. 85-91 built-up stock 112 units 190 units Early 2015
Lesserstr. 123-127 built-up stock 26 units 31 units Mid 2017
Rosemary instr. 8th built-up stock 4 WE 9 WE Late 2018

organization

The members of the cooperative elect representatives from among their ranks every 5 years. In the last election in 2012, 61 member representatives were elected. All are entitled to participate in the meeting of representatives, which takes place at least once a year, and forms the basic body of the WHW (§§ 16, 48 GenG). The electoral board is responsible for organizing the election for the representative assembly. The chairman is the State Council a. D. and Haspa bank director Detlef Gottschalck. The supervisory board newly elected en bloc by the representatives' meeting every 3 years (most recently in 2014) consists of 6 members. Björn Hauto is the chairman. The management appointed by the supervisory board consists of the equal members of the board Detlef Siggelkow, responsible for maintenance and modernization (full-time since 2008) and Ralf Niedmers, responsible for new buildings (voluntary since 2008, full-time since 2010). In addition, more than 25 positions were filled in administration and property management on average in 2017. The WHW is a member of the auditing association vnw .

Key figures

year Apartments Members Living space Equity Borrowed capital sales Annual result
2006 3,236 4.025 187,584 m² € 12,698,048 € 71,711,577 € 15,168,106 € −1,240,069
2015 3,281 4,055 196,910 m² € 21,814,640 € 91,448,331 € 20,055,323 € +1,790,052

Press coverage

The Hamburger Abendblatt has reported several times since 2008 on conflicts in the WHW.

  • Because of a failed new building project in Thiedeweg , WHW suffered millions in damage . A claim for damages against the former board members and supervisory board members was rejected in the last instance in February 2014.
  • After an unsuccessful request for help from the auditing association at the end of 2012, three members of the supervisory board, including the chairman, left the supervisory board in quick succession.
  • In order to prevent the Josephterrassen from being demolished as requested by the WHW , the Wandsbek district initiated a procedure in 2015 to issue an urban planning conservation ordinance . The residents of the dilapidated houses, on the other hand, founded an initiative and demanded the construction of social housing.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual financial statements of WHW - financial statements from 2009 Unternehmensregister.de. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ About us - Creation of the WHW cooperative website. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Report of the Medical Council on the medical statistics of the Hamburg state; 1898 - Plate 1. Fig.2 Website of the Hamburg University Library. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Renovation or new construction taz.de of March 18, 2015. Accessed on July 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ http://whw1897.de/media/pdf/gutachterliche_stellungnahme.pdf
  6. ↑ a b List of monuments Wandsbek - p. 517 ff. And 525 ff. Website for the preservation office of Hamburg. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ Cinemas in the Wandsbek district ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Filmmuseum-Hamburg.de. Retrieved August 18, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.filmmuseum-hamburg.de
  8. ↑ Housing cooperative gives their board members immediate notice Abendblatt.de of August 22, 2008. Accessed on August 16, 2015.
  9. ^ Minutes of the extraordinary meeting of representatives of the WHW on August 21, 2008, p. 2
  10. ↑ Minutes of the regular meeting of representatives of the WHW on June 29, 2009, p. 2
  11. ↑ Minutes of the regular meeting of representatives of the WHW on June 29, 2011, p. 3
  12. ↑ http://whw1897.de/media/2015_geschaeftsbericht.pdf
  13. ↑ https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/geng/
  14. ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/kommunales/article108076559/Ex-Staatsrat-Gottschalck-wechselelt-zur-Haspa.html
  15. ↑ Ten million euro ruin on Thiedeweg will be demolished Abendblatt.de from May 4, 2010. Retrieved on August 16, 2015.
  16. ↑ Hanseatic Higher Regional Court, judgment of February 21, 2014, AZ .: 11 U 112/12
  17. ↑ WHW representatives elect their supervisory board from Abendblatt.de on January 23, 2013. Accessed on August 16, 2015.
  18. ^ Josephterrassen: Demolition request for the time being from the table Abendblatt.de of April 17, 2015. Retrieved on August 18, 2015.
  19. ↑ http://www.bild.de/regional/hamburg/hamburg/genossenschaft-verklagt-stadt-auf-sozialwohnungen-49271792.bild.html
  20. ↑ https://www.mieterverein-hamburg.de/export/sites/default/.content/dokumente/mieterjournal/mieterjournal-2016-1.pdf

Remarks

  1. ↑ The number of employees is given as the annual mean.
  2. ↑ The statutes of the WHW allow payment of honorary board members (§ 20 Abs. 6 S. 2).

literature

  • Housing cooperative Hamburg-Wandsbek von 1897 eG: reports on the business years 2010 - 2017

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