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  Raiffeisen Friedrich Wilhelm: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
The Raiffeisen banks continue to be successful in Germany and the Netherlands.
Their founder, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, was a minister and long...keeper of his brethren, Friedrich Raiffeisen sought to establish an effective...status of starvelings.
RAIFFEISEN, FRIEDRICH WILHELM fre drikh vil helm rif i z n, 1818...the agricultural crisis of 1846 47 Raiffeisen came to the conclusion that the chief...early form of credit union.
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  Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Raiffeisen devoted himself to the improvement of the social condition of the cultivators of the soil, and did good work in the planning of public roads and in other ways.
The distress of the years 1846-47, the causes of which he discerned in the slight amount of credit obtainable by the small landed proprietors, led him to seek for a remedy in co-operation, and at Heddersdorf and at Weyerbusch he founded the first agricultural co-operative loan banks (Darlehnskassenverein).
Among Raiffeisen's writings are, Die Darlehnskassenvereine als Mittel zur Abhilfe (Neuwied, 1866; new ed., 1887); Anleitung zur Geschditsand Buchfiihrung ldndlichen Sparand Darlehnskassenvereine (new ed., 1896); and Kurze Anleitung zur Griindung von Darlehnskassenvereinen (new ed., 1893).
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 AllRefer.com - Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (Social Reformers) - Encyclopedia
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen[frE´drikh vil´helm rIf´I´´zun] Pronunciation Key, 1818–88, German leader in the cooperative movement.
After the agricultural crisis of 1846–47 Raiffeisen came to the conclusion that the chief need of the people was for credit.
The Raiffeisen banks continue to be successful in Germany and the Netherlands.
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Raiffeisen war Bürgermeister verschiedener Orte, ab 1845 von Weyerbusch/Westerwald, ab 1848 Bürgermeister von Flammersfeld/Westerwald und schließlich von 1852 bis 1865 des Ämteres Heddesdorf (heute Neuwied).
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 Raiffeisenlandesbank OÖ - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888) set himself the task of ameliorating the enormous economic suffering among large sections of the German population.
In 1862, he created a loan bank association and thus laid the foundation for the current global organisation of the Raiffeisen co-operatives.
The Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG was founded in 1927.
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 OSU Federal, Your Community Credit Union -The Credit Union Movement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Another German, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, sought to alleviate suffering from the famine by establishing bread unions and other cooperative credit systems among the rural populace in Bavaria, where he served as mayor.
His first societies were financed by wealthy patrons, but in 1864 Raiffeisen founded the Heddesdorf Credit Union, which closely resembled the principles of the modern credit union: members helping each other by pooling their resources, independent of anyone else's support.
Raiffeisen societies were designed to extend credit to hard-working people of strong character, despite their limited means.
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 FRIEDRICH WILHELM RAIF... - Online Information article about FRIEDRICH WILHELM RAIF...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Here he was so successful that in 1848 he was transferred in a like capacity to Flammersfeld, and in 1852 to Heddersdorf.
Raiffeisen devoted himself to the improvement of the social See also:
Record of Social and Economic Success (1895); and Fassbender, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (See also:
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 DGRV: Cooperatives > The history of cooperatives
In 1847, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen created the first aid association in Weyerbusch (Westerwald) to support the poverty-stricken rural population.
At the same time, but independently of Raiffeisen, Hermann Schulze began a campaign of aid whose goal it was to come to the assistance of financially struggling craftsmen.
The kind of cooperation that the cooperatives in the GDR represented was not of the Raiffeisen and Schulze-Delitzsch tradition.
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 Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen
Raiffeisen erkannte, dass die Abwehr gegen die Auswüchse der kapitalistischen Wirtschaftsweise nur durch den wirtschaftlichen Zusammenschluss der Betroffenen möglich war.
Nicht in der Staatshilfe sah er den Weg für deren wirtschaftliche Besserstellung, sondern in der Selbsthilfe.
Im Jahre 1862 gründete Raiffeisen nach diesen Gesichtspunkten in Anhausen in Deutschland den ersten Darlehenskassenverein und ging damit vom Prinzip der Wohltätigkeit auf das Prinzip der Selbsthilfe über - der Grundstein für sein genossenschaftlichen Wirken war gesetzt.
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 DGRV: Cooperatives > Sectors of the Cooperative Organisation > Raiffeisen cooperatives
In their role as market and service enterprises of the German agriculture, the Raiffeisen cooperatives supply their members with resources and equipment such as feed, fertiliser and machinery.
When Germany was reunified, the Raiffeisen organisation took over the consulting, support and auditing of farming cooperatives in East Germany.
Raiffeisen cooperatives are an important economic factor and employer in rural areas.
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 BRS - The Raiffeisen system
Weyerbusch, where Raiffeisen was the mayor, was a poor, isolated region with a primarily agricultural population.
It led Raiffeisen to the realisation that charity actions could not generate any long-term improvement in living conditions and that a different approach was necessary.
This was the origin of the typical Raiffeisen structure, which features a high degree of autonomy at the local level and subsidiary powers at higher levels.
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 ZG Raiffeisen - Verbund
Nahezu alle deutschen Landwirte, Gärtner und Winzer bekennen sich zu den Grundsätzen Raiffeisens.
Mit dem Motto "Raiffeisen - Leistung für alle" finden sie bei der Bevölkerung in Landgemeinden und Stadtrandgebieten großen Zuspruch.
Die Marktbedeutung der Raiffeisen-Genossenschaften ist in den einzelnen Warensparten unterschiedlich: Sie reicht von 28 Prozent bei Schweine- und 26 Prozent bei Rinderschlachtungen bis hin zu knapp 70 Prozent der gesamten Milchanlieferungen in Deutschland.
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 RZB.AT - Raiffeisen - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888) took on the challenge of alleviating the severe economic plight of the population.
To this end, Raiffeisen created an association of loan banks in 1862, which marked the foundation of the organisation of Raiffeisen cooperatives which today spans the world.
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG was founded in 1927 as Genossenschaftliche Zentralbank (GZB) and was renamed in 1989.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen was born on 30 March 1818 at Hamm/Sieg (Westerwald).
Due to his achievements, Raiffeisen became mayor of the larger district of Flammersfeld in 1848 and of Heddesdorf near Neuwied in 1852.
Raiffeisen’s wife died in 1863 after a long lasting heart disease at the age of 36 years.
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 Southwark Credit Union
The modern Credit Union Movement traces its origins to Germany and to Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, the Mayor of a small town in Southern Germany, who in 1849 formed Societies, which later evolved into credit unions, for the purpose of assisting people to help themselves out of debt and poverty.
Two men, Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch and Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, were responsible for creating the first true credit unions in Germany in 1852 and 1864.
Raiffeisen remained committed to that concept until 1864, when he organized a new credit union along principles still fundamental today.
www.creditunion.co.uk /history.htm   (2755 words)

  
 ✓ Friedrich_Wilhelm_Raiffeisen - Buyweb.de - Buyweb
Raiffeisen war Bürgermeister verschiedener Orte, ab 1845 von Weyerbusch/Westerwald, ab 1848 Bürgermeister von Flammersfeld/Westerwald und schließlich von 1852 bis 1865 des Ämteres Heddesdorf (heute Neuwied).
Raiffeisen hatte die Idee der genossenschaftlichen Selbsthilfe wohl durch seine Tätigkeit als junger Bürgermeister vom Flammersfeld im Westerwald.
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 Raiffeisen Portrait von Marlies Becker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Als Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen in 1818 in Hamm an der Sieg als siebtes,von neun Kindern geboren wurde, hatte seine Mutter Amalie eine Schultheißtochter, Mühe, die hungrigen Mäuler satt zu kriegen.
In Heddesdorf, vor den Toren Neuwieds gründet Raiffeisen 1854 den Darlehnskassenverein,den Vorläufer aller Raiffeisenbanken.
Auf dem Friedhof in Heddesdorf wurde Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen neben seiner Frau Emilie beerdigt.
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 Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen — Infoplease.com
After the agricultural crisis of 1846–47 Raiffeisen came to the conclusion that the chief need of the people was for credit.
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WORLD UPDATE: News From The WOCCU Forum.(World Council of Credit Unions' International Forum)(Brief Article)
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 BRS - Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888)
F.W. Raiffeisen werd geboren op 3 maart 1818 in Hamm an der Sieg, als zoon van een burgemeester-landbouwer.
In 1845 werd hij zelf op jonge leeftijd (27 jaar) burgemeester van Weyerbusch in het Rijnlandse Westerwald.
Raiffeisen was iemand die zich bewust was van de problemen van de boeren en er ook daadwerkelijk iets wou aan doen.
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 DRV Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ein Augenleiden zwang ihn 1843, den Militärdienst aufzugeben und in den zivilen Verwaltungsdienst zu wechseln.
Aufgrund seiner Leistungen wurde Raiffeisen 1848 Bürgermeister der größeren Gemeinde Flammersfeld und 1852 in Heddesdorf bei Neuwied.
Bei einem Krankenbesuch während einer Typhusepidemie infizierte sich Raiffeisen.
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 BRS - Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888)
F.W. Raiffeisen was born on 3 March 1818 in Hamm an der Sieg (Germany) as the son of a farmer and mayor.
Raiffeisen was aware of the problems experienced by farmers and wanted to do something concrete to help them.
Finally, he was above all a social reformer who introduced a socio-economic system with a major humanitarian impact, which changed the lives of many persons in a positive sense by increasing their prosperity and well being.
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 Too Many “Friedrich Wilhelms”
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Not to mention his brother, Wilhelm, a noted writer, philologist, and statesman in his own right — who was actually Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt.
Then there are people like the druggist Friedrich Wilhelm Sertürner, who isolated morphine from opium, and coined the term “alkaloid”; or the philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, whom Goethe called “the most congenial philosopher I know.” Or the physicist Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch, whose very accurate measurements helped establish the national standards laboratories.
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 .: CGG : Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen :.
Raiffeisen war Bürgermeister und sah die Not in seiner Gemeinde.
Deshalb gründete Raiffeisen landwirtschaftliche Hilfsvereine für die Unterstützung armer Bauern.
Raiffeisen hielt viele Vorträge und erklärte die Ziele des Vereins:
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 Ar-F.W.Raiffeisen
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen lernte als Landbürgermeister die Not der ländlichen Bevölkerung im 19.
Walter Arnold, Fritz H. Lamparter: Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen.
Seelmann-Eggebert, Erich Lothar: Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, sein Lebensgang und sein genossenschaftliches Werk, Stuttgart 1928 (Kopie von Textteilen).
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Raiffeisen, Friedrich Wilhelm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Raiffeisen, Friedrich Wilhelm RAIFFEISEN, FRIEDRICH WILHELM [Raiffeisen, Friedrich Wilhelm], 1818-88, German leader in the cooperative movement.
After the agricultural crisis of 1846-47 Raiffeisen came to the conclusion that the chief need of the people was for
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 Raiffeisen, Friedrich Wilhelm
Der Genossenschaftsgedanke F.(riedrich) W.(ilhelm) Raiffeisens als Kooperationsmodell in der modernen Industriegesellschaft
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen und die Entwicklung seiner Genossenschaftsidee, Univ. Diss.
Leben, Werk und Nachwirkungen des Genossenschaftsgründers Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888) im Kontext des deutschen sozialen Protestantismus; in: Greschat, Martin und Jochen-Christoph Kaiser (Hrsg.): Sozialer Protestantismus und Sozialstaat.
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 Raiffeisen Baustoffe Hanau mit WebCam | Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mit seiner Initiative verwirklichte Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen erstmals in moderner Form die Idee der Selbsthilfe von Menschen in einer festen Gemeinschaft: Der Genossenschaftsgedanke war geboren.
Selbsthilfe, Selbstverwaltung und Selbstverantwortung - diese Prinzipien kennzeichnen bis heute die Arbeit der Genossenschaften nicht nur in Deutschland, sondern in der ganzen Welt.
Mitgliedern wird heute das Gedankengut Raiffeisens und seine Verwirklichung gelebt und gefördert.
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The International Raiffeisen Union (IRU) is a worldwide voluntary association of national co-operative organizations which work and ideas are based on Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen's principles - i.e.
IRU was founded in 1968 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen's birth and has today 73 members in 41 countries.
IRU has the purpose of cultivating Raiffeisen's ideas, of propagating them openly and before all of bringing about the exchange of experiences between member organizations.
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