Who is or what does the Purpose Association do
A Public Corporation
The Purpose Association is a public corporation and manages itself. The regulations applicable to municipalities are applied mutatis mutandis and are regulated in the association’s articles of the Association.
The area of the association extends over five local sub-districts. Eschbach, Bremgarten (Hartheim am Rhein), Grißheim (Neuenburg am Rhein), Heitersheim und Tunsel (Bad Krozingen).
The tasks defined in the association’s articles shall be carried out by the Purpose Association in place of the local sub-district municipalities.
The organs of the Purpose Association are the association assembly and the association chairman.
Association Assembly
The association assembly tusually meets 2 times a year. The members of the Association are represented in this meeting by the political representatives (district administrator, senior mayor, mayor).
The association assembly establishes the principles for the activities of the Purpose Association through the association chairman and the association director and supervises the implementation of their resolutions.
Association Chairman and Association Director
The legal representative of the Purpose Association is the honorary association chairman elected for five years from among the members of the association assembly. He represents the association assembly externally and chairs its meetings.
The full-time association director manages the association administration, implements the resolutions of the association assembly and the decisions of the association chairman.
Current Association Chairman
Volker Kieber
Town of Bad Krozingen
Current Association Director
Markus Riesterer
Deputy Chairman of the Association
- 1. Mayor Stefan Ostermaier, municipality of Hartheim am Rhein
- 2. Mayoress Sarah Michaelis, municipality of Eschbach
- 3. Mayor Jens Fondy-Langela, municipality of Neuenburg am Rhein
- 4. Mayor Christoph Zachow, municipality of Heitersheim
Tasks of the organs
- Overall political and financial management
- Drawing up of land-use plans and green space plans
- Development with roads, water pipes and sewers, including construction, maintenance and operation of the necessary municipal facilities (water supply, sewage disposal)
- Principles of the Settlement Policy
- Acquisition and sale of land
- Duties of the municipalities according to the regional building regulations
- Conclusion of concession agreements
Breisgau Business Park GmbH (Gewerbepark Breisgau GmbH)
In July 1997, the Purpose Association founded the Breisgau Business Park GmbH (Gewerbepark Breisgau GmbH).
The Breisgau Business Park GmbH (Gewerbepark Breisgau GmbH) assumes parts of the administrative tasks, such as the marketing, rental and sale of the properties and other activities, such as the maintenance and upkeep of the public areas. In addition, the Breisgau Business Park GmbH (Gewerbepark Breisgau GmbH) is the operator of the special landing field Breisgau Business Park (Bremgarten).
The administrative tasks and activities of the Breisgau Business Park GmbH (Gewerbepark Breisgau GmbH) are carried out by the association administration,which is headed by the full-time association director and managing director Markus Riesterer.