Austrian Raiffeisen Association

The Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband is the umbrella organisation of the Raiffeisen Group in Austria. It serves as a central platform, impulse-giver and strong voice for the interests of its members. It carries out the statutory audit, represents the concerns of the Raiffeisen Group at national and European level, and advises on economic, agricultural and tax-law questions. It supports its members with services, networked know-how and a broad further-education offering at the Raiffeisen Campus. DI Erwin Tinhof, CSE, is Generalanwalt (general counsel/chief executive) of the Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband, and Dr. Johannes Rehulka is Generalsekretär (secretary general).

The history of the Raiffeisen cooperatives in Austria is described as a 130-year success story that began in the 19th century and remains inseparably linked with Austria's economic development. The cooperative idea itself emerged in the 19th century, with Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888) as one of its key pioneers. Raiffeisen's idea was taken up in Austria: in 1886 the first Raiffeisenkasse was founded in Mühldorf bei Spitz an der Donau. Ten years later the number of savings and loan banks according to the Raiffeisen system had already grown to around 600. Since the end of the 19th century, Raiffeisen's development in Austria has been inseparably linked with the country's history. Today around 1,400 independent cooperatives active in various fields, with around two million co-owners, form the basis of the Austrian Raiffeisen Group, alongside a number of supra-regional affiliated companies owned by several cooperatives and a significant number of shareholdings at home and abroad.

Umbrella organisation, central platform, impulse-giver and strong voice for the interests of its members within the Raiffeisen Group in Austria.

1. 1ÖRV Startseite | Österreichischer Raiffeisenverbandraiffeisenverband.at
2. 2Die Geschichte der Raiffeisen-Genossenschaften | Österreichischer Raiffeisenverbandraiffeisenverband.at
3. 3Österreichischer Raiffeisenverbandwikidata.org