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The Raiffeisen principle
Knowing the people
Partnership with Hall Mint Museum
To mark the 125th anniversary of Raiffeisen in Tirol, we joined forces with the
Hall Mint Museum, the birthplace of our money, for the minting of a number of
commemorative coins. On the reverse, the coins bear the legend
125 Jahre
Raiffeisen in Tirol
(‘125 years of Raiffeisen in Tyrol’) and on the obverse the
Tyrolean eagle. In attendance at the minting of the first jubilee coins, using the
historic hammer striking method, were the following people (from left to right):
Dr Hannes Schmid, chairman of RLB Tirol AG management board and Raiffei-
sen-Bankengruppe Tirol, Josef Graber, director of Raiffeisen Regionalbank Hall
in Tyrol and Mag Christian Holzknecht, chairman of the management board of
Hall AG, in the picture with Peter Heel, the master of the mint.
Anniversary
Many customers and friends gathered for the anniversary celebration and
Advent party at Raiffeisen-Landesbank Tirol AG’s Tristach branch. In 1893,
120 years earlier, the Tristach-Amlach Raiffeisen bank opened as a savings
and loan association. In 1977, Raiffeisen-Zentralkasse Tirol, now renamed
Raiffeisen-Landesbank Tirol AG, took over the running of the branch. A proud
tradition celebrated fittingly with lively music and an exhibition of photographs of
Tristach in times gone by (‘Tristach in alten Ansichten’). Raiffeisen provides
the people of Tristach with a comprehensive range of banking services. Karl
Brunner (Lienz divisional manager) gave a talk in which he stressed the
importance of the bank branch for the people and economy of the region.
From left to right we see Markus Einhauer (mayor of Tristach), Karl Brunner,
Klaus Saiger (manager of Tristach branch) and Franz Gruber (head of
Erwachsenenschule Tristach adult education centre) at the party.
natopia
The club natopia and Raiffeisen Club Tirol are
working together to protect our environment through
the ‘wild-bee hotel’ project. The wild-bee hotel, built
by schoolchildren in Innsbruck-Mühlau, has been put
to good use by the local bee population, as natopia
director Andreas Jedinger and Mag Christine Hofer,
director of Raiffeisen Club Tirol, found out for them-
selves (photo). Bee hotels like this are an important
aid for the wild bee population of Tyrol. So far this
year, the club has introduced over 10,000 Tyrolean
schoolchildren to a range of activities during which
they learn about the natural world.
Raiffeisen Sumsi Day
in Alpenzoo Innsbruck
Raiffeisen fosters awareness of our natural world: for
several decades, Sumsi the bee has been used by
Raiffeisen to symbolise the virtues of ‘saving as busily
as a bee’ from a young age. Last year, the Tyrolean
Raiffeisen banks and Alpenzoo invited thousands of
children from all over Tyrol to the sixth Sumsi Day at
Alpenzoo Innsbruck. Accompanied by their parents,
the children enjoyed an exciting and educational day
focusing on the bee and its importance in our culture.
At a series of staging posts, the children learned
interesting facts about bees, for instance at the honey
bee and wild bee information stands. And naturally
they were also allowed to try the honey (photo).