Baugenossenschaft Wiederaufbau eG is a housing cooperative based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. Its stated purpose is to support members by providing good, secure and socially responsible housing. The cooperative was founded in Braunschweig on 30 May 1951, in response to post-war housing shortages. 76
The organisation owns and manages more than 9,000 homes, with its housing stock concentrated in Braunschweig and extending across southeastern Lower Saxony into neighbouring Saxony-Anhalt. Locations listed by the cooperative include Wolfenbüttel, Salzgitter, Goslar, Bad Harzburg, Seesen, Quedlinburg, Blankenburg and Halberstadt. 7 It also manages, develops and provides services connected with housing and real estate, and has operated a savings facility for members and their relatives since 2006. 7
The cooperative reports around 17,700 members and more than 9,100 homes, and describes itself as one of Lower Saxony’s largest cooperatively organised housing companies. 8 Its registered address and main office are at Güldenstraße 25 in Braunschweig. 38 The listed board members are Florian Bernschneider and Torsten Böttcher; Christoph Schmitz chairs the supervisory board. 3 The organisation’s activities are regional rather than national: its housing stock is located in southeastern Lower Saxony and adjacent Saxony-Anhalt. 78