Regiogeld

**Regiogeld** refers to multiple community currencies across Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. As the name implies, ‘regional money’ serves a larger geographical community than most locally bound community currencies. They thereby increase the potential for environmentally sustainable production and supply chains by casting their net more widely across the local region.

While using a variety of models – including paper-based or electronic systems incorporating demurrage and some forms of local credit systems – Regiogeld currencies are designed to counterbalance the negative effects of globalisation through stimulating local SME economies. The most well-known Regiogeld currency is the Chiemgauer, operational in Bavaria since 2003.