Freie Wähler

What Freie Wähler does

Freie Wähler Wittenberg is the local Wittenberg district chapter of FREIE WÄHLER e.V., a registered association (eingetragener Verein) and German political party. Operating primarily at the municipal level, the chapter holds 4 seats in the Wittenberg Stadtrat (town council) and maintains representation in 10+ Ortschaftsräte (village councils) including Abtsdorf, Apollensdorf, Griebo, Mochau, Nudersdorf, Pratau, Reinsdorf, Seegrehna, and Straach. The chapter is led by Vorsitzender Stefan Kretschmar and is part of the broader FREIE WÄHLER network in Sachsen-Anhalt (state association founded in 2010), with Andrea Menke serving as state chair.

The organization positions itself as a non-ideological, pragmatic citizens' movement focused on local issues including municipal finances, SME and agricultural support, school preservation, tourism, and intergenerational community engagement. Its value proposition emphasizes citizen-centered governance, transparency, and the absence of party-line ideological constraints. It is financed through recurring membership dues and political donations from citizens and aligned organizations; no commercial pricing or revenue disclosures are published.

The chapter's go-to-market motion is event-driven, relying on regular member meetings, public events, presence in local council sessions, a content-marketing website (fw-wittenberg.de built on MODX CMF), a Facebook page, and membership drives. In January 2025, a new state board was elected, and the party is actively contesting the 2025 Bundestagswahl with a Sachsen-Anhalt Spitzenkandidat and direct candidate in the Anhalt-Dessau-Wittenberg constituency, extending its political footprint from municipal to federal level.

Name

Freie Wähler

Legal name

FREIE WÄHLER e.V.

Website

https://fw-wittenberg.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Freie Wähler Wittenberg is a local German political party chapter providing pragmatic, non-ideological representation in the Wittenberg district of Sachsen-Anhalt, holding seats in the town and village councils and contesting the 2025 federal election.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Party and Civic Representation

NAICS

Political Organizations (81394), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

State Legislature/Regional Assembly Administration (BPAIABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Central Government Policy, Strategy & Performance (incl. OMB-style functions) (BPAIAAAB)

Keywords

• Political party services
• Municipal governance representation
• Community political engagement
• Citizen political movement
• Local council representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Wittenberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Revenue generated from membership fees collected from party members in the Wittenberg district
2. Political Donations: Support from citizens and organizations who share the party's values and priorities

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Freie Wähler is a German political party (registered association, e.V.) that provides political representation at municipal, state, and federal levels. The Wittenberg chapter advocates for citizen-centered, non-ideological local governance through elected representatives in the Stadtrat (town council) and Ortschaftsräte (village councils), promoting pragmatic policies on economy, education, social affairs, and environment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Political Representation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Strongest municipal election result since founding in 2010 for Saxony-Anhalt state organization

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Volt Deutschland: Pan-European party with growing presence in German state elections including Sachsen-Anhalt; competes for the same pragmatic, citizen-centered voter segment and uses comparable chapter-based organization.
• Die PARTEI: Smaller German party with a comparable local-chapter-and-municipal-council operating model; competes for the same non-mainstream voter space and uses similar grassroots community engagement tactics.
• Piratenpartei Deutschland: Small German party organized around citizen-driven politics and digital-first communication; structurally similar as a membership-funded organization competing in municipal and state elections with limited professional infrastructure.
• Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW): Newly founded German party that has rapidly gained state-level seats in eastern Germany including Sachsen-Anhalt; a direct competitor for the same pragmatic, anti-establishment, locally-rooted voter base that FREIE WÄHLER targets.
• Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ÖDP): Small values-based German party that similarly operates through local chapters with focus on municipal council representation; comparable in scale, civic-engagement revenue model, and dependence on volunteer-driven campaigns.

Broad incumbents

• FDP (Freie Demokratische Partei): Established German party with a similar citizen-centric, economically liberal, non-ideological-leaning positioning; operates at a much larger national scale and competes for the same pragmatic voter segment.
• Bündnis 90/Die Grünen: Major established German party that also has strong local-level municipal presence and competes for voters in Sachsen-Anhalt; comparable in operating structure (membership-funded, council representation) but much larger scale.
• CDU Sachsen-Anhalt: Dominant established party in the Sachsen-Anhalt municipal landscape; the primary incumbent competitor that determines realistic seat-share ceilings for smaller parties like FREIE WÄHLER Wittenberg.

Direct peers

• FREIE WÄHLER Bayern: The Bavarian state association of the same FREIE WÄHLER federal party; operates under the identical non-ideological, pragmatic municipal-roots brand and political movement as the Wittenberg chapter, making it the closest organizational peer.
• FREIE WÄHLER Sachsen-Anhalt (Landesverband): The state-level parent association of which Wittenberg is a district chapter; shares identical political positioning, member-funded revenue model, and representation model across municipal, state, and federal elections.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/freie.waehler.bundesvereinigung
• Xx.com/freiewaehler_bv

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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