Heidenheim

What Heidenheim does

Stadt Heidenheim an der Brenz is a municipal government entity located in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, providing comprehensive public administration and civic services to the residents of Heidenheim an der Brenz under the leadership of Oberbürgermeister Michael Salomo and the elected Gemeinderat. The city delivers administrative services (Bürgerservice, building permits, civil registry, elections), education infrastructure (kindergartens through DHBW Heidenheim), cultural programming (Opernfestspiele Heidenheim, Kunstmuseum, Naturtheater, Stadtarchiv), sports and recreational facilities including the 1. FC Heidenheim Bundesliga stadium, and economic development programs such as the DOCK 33 startup center. The city owns and operates several municipal entities including Stadtwerke Heidenheim AG, Städtische Grundstücks- und Wohnungsbau-GmbH Heidenheim (SGWH), Congress & Event Heidenheim GmbH, and DOCK 33 Heidenheim GmbH.

The city's digital offering is built on the Komm.ONE municipal platform and includes a Bürgerinfoportal (citizen information portal), online appointment booking (Terminbuchung), digital procedure descriptions (Verfahrensbeschreibungen), a regional event calendar (LändleEvents), and Eventim-powered ticketing for city events and venues. The Stadtarchiv holds approximately 1,000 linear meters of records with parchment originals dating to 1323. The technology stack is standard shared municipal infrastructure rather than proprietary commercial software.

Revenue is generated through statutory municipal taxation (property tax and trade tax, with Hebesätze published by the city), user fees for services including building permits, parking, burial, market, and waste water, supplemented by intergovernmental transfers. The city does not operate commercial pricing, and its primary "customer" segment is city residents. Services are distributed through the physical Rathaus and citizen service center (Bürgerservice), the online portal at heidenheim.de, and event ticketing partners; communication spans Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Xing, and an email newsletter.

Name

Heidenheim

Legal name

Stadt Heidenheim an der Brenz

Website

https://heidenheim.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stadt Heidenheim an der Brenz is a municipal government entity in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, providing administrative, educational, cultural, and economic development services to city residents through in-person citizen centers, a Komm.ONE-powered digital portal, and municipal facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Museums (712110), Historical Sites (71212)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

National Archives, Records & Information Governance (BPAIAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cultural Heritage Institutions (Archives, Historic Houses, Monuments Foundations) (THAJADAI), Parking & Curbside Management Authorities (Municipal Parking, Permits, Loading Zones) (BPAIALAL)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Public administration services
• Citizen services
• Urban planning
• Public cultural programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Heidenheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Stadt Heidenheim an der Brenz is a municipal government entity that delivers public administrative services to its residents and local businesses, including citizen registration, document issuance, construction permitting, tax collection, elections administration, and online appointment booking. The city also operates cultural and recreational services including museums (Kunstmuseum, Museum im Römerbad, Museum Schloss Hellenstein), the annual Opernfestspiele opera festival, and the Stadtarchiv city archive housing approximately 1,000 linear meters of historical records dating to 1323.

Product overview

Heidenheim (Stadt Heidenheim an der Brenz) is a municipal government entity operating the official city website as a digital services platform. The offering consists of a unified civic services portal built on the Komm.ONE municipal platform, providing city administration services, citizen portal access, event management, online appointment booking, museum services, and city archive access. These services are interconnected through the main city website at heidenheim.de, functioning as a comprehensive digital gateway to municipal services rather than a commercial product portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 1. FC Heidenheim: The city's professional football club that competes in the Bundesliga
• Opernfestspiele Heidenheim
• Brenzpark

Products and services

• City Administration Services (Rathaus & Verwaltung)
• Citizen Portal (Bürgerinfoportal)
• Online Appointment Booking (Terminbuchung)
• Event Calendar (Veranstaltungskalender / LändleEvents)
• City Museum Services (Museen)
• City Archive (Stadtarchiv)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DHBW Heidenheim (Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe city of Heidenheim and DHBW Heidenheim have intensified their cooperation to promote talent development and education. The partnership focuses on supporting students, graduates, and strengthening the connection between the university and local businesses. The Oberbürgermeister Michael Salomo meets regularly with the DHBW rector Prof. Dr. Marcus Hoffmann to advance collaborative initiatives.
• District Archives of OstalbkreisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint archival collaboration with neighboring district archives including Aalen, Bopfingen, Ellwangen, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Nördlingen, and Schorndorf, and the district archives of Heidenheim and Ostalbkreis. The Heidenheim City Archive participates in a collaborative blog (ostalbum.hypotheses.org) providing insights into archival activities and historical research topics.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Komm.ONE: Provider of the municipal IT platform (komm.one) on which Heidenheim's digital citizen services are built; an enabling ecosystem partner rather than direct competitor, shared with hundreds of Baden-Württemberg municipalities.

Regional players

• Stadt Tübingen: University-centered Baden-Württemberg city whose DHBW/Eberhard Karls Universität ecosystem offers a model for how Heidenheim's DHBW partnership and Dock 33 could mature.
• Stadt Schwäbisch Gmünd: Nearby Baden-Württemberg city of similar population size and historical depth, also participating in the joint Ostalbkreis archival collaboration; provides directly comparable municipal administration structure and cultural programming.
• Stadt Esslingen am Neckar: Baden-Württemberg city of comparable scale with deep industrial heritage, multi-channel citizen engagement, and active cultural programming — a relevant operational comparison for Heidenheim.
• Stadt Sindelfingen: Nearby Baden-Württemberg city with comparable industrial economic base and municipal service structure, including city archive and cultural programming.
• Stadt Friedrichshafen: Baden-Württemberg city of similar population and economic profile (industrial base + tourism), useful peer for benchmarking cultural programming and digital citizen services.
• Stadt Aalen: Adjacent Baden-Württemberg city of comparable size (~68,000 residents) with a similar municipal service portfolio including city archive collaboration (ostalbum.hypotheses.org) and shared regional governance in the Ostalbkreis.
• Stadt Reutlingen: Larger Baden-Württemberg city with comparable municipal portfolio including city archive, museums, and university partnerships; benchmark for Heidenheim's growth trajectory in cultural and administrative scope.
• Stadt Ludwigsburg: Comparable-sized Baden-Württemberg city with major cultural anchor (Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg) demonstrating how a mid-sized German municipality can monetize historic heritage assets, analogous to Heidenheim's Schloss Hellenstein.
• Stadt Göppingen: Comparable-sized Baden-Württemberg city in close geographic proximity, offering similar municipal services, cultural venues, and economic development functions for its residents.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/stadtheidenheim
• Facebookfacebook.com/rathaus.heidenheim
• Instagraminstagram.com/heidenheim.de
• TikToktiktok.com/@heidenheim.de?lang=de-DE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadt-heidenheim

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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