Bad Wurzach

What Bad Wurzach does

Bad Wurzach (legal name: Stadt Bad Wurzach) is a municipal government entity (Stadt/Gemeinde) in the Ravensburg district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, serving approximately 15,000+ residents across nine constituent districts: Arnach, Dietmanns, Eintürnen, Gospoldshofen, Haidgau, Hauerz, Seibranz, Unterschwarzach, and Ziegelbach. The municipality delivers a tripartite set of functions: local governance and citizen administration, health and wellness tourism, and nature conservation anchored by the Wurzacher Ried — the largest intact high moor in Central Europe. Its core products include the Digitales Rathaus (Digital Town Hall) built on TYPO3 CMS, which integrates the Bürgerserviceportal for online administrative procedures, the Virtuelles Bauamt for digital construction permit submissions, online water meter reporting (Wasserzählerstand Online Melden), and the Klimadashboard and Energiemonitor for environmental transparency. In-person services operate through the Bürgerbüro at Mühltorstraße 3, with tourism services delivered via Bad Wurzach Info (Touristinfo) at Rosengarten 3.

The underlying technology stack is conventional municipal web infrastructure: TYPO3 CMS for content management, self-hosted Matomo for privacy-focused web analytics, ReadSpeaker for accessibility, Google Translate for localization, feratel for hotel booking, mein.toubiz widgets (land in sicht AG) for tourism content, and NETZMonitor (Netze BW GmbH) for energy data. The municipality holds 'Heilbad' (health resort) status and operates the feelMOOR Gesundresort alongside the Rehabilitationsklinik Waldburg-Zeil and Mütterkurklinik Bad Wurzach within its tourism infrastructure.

As a non-commercial public entity, Bad Wurzach does not generate commercial revenue; it is funded through municipal taxation (Grundsteuer, Gewerbesteuer), tourism service fees (thermal baths, moor therapy admissions), regulated administrative fees under the Gebührenordnung, and intergovernmental transfers. Its GTM motion is structurally non-applicable given its statutory mandate; distribution occurs through physical citizen offices, the digital Bürgerserviceportal, district-level Ortsverwaltungen, and regional tourism partnerships with Allgäu Tourismus, Oberschwaben Tourismus GmbH, Württembergische Allgäu, and Deutscher Heilbäderverband. Leadership transitioned in July with the installation of Mayor Florian Schiller.

Name

Bad Wurzach

Legal name

Stadt Bad Wurzach

Website

https://bad-wurzach.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stadt Bad Wurzach is a German municipal government entity serving approximately 15,000+ residents across nine districts in Baden-Württemberg. It delivers local administration via a TYPO3-based Digitales Rathaus platform, operates health tourism anchored by the feelMOOR resort and moor therapy facilities, and conserves the Wurzacher Ried nature reserve.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Wurzach

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue: Revenue from local taxes including Grundsteuer (property tax) and Gewerbesteuer (business tax) collected from residents and businesses within the municipality
2. Tourism Revenue: Revenue from visitors to thermal baths, moor therapy facilities, health resorts, and nature tourism attractions including Wurzacher Ried
3. Service Fees: Fees collected for administrative services, building permits, and civic documentation services

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bad Wurzach is a municipal government entity (Stadt) that delivers public administrative services, digital citizen services via the Digitales Rathaus platform, and tourism and health resort services centered on the Wurzacher Ried high moor and feelMOOR Gesundresort. It serves approximately 15,000+ residents across nine districts and visitors through citizen offices, online portals, and a tourist information center.

Product overview

Bad Wurzach is a German municipality (Stadt) offering a comprehensive digital administrative platform through its official website. The primary offering is the 'Digitales Rathaus' (Digital Town Hall), which provides online access to municipal services. Key services include the Bürgerserviceportal for citizen administrative procedures, the Bürgerbüro for in-person services, and various online tools such as water meter reading submission, digital building permit applications (Virtuelles Bauamt), climate monitoring (Klimadashboard), and energy monitoring (Energiemonitor). The municipality also provides tourism services through Bad Wurzach Info and publishes an official bulletin (Amtsblatt) bi-weekly. The website integrates third-party services for analytics, accessibility, booking, and video content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digitales Rathaus (Digital Town Hall) Online administrative services portal providing digital access to municipal services including Bürgerserviceportal, citizen service center, forms, job postings, building sites, and official announcements, serving Bad Wurzach residents.
• Bürgerserviceportal Digital citizen service portal enabling Bad Wurzach residents to access administrative services and complete procedures online via buergerservice.bad-wurzach.de.
• Bürgerbüro Physical citizen office at Mühltorstraße 3, Bad Wurzach, providing in-person administrative services with opening hours Monday-Friday 9:00-12:00, Thursday 14:00-18:00, and the first Saturday of each month 8:00-12:00.
• Virtuelles Bauamt Digital building application service enabling online submission of construction permits for residents and builders in Bad Wurzach.
• Wasserzählerstand Online Melden Online utility service allowing Bad Wurzach residents to submit water meter readings digitally.
• Bad Wurzach Info (Touristinfo) Tourist information service and visitor center at Rosengarten 3, Bad Wurzach, providing visitor services and information about attractions including the Wurzacher Ried and thermal baths.
• Amtsblatt Official municipal bulletin published bi-weekly, distributed to households and available online, containing municipal news and official announcements for Bad Wurzach residents.

Quantifiable outcome

• 34 building plots planned in Unterschwarzach Nord development area

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Luxeuil-les-Bains (Frankreich)minorOthersTwin town partnership with Luxeuil-les-Bains in France - one of four partner cities fostering cultural exchange and international relations
• Wallingford (England)minorOthersTwin town partnership with Wallingford in England - cultural and educational exchange relationships
• Popielow (Polen)minorOthersTwin town partnership with Popielow in Poland - maintaining cross-border community ties
• St. Helier (Jersey)minorOthersTwin town partnership with St. Helier on Jersey - island partnership in the Channel Islands
• Allgäu TourismuscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional tourism partnership with Allgäu tourism association for joint marketing and visitor promotion
• Oberschwaben Tourismus GmbHcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional tourism marketing partnership covering Upper Swabia region, promoting Bad Wurzach as part of broader tourism destination
• Deutscher HeilbäderverbandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMembership in German health spa association, providing quality standards and industry recognition for health resort services
• Württembergische AllgäuminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional marketing partnership under Württembergische Allgäu tourism brand

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Füssen: Allgäu tourism municipality with strong cultural and nature-tourism offering. Comparable peer for regional tourism distribution, Digitales Rathaus operations and Allgäu partnership economics, albeit with a different tourism anchor.
• Oberstdorf: Premier Allgäu tourism municipality with a different mix (alpine sports vs. moor/health resort) but matching regional partnership structure with Allgäu Tourismus. Comparable for shared tourism marketing and district-scale municipal services.

Direct peers

• Bad Reichenhall: Recognised Bavarian 'Bad' spa town operating a municipal tourism and health-resort ecosystem (thermal baths, Kurhaus, health-tourism marketing) on a similar model to Bad Wurzach, but at larger scale. Useful peer for spa-town operating economics.
• Leutkirch im Allgäu: Adjacent Allgäu municipality of similar scale running comparable digital municipal services, district administration, and tourism promotion through regional Allgäu tourism networks.
• Bad Mergentheim: Mid-size German health-resort town in Baden-Württemberg with Kurpark, spa facilities and municipal tourism operation. Comparable peer for spa-town governance model and Digitales Rathaus service architecture.
• Isny im Allgäu: Small Allgäu town with historic town-centre, tourism activity and municipal service scope comparable to Bad Wurzach. Useful peer for similar-size rural Allgäu municipal operations.
• Bad Waldsee: Neighbouring municipality in the Ravensburg district of Baden-Württemberg, also a recognised 'Bad' spa town with thermal-bath and health-tourism infrastructure serving a comparable rural population. Highly comparable as a same-region, same-status German spa municipality.
• Wangen im Allgäu: Larger Allgäu municipality operating a similar mix of citizen services, tourism promotion and historic town administration. Comparable as a neighbouring Allgäu municipality with overlapping citizen-service, tourism and cultural-event mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Baden-Baden: Iconic German spa city and large-scale incumbent in the same Heilbad/health-tourism category as Bad Wurzach, useful for upper-bound benchmarking of municipal wellness-tourism operations.
• Bad Kissingen: Major German health-resort town with large-scale spa, rehabilitation and tourism operations. Comparable as a larger incumbent in the same Heilbad/spa-municipality category, useful for benchmarking health-tourism scale and digital services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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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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