City of Wuerselen

What City of Wuerselen does

Stadt Würselen (City of Würselen) is a municipal corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) under German public law, serving approximately 39,000 residents in the StädteRegion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city received formal city rights in 1922 and is governed by Mayor Roger Nießen and the Stadtrat (city council). It provides the full statutory portfolio of municipal services — administration, public safety via the Feuerwehr (fire department), education, childcare (Kitas), senior services, cultural programming, urban planning, and economic development — to residents, families, local businesses, and volunteer organizations within its jurisdiction.

The city operates a digital services platform anchored by the Serviceportal (serviceportal.wuerselen.de) for administrative tasks, the KitaPlus-Portal for kindergarten pre-registration with up to five preference options, the Ratsinformationssystem for public council transparency, a weekly Friday email newsletter, and a quarterly Stadtmagazin 'Os Wöschele'. Website infrastructure is hosted and supported by regio iT, a regional IT services provider based in Aachen. Legally binding electronic communication is handled via De-Mail. The portfolio of physical facilities includes Kulturzentrum Altes Rathaus, Burg Wilhelmstein (an open-air cultural venue at a historic castle), Aquana Sauna & Freizeitbad, and Metropolis Filmtheater, alongside several Kitas, schools, and the Volkshochschule Nordkreis Aachen continuing education center. Subsidiaries include the Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft Würselen (SEW) for urban development and real estate.

Revenue is generated through a combination of municipal taxes, administrative fees, Kita parent contributions (priced on a sliding scale based on family income and care hours), and operating income from cultural and leisure facilities. The city supplements this with subsidy programs such as the Fassadenprogramm, which reimburses up to 50% (capped at 15,000 EUR) of eligible facade renovation costs, plus an additional 100,000 EUR tranche for 2022-2023. International engagement includes a 45-year Städtepartnerschaft with Morlaix, France (since 1977), a friendship society with Réo in Burkina Faso, and civic exchange programs managed by the Deutsch-Französische Gesellschaft Würselen e.V.

Name

City of Wuerselen

Legal name

Stadt Würselen

Website

https://wuerselen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Short description

City of Würselen is a German municipal corporation serving ~39,000 residents in North Rhine-Westphalia with statutory administrative services, digital citizen portals, childcare facilities, cultural venues, and emergency services, funded primarily by municipal taxes and state subsidies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Services to Buildings and Dwellings (5617)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ)

Keywords

• Municipal administration services
• Public sector governance
• Childcare and education
• Cultural and leisure services
• Urban development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Würselen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Taxes and Fees: Revenue from municipal taxes and various administrative fees for services
2. Kita Parent Contributions: Parental fees for childcare services based on care duration and family income

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Stadt Würselen provides municipal administrative services to approximately 39,000+ residents of Würselen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its core offerings include public administration, public safety (fire department), education (schools, VHS, music school), childcare (Kita), cultural programs (Kulturzentrum, Burg Wilhelmstein, Aquana), and urban development services. Service delivery is hybrid, combining a digital Serviceportal with in-person services at the Rathaus and various municipal facilities.

Product overview

Stadt Würselen is a municipal administration operating a website-based citizen services platform alongside physical civic facilities and programs. The digital services include the Serviceportal for administrative tasks, the KitaPlus-Portal for kindergarten registration, a council information system, an official gazette (Amtsblatt), a weekly newsletter, and a citizen participatory budget. Physical offerings include the Kulturzentrum Altes Rathaus (cultural center), the Aquana leisure pool and sauna facility, the Burg Wilhelmstein open-air cultural venue, and the Feuerwehr fire department. The city also administers the Fassadenprogramm grant program for facade renovations and publishes the quarterly Stadtmagazin Os Wöschele. The portfolio functions as a set of standalone civic services rather than an integrated platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Serviceportal

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000 EUR additional funding for facade program for 2022-2023
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Deutsch-Französische Gesellschaft Würselen e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022German-French Friendship Society that manages cultural exchange activities between Würselen and Morlaix. Led by Ellen Thielen-Vafaie as chairperson. Organizes joint events and supports youth exchange programs.
• Morlaix, FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 197745-year city partnership (Städtepartnerschaft) with Morlaix, France, established in 1977. Multiple communities of the Pays de Morlaix have joined the partnership. Includes youth exchange programs, cultural events, and regular celebrations. Plougasnou, a coastal village in Pays de Morlaix, recently joined the partnership.
• Burkina Faso/Réo Friendship SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing friendship society (Freundschaftsgesellschaft) between Würselen and Réo in Burkina Faso. Supports school sponsorship for over 100 orphans, awareness campaigns against early unwanted pregnancies, genital mutilation, and drug use, vocational training in tailoring, hospital support, construction of solar and irrigation systems, wells, and latrines.
• Super Sonntag Verlag (Mediahuis Aachen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublishing partner for the city magazine 'Os Wöschele', published quarterly in cooperation with Mediahuis Aachen.
• Volkshochschule Nordkreis AachenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal continuing education center serving Alsdorf, Baesweiler, Herzogenrath, and Würselen.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Aachen: Large neighboring city (~250K residents) and regional capital of the StädteRegion Aachen. Directly comparable as a German municipal administration providing the same portfolio of services (Rathaus, service portal, Kita registration, cultural facilities, fire department). Larger scale gives it broader incumbent status.

Direct peers

• Stadt Alsdorf: Small neighboring municipality in the StädteRegion Aachen (~50K residents), jointly served by Volkshochschule Nordkreis Aachen. Highly comparable in scale, services, and digital infrastructure choices, making it the closest direct administrative peer to Würselen.
• Stadt Stolberg (Rhld.): Mid-sized neighboring municipality in the StädteRegion Aachen (~57K residents). Provides the same range of municipal services and operates comparable cultural and recreational facilities, making it a directly comparable peer.
• Stadt Herzogenrath: Adjacent municipality in the StädteRegion Aachen (~46K residents), sharing the VHS Nordkreis Aachen continuing-education platform. Same municipal service portfolio, population profile, and North Rhine-Westphalia regulatory framework as Würselen.
• Stadt Baesweiler: Neighboring municipality in StädteRegion Aachen (~27K residents), also a VHS Nordkreis Aachen partner. Closely comparable municipal-government structure and service scope, serving as a direct regional peer.
• Stadt Eschweiler: Neighboring municipality in StädteRegion Aachen (~56K residents). Comparable municipal administration with similar portfolio of administrative services, schools, Kitas, and cultural facilities.

Others

• regio iT GmbH: IT services provider owned by municipal stakeholders in the Aachen region, currently hosting wuerselen.de. Comparable as an enabler/supplier of the digital infrastructure underpinning Würselen's municipal e-government offering rather than a direct competitor.
• KDN — Kommunale Datenverarbeitungszentrale Niederrhein: Municipal data-processing center serving NRW municipalities with similar e-government, citizens-portal, and Kita-management software. Relevant as a peer GovTech/administrative-IT provider comparable to the systems Würselen relies on.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/stadtwuerselen
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadtwuerselen

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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