Centrum Bavaria Bohemia CeBB

What Centrum Bavaria Bohemia CeBB does

Centrum Bavaria Bohemia (CeBB) is a non-profit cultural coordination center headquartered in Schönsee, Bavaria, Germany, founded in 2003 and led by Dr. Veronika Hofinger. It operates bbkult.net, a continuously maintained bilingual (German-Czech) cultural portal that informs residents and visitors about events, cultural addresses, venues, and municipalities across six neighboring regions spanning both sides of the German-Czech border: Oberfranken, Karlsbader Bezirk, Oberpfalz, Pilsner Bezirk, Niederbayern, and Südböhmischer Bezirk. The core technology is a self-service WordPress-based portal that lets registered cultural organizations, municipalities, and artists publish events and manage cultural address profiles, with human translation provided free of charge into Czech.

CeBB's product suite is built around this portal and includes an extensive event calendar, a directory of cultural addresses (museums, galleries, theaters, libraries, musicians, artists), a database of cities and municipalities, family destination listings, themed cultural tours, a gamified discovery tool (Orteraten), and project-based initiatives such as Grünes Band (Green Belt) and Kultur ohne Grenzen. Weekly KulturTipps curate events from all six regions and are distributed to local media outlets. Cross-border community programming (e.g., German-Czech campfires, "Musik verbindet" afternoons, guided hikes) is organized directly by CeBB staff.

The organization's revenue model is not commercial: the platform is free for end users and free for registered cultural organizations to publish, with translation to Czech provided at no cost. Operating funding comes from institutional and public-sector grants, including the Bavarian State Chancellery, the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs (StMUK), Bezirk Oberpfalz, Landkreis Schwandorf, Stadt Schönsee, the Deutsch-Tschechischer Zukunftsfonds (DTZF), and EU Interreg programs. Marketing reach is delivered through content on the portal itself, the weekly KulturTipps newsletter, partner networks including Sparkasse and Raiffeisenbank, and direct event organization. No parent company, subsidiaries, or external investment rounds are disclosed.

Name

Centrum Bavaria Bohemia CeBB

Legal name

Centrum Bavaria Bohemia

Website

https://bbkult.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Centrum Bavaria Bohemia (CeBB) is a non-profit German-Czech cultural coordination center in Schönsee, Bavaria, operating the bilingual bbkult.net portal since 2003 to publish events, venues, and cultural addresses across six border regions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cross-Border Cultural Coordination

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAJADAJ

Cultural Centers & Multidisciplinary Arts Institutions

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Museums, Galleries & Cultural Institutions

Keywords

• Cross-border cultural platform
• Bilingual cultural database
• Cultural event calendar
• Regional cultural networking
• Cultural coordination services

Headquarters

HQ city

Schönsee

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Platform Services: The organization operates a free bilingual cultural portal where event organizers can register and publish events at no cost. Translation to Czech and publication is provided free of charge. Revenue appears to come from institutional funding and project-based grants rather than direct user fees.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Centrum Bavaria Bohemia (CeBB) operates the bilingual (German-Czech) cultural portal bbkult.net, providing a continuously maintained cultural database covering six neighboring regions between Bavaria and Bohemia. The platform enables cultural organizations to register, publish events, and access a directory of cultural venues, artists, and municipalities, with free translation services between German and Czech.

Product overview

BBKULT.NET is a bilingual (German-Czech) cultural portal platform operated by Centrum Bavaria Bohemia (CeBB). The platform serves as a comprehensive cultural database and information hub for the six Bavarian-Czech neighboring regions (Oberfranken, Karlsbader Bezirk, Oberpfalz, Pilsner Bezirk, Niederbayern, and Südböhmischer Bezirk). The core product consists of an integrated suite of interconnected features: a Cultural Calendar for event management, Culture Addresses (directory of cultural institutions, artists, and venues), Culture Places (city/municipality database), Family Destinations, Culture Tours, and a gamified discovery tool (Orteraten). The platform operates a user registration system allowing cultural organizations to self-manage event entries with free bilingual translation. Additional offerings include project-based initiatives such as the Grünes Band (Green Belt) and Kultur ohne Grenzen (Culture without Borders) programs, plus weekly KulturTipps newsletters. The platform has been operating since 2003.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BBKULT.NET Cultural Portal A bilingual (German-Czech) cultural database platform informing about cultural offerings in Bavarian and Czech neighboring regions, featuring events, places, and cultural addresses since 2003. Used by cultural organizations, municipalities, artists, and visitors to access cross-border cultural information.
• Cultural Calendar (Veranstaltungskalender) An extensive bilingual cultural event calendar covering all six neighboring regions, allowing registered users to post and manage their own events with free translation and publication.
• Culture Addresses (KulturAdressen) A searchable directory of cultural institutions including museums, galleries, theaters, libraries, artists, music bands, sports clubs, and sights in the Bavaria-Czech border region.
• Culture Places (KulturOrte) A database of cities and municipalities in the six neighboring regions, with information about their history, present, cultural addresses, and current events.
• Family Destinations (Familien-Ziele) A curated collection of family-friendly destinations and activities for families with children in the border region, developed through the 'Zukunft Nachbarschaft' project of the German-Czech Future Fund.
• Culture Tours (KulturTouren) Cultural tour offerings to discover the six neighboring regions through themed routes and experiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• Continuous bilingual coverage since 2003

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Die LänderbahnminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRailway company operating in the border region, providing transportation connections that support cultural exchange.
• Sparkasse Landkreis SchwandorfminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSavings bank providing financial sector partnership and marketing support in the Schwandorf district.
• Raiffeisenbank Mittlere OberpfalzminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional cooperative bank supporting cross-border cultural initiatives through marketing partnerships.
• KappenbergerBraunminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional business partner in the partner circle supporting cultural initiatives.
• MMM GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational business group in the partner network supporting cultural exchange.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Tourismuszentrale Oberfranken: Regional tourism marketing body for Oberfranken (Upper Franconia), one of CeBB's six priority regions. Promotes cultural attractions, events, and excursion destinations across the Franconian/Bavarian side of the border region.

Emerging players

• ARGE Donauländer (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Donauländer): Interregional working group of Danube-region states and regions promoting cross-border cultural and tourism cooperation. Operates in the same institutional layer as CeBB with comparable EU-funded, multi-region cultural cooperation goals.

Direct peers

• Tourismusverband Oberpfälzer Wald: Specialized tourism body for the Oberpfälzer Wald within Bavaria, one of CeBB's six target regions. Promotes cultural venues, events, and excursion destinations to visitors - directly overlapping CeBB's KulturOrte, KulturAdressen, and Veranstaltungskalender offerings.
• Tourismusverband Ostbayern: Regional tourism marketing organization covering Eastern Bavaria (including Oberpfalz and Niederbayern, two of CeBB's core regions). Operates with a similar mandate of promoting regional cultural and tourist offerings, and would be a natural partner or substitute for CeBB's audience.
• Euregio Egrensis: Cross-border Euroregion covering the Bavaria-Saxon/Czech border area with working groups on culture, tourism, and education. Shares CeBB's mandate of fostering German-Czech regional cooperation and is a structural peer within the same institutional ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• CzechTourism (CzechTourism agency): National tourism agency for the Czech Republic promoting Czech cultural and tourism offerings to international audiences, including German-speaking markets. Overlaps with CeBB's role surfacing Bohemian cultural content to Bavarian visitors.
• Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege: Bavarian state office for monument protection and heritage conservation. Operates as a state-level heritage counterpart on the German side, with overlapping mandate to preserve and present Bavarian cultural heritage.
• Kulturportal Bayern: Bavaria-wide cultural information portal maintained with state support, aggregating events, venues, and cultural news across the entire state. Wider geographical scope but overlapping cultural-discovery mission and similar public-funding model.
• Národní památkový ústav (Czech National Heritage Institute): Czech state heritage agency operating castles, monuments, and historic sites on the Bohemian side of the border. Their sites and programming are potential entries in CeBB's database and a parallel cultural-institution operator.

Others

• Bayerische Staatsoper / Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel (Residenztheater): Major Bavarian state-funded cultural institutions whose programming and venues are typical entries in CeBB's KulturAdressen cultural directory. Representative of the venue ecosystem CeBB connects to, rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 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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