Stadt Buchholz i.dN.

What Stadt Buchholz i.dN. does

Stadt Buchholz in der Nordheide is a German municipal government entity (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) located in the district of Harburg in Lower Saxony, granted city status in 1958. It serves the residents of Buchholz in der Nordheide and the surrounding Nordheide region with comprehensive municipal administration including citizen registration, permits, civil documents, family and social affairs, education, urban planning, mobility, environmental protection, and economic development. The city is led by Bürgermeister Jan-Hendrik Röhse (in office since November 2014, re-elected September 2021) and operates through a municipal council (Rat), Verwaltungsausschuss, and committee structure.

The entity's core product surface is its unified digital citizen services portal (buchholz.de and portal.buchholz.de), built on a content management system provided by core technology partner NOLIS GmbH (Nienburg/Weser). Key digital products include the ALLRIS Ratsinformationssystem (council information system for political transparency), Online-Terminvergabe (appointment booking), Bürgerbüro services, Veranstaltungskalender (event calendar), Melde-App (defect reporting), Stadtbücherei (library portal), Kita-Portal (childcare), and Klimaforum (climate action platform). The website uses Matomo (formerly PIWIK) open-source analytics with GDPR-compliant consent mechanisms.

The business model is non-commercial public-sector revenue generation through local taxes (Grundsteuer, Gewerbesteuer), administrative fees, and service charges. Distribution occurs via the central Rathaus, the in-person Bürgerbüro, a digital self-serve portal, and decentralized municipal facilities (sports venues, cultural centers, libraries, youth facilities). The city maintains five international sister-city partnerships (Berdytschiw and Brody in Ukraine, Canteleu in France, Järvenpää in Finland, and Wohlau in Poland) and has been a member of the AGFK bicycle-friendly municipalities working group in Lower Saxony/Bremen since 2017.

Name

Stadt Buchholz i.dN.

Legal name

Stadt Buchholz in der Nordheide

Website

https://buchholz.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stadt Buchholz in der Nordheide is a German municipal government serving residents with administrative services, digital citizen portals, civic infrastructure, cultural and sports programs, and climate initiatives, funded by local taxes and fees under Mayor Jan-Hendrik Röhse.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Buchholz i.d.N.

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

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stadt Buchholz in der Nordheide is a municipal government entity that delivers public administration services to residents of Buchholz i.d.N. and the surrounding Nordheide region. Core offerings include administrative services (registration, permits, civil documents), digital citizen services via buchholz.de, the ALLRIS council information system, event listings, library and childcare portals, a defect-reporting mobile app, and physical recreational and cultural facilities.

Product overview

Stadt Buchholz i.d.N. operates a unified citizen services portal offering digital access to municipal administration services. The core platform integrates online appointment booking, the ALLRIS council information system for political transparency, event calendar, and various e-government services including library access, kindergarten registration, and defect reporting. The ecosystem includes specialized portals for climate initiatives and childcare services, all built on a NOLIS GmbH-developed CMS infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stadt Buchholz Website Portal
• Online-Terminvergabe (Online Appointment Booking)
• Bürgerbüro Services
• ALLRIS Ratsinformationssystem
• Veranstaltungskalender (Event Calendar)
• Melde-App (Defect Reporting App)
• Stadtbücherei (City Library) Portal
• Kita-Portal (Kindergarten Portal)
• Klimaforum Buchholz

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and moderate.

• Berdytschiw (Ukraine)OthersCity twinning partnership (Städtepartnerschaft) between Buchholz i.d.N. and Berdytschiw, Ukraine, part of international municipal cooperation
• Brody (Ukraine)OthersCity twinning partnership (Städtepartnerschaft) between Buchholz i.d.N. and Brody, Ukraine, supporting cultural exchange and municipal cooperation
• Canteleu (Frankreich)OthersCity twinning partnership (Städtepartnerschaft) between Buchholz i.d.N. and Canteleu, France, fostering Franco-German municipal relations
• Järvenpää (Finnland)OthersCity twinning partnership (Städtepartnerschaft) between Buchholz i.d.N. and Järvenpää, Finland, enabling Nordic-German municipal exchange
• Wohlau (Polen)OthersCity twinning partnership (Städtepartnerschaft) between Buchholz i.d.N. and Wohlau, Poland, supporting Polish-German municipal cooperation
• NOLIS GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite development and technical implementation partner providing the content management system and digital infrastructure for the municipal website (ALLRIS, Veranstaltungskalender, Bürgerportal). NOLIS GmbH, based in Nienburg/Weser, provides the underlying technical platform.
• AGFK Niedersachsen/Bremen (Arbeitskreis fahrradfreundlicher Kommunen)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerBuchholz has been a member since 2017 of the Working Group for Bicycle-Friendly Municipalities in Lower Saxony/Bremen, supporting cycling infrastructure development and promotion

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• NOLIS GmbH: Core technology partner based in Nienburg/Weser that provides the CMS, ALLRIS integration, event calendar, and Bürgerportal infrastructure underlying all of Buchholz's digital services — a critical ecosystem participant rather than a peer municipality.
• AGFK Niedersachsen/Bremen: Industry working group for bicycle-friendly municipalities that Buchholz joined in 2017, providing a peer network of German municipalities pursuing cycling infrastructure promotion and shared policy advocacy.

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Lüneburg: Larger Lower Saxony city that serves as a regional reference point for municipal e-government adoption, council transparency, and sustainability initiatives, representing a scaled-up version of Buchholz's operating model.
• Landkreis Harburg: Surrounding district authority that oversees Buchholz and other member municipalities within a larger administrative structure, providing shared services and policy frameworks for the region.
• Stadt Hamburg: Major metropolitan area in the same metro region as Buchholz, representing the upper bound of municipal scale, digital service ambition, and policy complexity in Northern Germany.
• Stadt Hannover: State capital of Lower Saxony representing large-scale German municipal governance, citizen service delivery, and digital infrastructure deployment that smaller cities like Buchholz benchmark against.

Direct peers

• Stadt Rotenburg (Wümme): Similar-sized Lower Saxony municipality offering comparable citizen service operations, council information systems, and active participation in regional working groups including climate and mobility.
• Stadt Soltau: Similar-sized Lower Saxony city in the Lüneburg Heath region providing analogous municipal services, participating in regional cooperation networks and operating comparable digital citizen portals.
• Stadt Winsen (Luhe): Mid-sized German municipality in the same Landkreis Harburg providing comparable municipal services to ~35,000 residents, including citizen services and council information systems — the closest geographic and structural peer.
• Stadt Schneverdingen: Mid-sized Lower Saxony municipality operating comparable citizen services, urban planning, and tourism infrastructure for approximately 19,000 residents in the same broader metropolitan context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/815534938481989
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadtbuchholzidn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadt-buchholz

Compliance1 record

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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