Gemeinde Cremlingen

Name

Gemeinde Cremlingen

Legal name

Gemeinde Cremlingen

Website

https://cremlingen.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (56173)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Development & Neighborhood Revitalization (CDBG, Place-Based Initiatives) (BPAIANAE)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Childcare education
• Community infrastructure
• Volunteer fire protection

Headquarters

HQ city

Cremlingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue (Gewerbesteuer, Grundsteuer): Revenue from business tax (Gewerbesteuer) and property tax (Grundsteuer) collected from businesses and residents within the municipality
2. User Fees and Charges (Gebühren): Fees for services including childcare (KiTa-Gebühren), waste collection (Abfallentsorgung via ALW), water supply, and various administrative services
3. Property Income (Liegenschaften): Revenue from municipal properties including rental income from housing and commercial buildings, and proceeds from land sales (Baulandverkauf)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gemeinde Cremlingen is a public German municipality providing administrative services and public goods to approximately 13,000 residents across 10 villages in Lower Saxony. Its core offerings include early childhood education and care in seven Kindertagesstätten, primary education at three open all-day Grundschulen, voluntary fire protection through ten local fire brigades, community facilities (community houses, an outdoor swimming pool, a 2025-opened education and meeting center), municipal infrastructure maintenance (around 250 roads, 1,700 street lamps being converted to LED, roughly 70 properties), climate and energy management services, building land allocation, and digital citizen services such as the NH-Elternportal for Kita registration and the MeldooPlus damage reporting app.

Product overview

Gemeinde Cremlingen is a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany, providing comprehensive public services to its residents across ten villages. The municipality operates a unified platform of municipal services and facilities rather than a commercial product portfolio. Core educational services include seven Kindertagesstätten (childcare facilities) and three primary schools with all-day programs. The 2025-opened Bildungs- und Begegnungszentrum (BBZ) serves as the central educational and community hub. For leisure, the municipality maintains the Freibad am Elm outdoor swimming pool, nine Dorfgemeinschaftshäuser (community centers), and the Gedenkstätte Schandelah-Wohld memorial site. Digital services include the NH-Elternportal for Kita registration, Meldoo Schadensmelder for damage reporting, and an Energiemonitor for energy monitoring. Climate and energy initiatives encompass Klimaschutzmanagement, Kommunale Wärmeplanung (municipal heating plan), and Förderprogramme for balcony power plants and building modernization. The Freiwillige Feuerwehr provides fire protection services across all villages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kindertagesstätten (Kitas) Municipal childcare facilities offering care for children from infancy through preschool age, including Krippengruppen (infant groups) and kindergarten programs (e.g., KiTa Sternschnuppe, KiTa Pfiffikus) with up to 60 places each. Online registration available via NH-Elternportal.
• Grundschulen (Primary Schools) Three open all-day primary schools in Destedt, Schandelah, and Weddel providing education for children after kindergarten, each offering after-school care (OGS - Offene Ganztagsschule) services.
• Bildungs- und Begegnungszentrum (BBZ) Central educational and community center featuring divisible event spaces, lounge areas, and a modern kitchen. Hosts information events, lectures, workshops, social counseling, and cultural programs from clubs and associations for all residents.
• Freibad am Elm Outdoor swimming pool in Hemkenrode featuring a 50-meter pool with non-swimmer area, diving tower, water slide, children's pool, sunbathing lawn, playground, beach volleyball court, and kiosk. Partners with Hansefit and Movearound fitness networks.
• Dorfgemeinschaftshäuser (Community Centers) Nine community houses across the municipality's villages including Abbenrode, Destedt (Haus der Vereine), Gardessen, Hemkenrode (Elmhaus), Hordorf, Klein Schöppenstedt, Schandelah, and Weddel. Available for private events, community gatherings, and club activities.
• Gedenkstätte Schandelah-Wohld Memorial site commemorating victims of the KZ Schandelah-Wohld subcamp of KZ Neuengamme (1944-1945). Features the Glöckchenbaum (memorial bell tree) art project, memorial ceremonies, historical documentation, and educational programs about the Nazi forced labor camp.
• Energiemanagement (Energy Management) Systematic energy management for the municipality including digitization of energy consumption data (gas, electricity, water, heat) for all municipal buildings. Features QR codes for meter reading, consumption profile calculation, and building optimization.
• Kommunale Wärmeplanung (Municipal Heating Plan) Strategic municipal heating plan being developed to transition local heat supply to renewable energy sources by 2040. Analyzes current energy demand, energy carriers, building age, and renewable energy potentials, conducted with Green Planet Energy eG and network operator Avacon.
• Klimaschutzmanagement (Climate Protection Management) Climate protection activities including implementation of an integrated climate protection concept, climate protection manager position, cooperation with KEAN, installation of EV charging stations, LED street lighting conversion, renewable energy procurement, and building modernization programs.
• Förderprogramm Balkonkraftwerke (Balcony Power Plant Subsidy) Subsidy program for balcony power plants (plug-in PV systems) with total budget of 15,000 euros. Residents with rental or ownership status are eligible for up to 30% of purchase price, maximum 300 euros per installation.
• Förderprogramm Altbaumodernisierung (Old Building Modernization Subsidy) Building modernization grant program for owners of buildings constructed before 1984. Includes free initial consultation and subsidies for energy-saving measures calculated at 0.20 euros per kg CO2 reduction per year, up to maximum 5,000 euros.
• Meldoo Schadensmelder (Damage Reporter) Digital citizen damage reporting system accessible via Meldoo app. Citizens can report infrastructure damage such as road defects or broken street lights. Data is processed by leanact GmbH under GDPR Article 28 data processing agreement.
• NH-Elternportal (Online Kita Registration) Online kindergarten registration portal enabling parents to register children for childcare facilities in the municipality. Provides search functionality for available Kita places.
• Online-Dienstleistungen (Online Administrative Services) Various online administrative services provided by the municipality for citizens, including forms and digital service requests accessible through the website.
• Energiemonitor (Energy Monitor Dashboard) Energy monitoring dashboard provided by Avacon showing live data on renewable energy feed-in to the municipal grid. Displays real-time progress of the energy transition.
• Straßenbeleuchtung (Street Lighting) Municipal street lighting infrastructure comprising approximately 1,700 lamps. Currently upgrading from sodium vapor lamps to energy-efficient LED technology. Responsible for maintaining safe road illumination across all municipal streets.
• Freiwillige Feuerwehr (Voluntary Fire Department) Voluntary fire department with 10 local fire brigades serving the municipality. Includes Abbenrode, Cremlingen, Destedt, Gardessen, Hemkenrode, Hordorf, Klein Schöppenstedt, Schandelah, Schulenrode, and Weddel fire departments. Emergency number: 112.
• Baulandvergabe (Building Land Allocation) Allocation of municipal building land in new development zones (Baugebiete), governed by council-approved allocation guidelines (Vergaberichtlinien), including sites such as the WA 4 plot in the Baugebiet 'Vor dem Dorfe' in Schulenrode.

Quantifiable outcome

• Active Klimakommune (Climate Municipality) certification since 2018
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Green Planet Energy eGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Partnership for developing the municipal heat planning (Kommunale Wärmeplanung) to transition local heat supply to renewable sources by 2040. The project involves data analysis, building assessment, and potential area identification for heating networks.
• AvaconcoreTechnology or IntegrationNetwork operator providing the energy monitoring dashboard (Energiemonitor) for the municipality, displaying real-time data on renewable energy feed-in and consumption across community buildings.
• Kreisjugendpflege WolfenbüttelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDistrict youth welfare office cooperating on the Ferienprogramm (holiday program) for children and teenagers aged 6-17 during summer breaks.
• Samtgemeinde SickteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with neighboring municipality for shared Ferienprogramm 'JUP' offering vacation activities for youth in the region.
• KlimabündnisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate Alliance membership supporting municipal climate protection activities.
• Cremlinger WohnungsbaugesellschaftminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal housing company for residential property development and management.
• Cremlinger Energiegesellschaft mbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal energy company for energy-related services in the municipality.
• Leaderregion Elm-SchunterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLEADER region initiative for rural development supporting projects in the Elm-Schunter area.
• Geopark Harz Braunschweiger Land OstfalenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeopark partnership for geological heritage and educational tourism in the region.
• HansefitminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHealth and fitness network partnership allowing Freibad am Elm patrons to use their memberships.
• MovearoundminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFitness platform partnership for the outdoor swimming pool facility.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Wolfsburg: Major city flanking Cremlingen to the east. Combined with Braunschweig forms the regional growth axis that directly underpins Cremlingen's economic positioning.
• Stadt Braunschweig: Major city flanking Cremlingen to the west. Drives commuter demand and economic activity into the municipality via the A39 corridor.
• Stadt Wolfenbüttel: District capital of Landkreis Wolfenbüttel and larger incumbent municipality in the same region. Provides the broader public-service reference point against which Cremlingen scales services.
• Landkreis Wolfenbüttel: The supra-municipal district authority that allocates transfer funding, Bauleitplanung oversight (Amt 60), and youth welfare (Kreisjugendpflege) used by Cremlingen. Direct institutional counterpart.

Others

• Leanact GmbH (Meldoo): Provider of the MeldooPlus citizen damage-reporting platform used by Cremlingen under a GDPR Article 28 data processing agreement. Direct technology vendor to the municipality.
• KGSt (Kommunale Gemeinschaftsstelle für Verwaltungsmanagement): German municipal management association providing governance, benchmarking, and digitalization services to municipalities like Cremlingen. Comparable as a peer organization advising the same municipal management function.
• AKDB (Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern): Major municipal IT service provider in Germany. Comparable as an ecosystem enabler for the digital municipal services (citizen portals, e-government) that Cremlingen operates.

Direct peers

• Samtgemeinde Sickte: Neighboring Samtgemeinde in Landkreis Wolfenbüttel and named cooperation partner for the 'JUP' youth holiday program. Operates at a comparable scale with similar village-based municipal services.
• Gemeinde Lehre: Adjacent municipality sharing the Wasserverband Weddel-Lehre water association. Similar population scale and rural Lower-Saxon character with comparable municipal service scope.
• Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse: Neighboring Samtgemeinde in the same region, similar village-structure municipality with parallel service offerings in elementary education, fire protection, and community infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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