Diakonie Lahn Dill

What Diakonie Lahn Dill does

Diakonie Lahn Dill e.V. is a registered charitable association (eingetragener Verein) headquartered in Wetzlar, Hesse, and the Protestant welfare arm of the Evangelischer Kirchenkreis an Lahn und Dill. Founded in 1999, the organization employs approximately 130 staff across counseling, rehabilitation, work integration, hospice, community work, and migration services delivered from eight-plus sites in Wetzlar, Aßlar, Weilburg, and Solms-Niederbiel.

Its service portfolio spans three operational pillars: Beratung, Begleitung, Betreuung (counseling on family, dementia, migration, psychosocial, legal guardianship, and aging); Angebote der Rehabilitation, Teilhabe, Inklusion (Stephanus Werkstatt vocational workshops, Haus Stephanus residential, Haus Sandkorn day structure); and Angebote im Sozialraum (Nachbarschaftszentrum Niedergirmes, Teilhabezentrum Solms, Quartiersmanagement Niedergirmes). The technology layer is a standard WordPress website and intranet with confidential online counseling routed through the third-party evangelische-beratung.info platform; no proprietary platform, AI tooling, or app is disclosed.

The revenue model is a mix of public welfare contracts (notably Lahn-Dill-Kreis and Landeswohlfahrtverband Hessen), church allocations from the Evangelischer Kirchenkreis, statutory social insurance reimbursements, modest client/co-payment revenue (e.g., Bistro Lahnblick), donations (IBAN at Sparkasse Wetzlar, gooding.de affiliate donations), and foundation grants (Stephanus Stiftung, DiaDem-Stiftung). Core advisory services are free, neutrally provided, and denomination-independent, with go-to-market relying on church networks, municipal partnerships, community centers, home visits, and local press rather than commercial sales channels.

Name

Diakonie Lahn Dill

Legal name

Diakonie Lahn Dill e.V.

Website

https://diakonie-lahn-dill.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Diakonie Lahn Dill e.V. is a Protestant-affiliated, registered charitable non-profit in Wetzlar, Hesse, employing ~130 staff to deliver counseling, hospice, dementia, migration, disability, and community social services across the Lahn-Dill-Kreis region.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities (6232)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Elder Services & Aging Support (BPAGAEAF), Migrant & Refugee Legal Aid and Documentation Services (BPADAHAE), Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI), Diaspora, Family Reunification & Case Management Services (BPADAHAM), Interagency Coordination & Case Management (VR, DD, Medicaid Waivers) (EDAKANAM)

Keywords

• Social welfare services
• Family counseling
• Hospice care
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Legal guardianship

Headquarters

HQ city

Wetzlar

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government and Public Funding: Funded through public welfare contracts, church allocations from the Evangelischer Kirchenkreis an Lahn und Dill, and statutory social insurance reimbursements (e.g., for rehabilitation, care, and counseling services).
2. Donations and Membership: Accepts donations via a dedicated donations account (IBAN DE88 5155 0035 0010 0040 00, Sparkasse Wetzlar) and offers a gooding.de affiliate donation mechanism. Also offers supporting memberships.
3. Client Contributions and Cafe Revenue: Services such as the Bistro Lahnblick generate modest revenue. Some services may involve client co-payments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Diakonie Lahn Dill e.V. is a regional non-profit social welfare association that provides counseling, care, and integration services to individuals and families across the Lahn-Dill region in Hesse, Germany. Core offerings include family, marriage, and life counseling; hospice and palliative care; dementia counseling; migration and integration work; legal guardianship; vocational rehabilitation for people with disabilities via the Stephanus Werkstatt; community centers with neighborhood management; and a bistro.

Product overview

Diakonie Lahn Dill e.V. is a social welfare organization providing a comprehensive portfolio of social services in the Lahn-Dill region (Wetzlar, Hessen). The organization operates as a platform of interconnected services under the 'Stark für Andere' (Strong for Others) motto, including counseling services (dementia, family, migration, psychosocial, legal guardianship), residential and vocational facilities (Haus Stephanus, Stephanus Werkstatt), community centers (Nachbarschaftszentrum Niedergirmes, Teilhabezentrum Solms), hospice services (Ambulanter Hospizdienst), and digital services (Vertrauliche Online-Beratung). The services are structured under four main categories: Beratung/Begleitung/Betreuung (counseling, accompaniment, care), Rehabilitation/Teilhabe/Inklusion (rehabilitation, participation, inclusion), Angebote im Sozialraum (community space offerings), and special Projects. The organization employs approximately 130 staff and is affiliated with the Protestant Church District at Lahn and Dill.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ambulanter Hospizdienst: Hospice service providing end-of-life support and companionship for seriously ill and dying individuals and their families.
• Stephanus Werkstatt
• Haus Sandkorn
• Haus Stephanus
• Teilhabezentrum Solms
• Bistro Lahnblick
• Nachbarschaftszentrum Niedergirmes
• Psychosoziale Kontakt- und Beratungsstelle (PSKB)
• Beratungsstelle Demenz

Products and services

• Family, Marriage, and Life Counseling (Ehe-, Familien- und Lebensberatung) Psychosocial counseling for individuals, couples, and families dealing with relationship, family, or life-stage issues, delivered in the Lahn-Dill region.
• Hospice and Palliative Care (Hospiz- und Palliativarbeit) Ambulatory hospice and palliative care support for terminally ill individuals and their families across the Lahn-Dill region.
• Dementia Counseling (Demenzberatung) Specialized counseling and support for people affected by dementia and their family caregivers.
• Migration and Integration Work (Migrations- und diakonieübergreifende Arbeit) Social services and integration support for migrants and people with international backgrounds in the Lahn-Dill region.
• Legal Guardianship (Rechtliche Betreuung) Legal guardianship services for adults who are unable to manage their own affairs, provided for or in coordination with public authorities.
• Stephanus Werkstatt (Vocational Rehabilitation Workshop) Workshop-based vocational rehabilitation and daytime occupation for people with disabilities, including work, training, and skills development opportunities.
• Community Centers and Neighborhood Management (Stadtteilzentren / Quartiersmanagement) Community centers in city neighborhoods offering meeting space, programs, and neighborhood management services for local residents.
• Bistro (Diakonie Lahn Dill Bistro) On-site bistro operated by the organization as part of its community and rehabilitation operations.

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Evangelischer Kirchenkreis an Lahn und DillcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Diakonie Lahn Dill is the Protestant welfare arm of the Evangelischer Kirchenkreis an Lahn und Dill. The church district enables offerings that cannot be publicly funded and provides overarching institutional support.
• Wetzlarer Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH (WWG)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation on the DiWo project — Diakonie Lahn Dill provides a counseling service for tenants of the WWG housing company, offering social advice to residents.
• Caritasverband Wetzlar/Lahn-Dill-Eder e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJointly operate the Beratungsstelle für ältere Menschen und Angehörige (counseling center for elderly people and relatives) covering the entire Lahn-Dill-Kreis. Also cooperates on dementia care, hospice services, and legal guardianship training programs.
• Lebenshilfe Wetzlar-Weilburg e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner on the 'Musik um 4' project — an inclusive community music initiative at Nachbarschaftszentrum Niedergirmes bringing together people with and without disabilities.
• Tafel WetzlarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperates on the 'Kaffeetänzchen' event series at Nachbarschaftszentrum Niedergirmes, with additional financial support from Tafel Deutschland.
• Sozialverband VdK (Deutschland)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCo-conducts the legal guardianship training courses (Schulung über rechtliche Betreuung) with the Betreuungsvereine of Diakonie Lahn Dill and Caritasverband Wetzlar/Lahn-Dill-Eder.
• Landeswohlfahrtverband Hessen (LWV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Teilhabezentrum Solms-Niederbiel is featured as a model project in the LWV Hessen journal 'LWV konkret'. LWV Hessen is a key funder of social services including disability and rehabilitation services.
• gooding.deminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThrough gooding.de, online shoppers can donate a percentage of their purchase value to Diakonie Lahn Dill at no extra cost, generating affiliate donations.
• Stephanus StiftungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMichael Reese, chair of the Stephanus Stiftung, has been a long-standing supporter and co-founder of the Stephanus Werkstatt. The foundation continues to promote projects for mentally ill people in close connection with Diakonie Lahn Dill.
• Alzheimergesellschaft (regional)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperates with the Alzheimer's Society as part of the dementia care counseling network in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis.
• Stadt Wetzlar (City of Wetzlar)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with the city on neighborhood management (Quartiersmanagement Niedergirmes), early childhood support (Frühe Hilfen), and community development projects.
• Lahn-Dill-Kreis (District Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary public funding body for the Beratungsstelle für ältere Menschen und Angehörige and other social welfare services. Kreisbeigeordneter Stephan Aurand regularly participates in events and certifies training programs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lebenshilfe Wetzlar-Weilburg e.V. Local disability services peer operating in the same Wetzlar-Weilburg geography. Cooperation partner on inclusive community projects ('Musik um 4') but also a direct competitor for disability support, vocational rehabilitation, and inclusion contracts across the Lahn-Dill-Kreis.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Kreisverband Wetzlar e.V. Local Red Cross chapter operating in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis with overlapping services including senior services, migration support, family programs, and community-based social work. A nearby competitor for the same municipal contracts and donor base.
• Malteser in Hessen: Hesse chapter of Malteser Hilfsdienst, running hospice services, migration counseling, and social programs with significant overlap to Diakonie Lahn Dill's Ambulanter Hospizdienst and migration offerings. Comparable operating model and funding structure across the same regional welfare market.
• Caritasverband Wetzlar/Lahn-Dill-Eder e.V. Direct local peer — the Catholic counterpart welfare organization operating in the identical Lahn-Dill geography. Co-operates with Diakonie Lahn Dill on the Beratungsstelle für ältere Menschen, dementia, and legal guardianship training, while also competing for the same public contracts, donations, and trained social workers.

Broad incumbents

• Diakonie Württemberg: Regional Diakonie federation for Württemberg with comparable structure to Diakonie Lahn Dill at a multi-county scale. Demonstrates the same member-organization model for delivering counseling, disability, elder, and migration services across a defined German region.
• Diakonie Hessen: Regional federation of Diakonie in Hesse, the parent-level umbrella for Diakonie Lahn Dill and ~30 member organizations across the state. Comparable in the sense of running welfare/counseling/disability programs across multiple districts, but at much larger scale and with federation-level coordination functions.
• AWO Bezirksverband Hessen Süd e.V. Regional Arbeiterwohlfahrt (workers' welfare) association operating a comparable portfolio of social services (counseling, elder care, migration, disability) across southern Hesse. Same welfare-sector category, broader geographic mandate, comparable funding mix of public contracts and member dues.
• Der Paritätische Hessen: Hesse state branch of Germany's Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband, the umbrella for non-confessional welfare organizations. Operates comparable counseling, elder, disability, and self-help services across Hesse and provides advocacy and funding-coordination infrastructure relevant to Diakonie Lahn Dill's operations.

Others

• LWV Hessen (Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen): State-level welfare authority that is both a major funder of Diakonie Lahn Dill's disability and rehabilitation services and a model-project partner (publishing the Teilhabezentrum Solms case study). A key ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor, but essential to the organization's funding base.

Regional players

• Caritasverband Gießen e.V. Caritas association in the adjacent Gießen district of Hesse, running the same breadth of counseling, elder care, disability, and migration services. Closely comparable operating model and service mix, illustrating how welfare services are organized across Hesse's mid-sized districts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Profiles9 records

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