Stadt Donauwörth

What Stadt Donauwörth does

Stadt Donauwörth is a municipal government entity (Große Kreisstadt) located in the Donau-Ries district of Bavaria, Germany, serving approximately 20,000 residents in the historic former Free Imperial City. The city delivers administrative services to citizens, businesses, and tourists through three primary channels: in-person at the Rathaus and Bürgerbüro on Rathausgasse 1, digitally via the redesigned municipal website, the Donauwörth App (Heimat-Info, available on iOS and Android), and the Digitales Rathaus e-government portal, and through cultural and tourism venues including the Käthe-Kruse-Puppen-Museum and the Städtische Tourist-Information. A KI-Assistent (AI chatbot) provides around-the-clock text-based citizen support in German on the website.

The city operates a portfolio of wholly-owned operating subsidiaries including Stadtwerke Donauwörth (municipal utilities) and Kommunalunternehmen Stadtentwicklung Donauwörth (urban development), and supports affiliated organizations such as the City-Initiative-Donauwörth e.V. (CID), a business association of 230+ member companies established in 2003. The city co-founded the Unser Stadtladen UG as a silent partner to maintain inner-city retail supply, and supports the FinLers GmbH coworking space at Reichsstr. 8. Commercial-style offerings include the donauwörther 10er (EUR 10 token accepted at 140+ merchants), the digital City-Gutschein gift card (redeemable via app, PDF, or physical card), and seasonal products such as the Donauwörther Weihnachtsengerl figurine (EUR 19.90, co-produced with Käthe Kruse Manufaktur).

Revenue is generated through municipal taxes (Gewerbesteuer, Grundsteuer), service fees for administrative procedures and permits, utility operations via Stadtwerke, tourism-related income (museum admissions from EUR 1, ice skate rental EUR 4, igloo dining EUR 25-28.90 per person), and gift-token/gift-card float. Major cultural products include the 53rd annual Donauwörther Kulturtage, the Donauwörther Weihnachtsduft Christmas market across multiple themed Plätzle, and the DONwud multicultural festival. The city has held Fairtrade-Town certification from TransFair Deutschland e.V. continuously since June 2016 and is governed by Oberbürgermeister Jürgen Sorré and the elected Stadtrat.

Name

Stadt Donauwörth

Legal name

Stadt Donauwörth

Website

https://donauwoerth.de

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stadt Donauwörth is a Bavarian Große Kreisstadt (major district town) serving approximately 20,000 residents, tourists, and 230+ local businesses through in-person administration, the Donauwörth App, the Digitales Rathaus portal, and an AI chatbot on its municipal website.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Donauwörth

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue: The city generates revenue primarily through municipal taxes (Gewerbesteuer, Grundsteuer) from local businesses and property owners, as well as shares of state and federal tax revenue.
2. Service Fees and Charges: Revenue from citizen service fees, administrative charges, building permits, and various municipal service fees.
3. Tourism Revenue: Income from tourist services, museum admissions, event revenues, and the tourist information office.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Stadt Donauwörth is a municipal government that delivers public administration services to its approximately 20,000 residents, local businesses, and visitors. Its core deliverables include citizen registration and administrative services through the Bürgerbüro and Standesamt, digital services via the Donauwörth App and Digitales Rathaus portal, cultural programming and museums, tourism promotion, and economic development support for local commerce through the City-Initiative-Donauwörth (CID). The city is funded principally through municipal taxes and government transfers, with supplementary fees for permits, admissions, and event services.

Product overview

Stadt Donauwörth operates a comprehensive digital and physical service portfolio centered around its municipal website and the Donauwörth App. The Digitales Rathaus (Digital Town Hall) serves as the core e-government portal providing citizen services, while the Donauwörth App delivers mobile access to news, events, and municipal information via push notifications. The city operates cultural venues including the Käthe-Kruse-Puppen-Museum and provides meeting facilities for business events. The City-Initiative-Donauwörth (CID) manages a network of over 230 local businesses offering programs like the donauwörther 10er gift tokens and Donauwörther City-Gutschein digital gift cards. Seasonal offerings include the Donauwörther Weihnachtsduft Christmas market series with themed Plätzle locations, and the DONwud multicultural festival. Advisory services such as Flächenmanagement support local commerce, while coworking facilities are available through partners like FinLers GmbH.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Donauwörther Fairtrade-Kaffee: Fairtrade coffee with custom label sold at the Weltladen in Bäckerstraße
• Donauwörther Schokolade
• Donauwörther Weihnachtsduft
• DONwud
• donauwörther 10er
• Donauwörther City-Gutschein

Products and services

• Digitales Rathaus (Digital Town Hall) Digital e-government portal providing online access to municipal services, administrative procedures, and citizen information for residents of Donauwörth.
• Donauwörth App (Heimat-Info App) Mobile citizen information app for iOS and Android delivering news, events, and city notifications directly to smartphones with push notification capability.
• Käthe-Kruse-Puppen-Museum Museum dedicated to the works of Käthe Kruse, featuring a collection of historically significant dolls and puppets, located in Donauwörth and offering admission-based cultural experiences.
• Donauwörther Weihnachtsduft (Christmas Market) Annual Christmas market event series spanning multiple themed locations across Donauwörth, featuring seasonal events, dining, entertainment, and shopping.
• Donauwörther Weihnachtsengerl Collectible Christmas angel figurine created in collaboration with Käthe Kruse Manufaktur GmbH, sold at museums and city stores for €19.90 per piece.
• City-Initiative-Donauwörth e.V. (CID) City marketing business association representing over 230 member businesses from retail, gastronomy, services, trade, real estate, and industry, managing local commerce programs and events.
• donauwörther 10er €10 shopping token valid at approximately 140 participating CID member businesses throughout Donauwörth, functioning as a local gift certificate.
• Donauwörther City-Gutschein Digital or card-based gift voucher system purchasable online via PayPal, credit card, or online banking, redeemable at participating local merchants through PDF, app, or physical card.
• Tagungsräumlichkeiten (Meeting/Conference Rooms) Conference and meeting room facilities offered through the municipal real estate department, suitable for offsites, trainings, and business events.
• Flächenmanagement (Space Management) Municipal advisory service for managing ground-floor commercial spaces, helping property owners and potential tenants find uses for retail spaces to prevent vacancies and optimize the local business mix.
• Coworking Safe-Space by FinLers GmbH Coworking space at Reichsstr. 8 offering fully equipped workstations, phone/meeting booths, event space for up to 25 people, and networking facilities, operated by FinLers GmbH in partnership with the city.
• DONwud – Viele Kulturen, ein Fest Multicultural festival celebrating cultural diversity with international cuisine, music, dance performances, and cultural presentations, held at the Fischerplatz on the Altstadtinsel Ried.
• Städtische Tourist-Information Municipal tourist information office at Rathausgasse 1 serving visitors with tourism services, city tours, event tickets, and accommodation information.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fairtrade-Town certification maintained for 10 consecutive years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 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

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DONwud Steering Committee and Cultural PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018DONwud is a multicultural festival celebrating cultural diversity with international food, music, and dance. Partners include local restaurants offering international cuisine, cultural organizations, the Gymnasium Donauwörth, and various immigrant community groups. The initiative won the 1st place Stadtmarketingpreis Bayern 2018 and multiple integration awards.
• TransFair Deutschland e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 June 2016TransFair awarded Donauwörth the 'Fairtrade-Town' certification in 2016. The certification requires meeting five criteria: council resolution for fair trade products, local steering group, fair trade in shops/cafes, fair trade in public institutions/schools, and media coverage. Successfully renewed biennially.
• City-Initiative-Donauwörth e.V. (CID)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2003Established in 2003, CID is a city marketing association with over 230 member businesses from retail, gastronomy, services, trade, real estate, and industry. The city co-founded and supports this initiative to promote local commerce, organize events, and strengthen the city's economic vitality. Key programs include the 'donauwörther 10er' gift token, City-Gutschein, and numerous annual events.
• Steuerungsgruppe Fairtrade & Nachhaltigkeit (Fairtrade Steering Group)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal multi-stakeholder steering group coordinating fair trade and sustainability initiatives. Members include Kirchengemeinde Donauwörth, Gymnasium Donauwörth, City-Initiative-Donauwörth, Stiftung Sankt Johannes, Weltladen Donauwörth, and Verein Solidarität-für-Eine-Welt.
• Unser Stadtladen Donauwörth UG (haftsungsbeschränkt)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe city supports the 'Stadtladen' (city store) initiative through silent partnership in the UG company structure. Project leader Hubert Gerstmeier represents CID in the shareholder council. The store provides inner-city retail supply and brings foot traffic to Reichsstraße.
• Käthe Kruse Manufaktur GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the local doll manufacturer to create the exclusive 'Donauwörther Weihnachtsengerl' (Donauwörth Christmas Angel) figurines sold at the Käthe-Kruse-Puppen-Museum and other city locations during the Christmas season.
• Peter Alt (Gastronomy)Channel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPeter Alt operates the Rathausplätzle gastronomic location during the Christmas market (Donauwörther Weihnachtsduft), offering traditional culinary specialties and creating a gathering point at the historic city hall.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Stadt Neuburg an der Donau: Große Kreisstadt on the Danube in Upper Bavaria with similar mid-sized profile (~30,000 residents), comparable mix of historic city administration, cultural programming, and Donau-region tourism positioning. Directly comparable as a peer Bavarian Danube municipality of similar administrative tier.
• Stadt Landsberg am Lech: Bavarian Große Kreisstadt of similar tier with historic old-town tourism, regional cultural festivals, and a comparable mix of citizen services and economic development programs. Comparable as a same-tier Bavarian municipality with similar administrative scope.
• Stadt Günzburg: Bavarian Große Kreisstadt with comparable population size, regional hub functions, and similar citizen-service portfolio including tourism, cultural programming, and economic development. Comparable as a peer-tier Bavarian municipality in the broader Swabia/Allgäu region.
• Stadt Nördlingen: Another historic Große Kreisstadt in the Donau-Ries district of Bavarian Swabia with comparable population (~20,000), similar medieval Free Imperial City heritage, and overlapping municipal service and tourism functions. Most directly comparable peer by geography, scale, and administrative class.
• Stadt Dillingen an der Donau: Small Bavarian district town on the Danube with comparable population scale, university-affiliated educational footprint, and similar mix of municipal services plus regional cultural programming. Comparable as a same-region peer municipality of similar administrative character.

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Augsburg: Major Bavarian city (kreisfreie Stadt, ~300,000 residents) and regional capital for Bavarian Swabia that offers the full municipal service portfolio at significantly larger scale. Comparable as a broader-incumbent municipal authority whose scope and digital services benchmark Donauwörth's smaller-scale offerings.
• Stadt Ingolstadt: Large Bavarian city with a major industrial base (automotive), comparable citizen-service and cultural functions, but at materially greater scale. Comparable as a broad-incumbent Bavarian municipality demonstrating how industrial-anchored municipalities operate service portfolios.

Others

• Tourismus Marketing GmbH Bayern: State-level destination marketing organization that supports municipal tourism initiatives across Bavaria, including Donauwörth. Relevant as the ecosystem-level tourism partner and funding channel against which Donauwörth's tourist-information and event programming are benchmarked.

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

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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