Gemeinde Extertal

What Gemeinde Extertal does

Gemeinde Extertal is a municipality (Gemeinde) located in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, providing statutory local government services to its residents. Its functional scope spans municipal administration (Rathaus operations), water supply sourced from 10 distributed groundwater wells, centralized wastewater treatment via the Zentralklärwerk Almena and associated canal network, urban planning and building regulation, local election administration across 12 electoral districts, waste collection scheduling, street lighting, cemetery management, and community/cultural programming. Following the September 2025 mayoral election, the entity is led by Bürgermeister Christian Sauter, with department heads governing roads/traffic/planning (Sven Herzog), municipal economic operations including water/wastewater (Sandra Dalbke), internal administration and finance (Hubertus Fricke), and building management (Susanne Hor).

The municipality's principal technology artifact is its digital services portal at extertal.de, built on the active-City content management system (CMS) and hosted/maintained by technical partner net-Com AG (Osnabrück). The portal organizes citizen-facing services across four domains — Leben + Arbeiten (living/working), Planen + Bauen (planning/construction), Freizeit + Tourismus (leisure/tourism), and Bürger + Info (citizen info) — with supplementary modules for elections, emergency services, broadband supply, and wastewater administration. A third-party Google Translate integration provides multilingual accessibility. External commercial technology investments (no proprietary AI, APIs, mobile apps, or disclosed integrations) are absent.

As a public-law entity under NRW municipal law, Gemeinde Extertal has no commercial revenue model in the traditional sense. Funding derives from local taxation (notably Grundsteuer and the municipal share of Gewerbesteuer), user fees for water supply, wastewater, and building permits (e.g., €24.50 administrative fee for right-of-first-refusal certificates), intergovernmental transfers from the NRW Kommunaler Finanzausgleich, and external state/federal grants such as those under the Städtebauförderungsprogramm 'Kleinere Städte und Gemeinden' urban development program (admitted 2010). The customer base consists of all residents and businesses physically located within the municipality's jurisdictional boundaries, with service delivery executed through the in-person Rathaus plus the 24/7 self-serve web portal.

Name

Gemeinde Extertal

Legal name

Gemeinde Extertal

Website

https://extertal.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gemeinde Extertal is a German municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia providing statutory local government services — water supply, wastewater treatment, urban planning, elections, and citizen administration — to its residents via a Rathaus and an active-City CMS-powered digital portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater) (BPAIAMAE), Solid Waste & Recycling Services Administration (BPAIACAH), Public Works / In-House Municipal Collection Operations (EUAIAAAF)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Local administration services
• Citizen services portal
• Public utility services
• Wastewater management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Extertal

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Gemeinde Extertal is a municipal government entity that delivers local public administration services to its residents, including water supply from ten groundwater wells, centralised wastewater treatment at the Almena plant, building permits and urban planning, election administration across twelve electoral districts, waste collection scheduling, street lighting, cemetery management, broadband infrastructure information, and digital citizen services through its Rathaus Extertal portal built on the active-City CMS platform. The municipality also administers state-funded urban development programmes targeting the four main town centres and provides downloadable forms, fee schedules, and emergency contact directories for residents.

Product overview

Gemeinde Extertal operates a unified digital municipal services portal (Rathaus Extertal) built on the active-City CMS platform. The portal provides citizens with access to administrative services organized across four main areas: (1) Leben + Arbeiten (Living + Working) covering education, broadband, family services, and housing; (2) Planen + Bauen (Planning + Construction) covering building permits, land use planning, and urban development funding; (3) Freizeit + Tourismus (Leisure + Tourism) covering recreational activities and accommodation; and (4) Bürger + Info (Citizen + Info) covering citizen services, elections, and press releases. Supporting services include wastewater disposal through a central treatment plant, water supply from 10 drinking water wells, and emergency on-call services. The portal also integrates Google Translate for multilingual access. The technical infrastructure is provided by net-Com AG (Osnabrück), with content managed via active-City CMS.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wasserversorgung (Drinking Water Supply) Municipal drinking water supply service sourced from 10 groundwater wells distributed throughout the municipal area, processed and delivered to residents as a public utility service.
• Abwasserentsorgung (Wastewater Disposal) Municipal wastewater management service operating a central treatment plant in Almena, maintaining the canal network, and conducting private drainage system inspections as required by the NRW Selbstüberwachungsverordnung Abwasser (SüwVO Abw).
• Planen + Bauen (Urban Planning and Building Permits) Municipal statutory land-use planning (Bauleitplanung) service including the Flächennutzungsplan (Land Use Plan), Bebauungspläne (Development Plans), building permit processes, and the urban development funding programme "Kleinere Städte und Gemeinden" targeting Almena, Bösingfeld, Laßbruch, and Silixen.
• Wahlen & Volksbegehren (Elections and Referendums) Municipal election administration service covering the 12 electoral districts, Kommunalwahl (municipal elections), mayoral runoff elections (Stichwahl), election worker recruitment, accessible voting options for visually impaired residents, and Volksbegehren (referendum procedures).
• Gebäudemanagement (Building Management) Municipal building management service responsible for the operation, maintenance, and administration of community facilities, including village community centres and community associations across the municipality.
• Breitbandversorgung (Broadband Supply) Municipal broadband infrastructure information service managed through the planning and construction department, providing residents with supply information and connectivity details.
• Bürgerservice (Citizen Service Centre / Rathaus) Walk-in administrative service offered at the Rathaus Extertal (Mittelstr. 36, 32699 Extertal) during opening hours (Mon-Fri 08:00-12:00, Thu 13:30-17:00) and by appointment, providing residents with in-person access to administrative procedures, fee payments, and forms.
• Freizeit + Tourismus (Tourism and Recreation Information) Official municipal tourism information service covering activities including draisine rail bikes, hiking, cycling, horseback riding, water sports, motor/steam attractions, accommodation (hotels, holiday apartments, camping), dining, and local events across Extertal's districts.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• net-Com AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnical service provider responsible for website infrastructure and technical maintenance. net-Com AG is based in Osnabrück (Albert-Brickwedde-Straße 2, 49084 Osnabrück) and serves as the technical service provider for the municipal website.
• active-CitycoreTechnology or IntegrationCMS (Content Management System) provider for the municipal website. active-City provides the website platform technology enabling content management and citizen-facing digital services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gemeinde Leopoldshöhe: Neighboring Gemeinde in Kreis Lippe of similar size, sharing the NRW municipal administration framework and operating comparable in-house utilities and citizen services.
• Stadt Lage: Small neighboring town in Kreis Lippe with comparable service scope, regulatory environment, and reliance on state funding for town-center development under NRW municipal law.
• Stadt Blomberg: Neighboring small town in Kreis Lippe with directly comparable scale and municipal service mix, operating under the same NRW legal and funding framework.
• Stadt Barntrup: Small neighboring town in Kreis Lippe, structurally similar in population, service breadth, and reliance on state urban development funding for town-center renewal.
• Stadt Oerlinghausen: Small neighboring town in Kreis Lippe with directly comparable municipal service portfolio, including in-house water/wastewater operations, urban planning, and citizen-facing digital services.
• Gemeinde Kalletal: Neighboring Gemeinde in Kreis Lippe of comparable small-rural character and population size, providing the same municipal service portfolio (utilities, planning, citizen services) under the same NRW legal framework.
• Gemeinde Dörentrup: Adjacent small rural Gemeinde in Kreis Lippe with directly comparable scale, service scope, and regulatory environment, including water/wastewater administration and town-center revitalization programs.
• Gemeinde Schlangen: Neighboring small rural Gemeinde in Kreis Lippe with comparable size, in-house utility operations, and citizen service delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Alte Hansestadt Lemgo: Larger neighboring town in Kreis Lippe with established heritage-protection and tourism infrastructure, providing a relevant point of comparison for Extertal's cultural/heritage asset management and tourism development strategy.
• Stadt Detmold: Larger Kreisstadt and administrative seat of Kreis Lippe; offers a broader portfolio of municipal services and acts as the regional hub, providing a benchmark for service depth and digital capabilities for smaller neighboring municipalities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeinde-extertal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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