Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg

What Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg does

Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg is the municipal public health department (Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst) of the City of Nuremberg, Germany, responsible under German and Bavarian state law for protecting and promoting the health of Nuremberg's approximately 520,000 residents. It delivers a broad portfolio of statutory services across seven core domains: children and youth health (including school medical examinations, developmental screening, and dental programs), infectious disease control (surveillance, mandatory reporting, vaccinations, travel medicine, and tuberculosis care), sexual health (HIV/STI counseling and testing), mental health coordination (Fachstelle Psychiatrie, social psychiatric service, and the digital Wegweiser Psychische Gesundheit guide), refugee and asylum-seeker health (multilingual medical care and trauma support), environmental health (drinking water and bathing water monitoring, cyanobacteria surveillance), and occupational health licensing (Heilpraktiker certifications, food handler licensing, medical expert opinions).

The department operates no proprietary technology platform; its service architecture combines in-person consultations at municipal offices, on-site delivery at schools and kindergartens, and digital touchpoints hosted on the official nuernberg.de website (including multilingual versions in Russian and Turkish). Digital services are limited to information portals, contact forms, and searchable physician/psychotherapist directories. The department coordinates annual city-wide events such as the Nürnberger Woche der seelischen Gesundheit and participates in civic events including Pride Weeks through partnerships with organizations like Post SV Nürnberg.

The business model is non-commercial: all services are provided free of charge to residents and funded entirely through the City of Nuremberg municipal budget, with no pricing structure, subscription, or external revenue. The department is also embedded in the national Gesunde Städte-Netzwerk (Healthy Cities Network) and operates under the Leitbild des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes, a mission framework adopted by the German Gesundheitsministerkonferenz. Its go-to-market is community- and event-driven, relying on the city's official communication infrastructure and direct outreach through civic partnerships rather than commercial sales channels.

Name

Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg

Legal name

Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg

Website

https://gesundheit.nuernberg.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg is the municipal public health department of the City of Nuremberg, delivering free statutory health services — including child health, infectious disease control, mental health coordination, sexual health, refugee health, and environmental monitoring — to Nuremberg's approximately 520,000 residents under German public health law.

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Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Health Care and Social Assistance (62), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Communicable Disease Prevention & Chronic Disease Programs (BPAIAJAI)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Infectious disease control
• Child health services
• Sexual health counseling
• Environmental health monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Nürnberg

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. Public Government Funding: Funded through municipal government budget and public tax revenue. No commercial revenue generation. Services are provided as part of public health mandate under the German public health service system.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg is the municipal public health department (Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst) of the City of Nuremberg, Germany. It provides statutory public health services including infectious disease surveillance, vaccination and travel medicine, child and youth health examinations, sexual health and HIV/STI counseling, mental health coordination, refugee health services, water and environmental monitoring, occupational health licensing, and health promotion programs. Digital offerings include the Wegweiser Psychische Gesundheit online guide, Arztsuche physician search, and Psychotherapie-Suche psychotherapy search.

Product overview

Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg is a municipal public health department (Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst) providing comprehensive health services to the residents of Nuremberg. The department operates as a unified service platform offering multiple interconnected programs including child and youth health services (Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit), infectious disease management (Infektionskrankheiten), gender-specific health services, sexual health services, mental health coordination through the Fachstelle Psychiatrie, prevention and health promotion programs, water and environmental health monitoring, occupational health licensing, and refugee health services. Digital services include the Wegweiser Psychische Gesundheit (mental health guide), Arztsuche (physician search), and Psychotherapie-Suche (psychotherapy search). The department coordinates annual events like the Woche der seelischen Gesundheit (Mental Health Week) and participates in the Gesunde Städte-Netzwerk (Healthy Cities Network).

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Products and services

• Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit Comprehensive health services for children and adolescents including early intervention (Frühe Hilfen), developmental counseling, pediatric medical service (Kinder- und Jugendärztlicher Gesundheitsdienst), physical exercise programs (Rücken- und Bewegungsturnen / RüBe), dental health service (Zahngesundheitsdienst), and school and kindergarten health consultations.
• Infektionskrankheiten Management and monitoring of infectious diseases including mandatory reporting, seasonal disease surveillance, vaccination and travel medicine services (Impfungen und Reisemedizin), and specialized tuberculosis care (Tuberkulose-Betreuung) with contact tracing and treatment follow-up.
• Sexuelle Gesundheit Sexual health services including HIV and STI counseling, testing, treatment, and prevention education (HIV- und STI-Beratung), as well as contraception advice and prostitution regulation support.
• Gesundheit und Geschlecht Gender-specific health services including pregnancy counseling (Schwangerschaftsberatung), men's health consultations, and support for intersex and transgender individuals.
• Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung Disease prevention and health promotion programs coordinating health initiatives across city districts, securing quality standards in care facilities, and running programs such as GROW HAPPY NBG for children and adolescents.
• Fachstelle Psychiatrie Psychiatry coordination office managing psychiatric care services across Nuremberg and coordinating mental health initiatives, including the Sozialpsychiatrischer Dienst for community-based mental health support and outreach.
• Wegweiser Psychische Gesundheit Online guide to mental health developed by the Fachstelle Psychiatrie in collaboration with the health promotion division, bundling mental health resources in a compact and accessible digital format for citizens.
• Asyl und Gesundheit Health services for asylum seekers including multilingual medical care with intercultural expertise and trauma support services for refugees with mental health conditions, delivered through the Medizinische Fachstelle für Flüchtlinge.
• Wasser und Umwelt Water quality monitoring and environmental health services including drinking water facility inspection (Trinkwasserüberwachung), bathing water quality surveillance (Badegewässerqualität) including cyanobacteria monitoring, and environmental medicine counseling.
• Beruf und Gesundheit Occupational health services including licensing for healthcare professions, food handlers, pharmacies, and prostitution; Heilpraktiker (alternative medicine practitioner) licensing; and medical expert opinions (Gutachten) for administrative decisions.
• Arztsuche Digital physician search tool helping residents find doctors and healthcare providers in Nuremberg.
• Psychotherapie-Suche Digital psychotherapy search service helping residents find psychotherapists in Nuremberg.
• Gesundheitsberichterstattung Health reporting and epidemiological surveillance providing data-driven insights on population health status for Nuremberg.

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Post SV NürnbergminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Cooperation with Post SV Nürnberg for Pride Weeks 2026 events. Gesundheitsamt participates in the city's Pride Weeks program by providing health-related offerings including sports, movement, and relaxation activities organized in partnership with Post SV Nürnberg sports club.
• Gesunde Städte-Netzwerk (Healthy Cities Network)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Nürnberg is a member of the Gesunde Städte-Netzwerk (Healthy Cities Network) and is represented by the Gesundheitsamt. The network published the Hannover Erklärung 2026 advocating for health-promoting living conditions as a core municipal responsibility. This is a national network of German cities committed to public health promotion.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA): German federal agency for health education and promotion. Broader incumbent that provides nationwide prevention and health-literacy campaigns that the Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg adapts and distributes at the city level.
• Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LGL Bayern): Bavarian state health authority referenced on the Nuremberg Gesundheitsamt's own website (e.g., for bathing-water cyanobacteria guidance). Broader incumbent operating at state level — oversees health and food safety across Bavaria and provides scientific backing that local Gesundheitsämter rely on.
• Robert Koch-Institut (RKI): Germany's federal public health institute. Broader incumbent establishing national infectious-disease surveillance, vaccination recommendations, and public-health protocols that the Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg implements locally.

Direct peers

• Gesundheitsamt München: Municipal health department of Munich, Germany. Direct comparable as a Bavarian city-level Gesundheitsamt providing the same statutory public-health services — infectious disease control, vaccinations, child/youth health, mental health coordination — to a comparable urban population.
• Gesundheitsamt Frankfurt am Main: Municipal health authority of Frankfurt. Direct comparable as a major German city's health office delivering the standard Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst service portfolio including refugee health and multilingual services.
• Gesundheitsamt Berlin: State-level public health authority in Berlin. Direct comparable offering the full municipal Gesundheitsamt service portfolio (vaccination, infection reporting, mental health, environmental health) under the same German federal public-health law framework.
• Gesundheitsamt Hamburg: Municipal health authority of Hamburg, Germany. Comparable as another large-city German public health department executing the same statutory mandate with similar programs in child health, infectious disease, mental health, and environmental monitoring.
• Gesundheitsamt Köln: Municipal health department of Cologne, Germany. Comparable large-city Gesundheitsamt operating under the same federal/Bavarian-style public health mandate with vaccination, mental health, and infectious disease programs.
• Gesundheitsamt Stuttgart: Municipal health department of Stuttgart, Germany. Comparable as a Baden-Württemberg city-level Gesundheitsamt delivering the same statutory public health services to a large urban population.

Others

• Gesunde Städte-Netzwerk: National German network of cities committed to health-promoting municipal policy. The Gesundheitsamt Nürnberg represents the city as a member; the network is a peer-level ecosystem participant rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nuernberg_de
• YouTubeyoutube.com/nbgpresse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gesundheitsamt-n%C3%BCrnberg

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