Der Senator Für Inneres

What Der Senator Für Inneres does

Die Senatorin für Inneres und Sport is the Interior Ministry of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany, serving as the upper state authority (oberste Landesbehörde) responsible for internal security, citizen administration, and sports policy within the state of Bremen (including Bremen and Bremerhaven). The ministry oversees police (Polizei Bremen), fire and rescue (Feuerwehr Bremen), constitutional protection (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz), statistical services (Statistisches Landesamt), and the citizen, migration, civil registry, public order, and sports offices. Its core service portfolio includes three physical BürgerServiceCenters (Bremen-Mitte, Bremen-Nord, Bremen-Osten) plus a pop-up location and a self-service pass pickup box, complemented by digital channels such as the online civil registry (xStA-Bürger system) and the ZIMS whistleblower reporting portal. The ministry also coordinates the Sicherheitspartnerschaften program, integrating police, federal police, DB Security, and municipal order enforcement through joint patrols and shared situation reports, and manages disaster and civil defense via coordination with fire services, THW, aid organizations, and the Bundeswehr.

The ministry operates as a government entity with no commercial revenue; services are funded through state budget allocations from the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, with statutory fees for specific services such as passports, identity cards, and dog licenses as regulated by Bremen state law. Its customer base is the entire resident population of the state of Bremen, with no external or commercial customer segments. The technology stack centers on a government administrative services platform supporting citizen-facing web portals, internal compliance systems, and a cybersecurity coordination unit. The ministry distributes its services through official websites (inneres.bremen.de), Instagram (@inneres_bremen), traditional press relations, and in-person service centers. The organization is headquartered at Contrescarpe 22/24 in Bremen, a historic building acquired by the city in 1939 and serving as the ministry's seat since June 1, 1954.

Name

Der Senator Für Inneres

Legal name

Die Senatorin für Inneres und Sport

Website

https://inneres.bremen.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Die Senatorin für Inneres und Sport is the Interior Ministry of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, overseeing police, fire, constitutional protection, migration, and citizen documentation services for all residents of the state of Bremen across physical service centers and digital portals.

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Product category

Public Administration

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Police Protection (92212), Fire Protection (922160), National Security and International Affairs (9281), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Office / Cabinet Secretariat (BPAIAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

Keywords

• Public safety services
• Civil registration services
• Migration administration
• Emergency response services
• Citizen services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Der Senator Für Inneres is the interior ministry of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, providing state-level public safety, civil documentation, migration administration, and citizen-facing services. It coordinates policing, fire and rescue, constitutional protection, disaster and civil protection, cybersecurity, and sports policy for the Bremen state territory. Services are delivered through physical service centers and online platforms such as the BürgerServiceCenter, the online registry office, and the ZIMS process management platform.

Product overview

Der Senator Für Inneres is the Interior Ministry of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, offering citizen-facing administrative services rather than a unified software product. The portfolio comprises citizen service centers (BürgerServiceCenter) for registrations and documents, online civil registry services for marriage registration, self-service pass pickup infrastructure, dog licensing examinations, and internal compliance systems including whistleblower reporting (ZIMS) and a cybersecurity center. Public safety services include disaster and civil defense coordination, constitutional protection reporting, and security partnership programs. These services are delivered through physical offices, web portals, and partnerships rather than a single integrated software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BürgerServiceCenter (Bremen Service Center) Central physical service center providing Bremen residents with access to civil documentation, registration, and administrative services.
• Pass-Abholbox (Passport Pickup Box) Automated 24/7 pickup box allowing Bremen residents to collect passports and documents outside of normal office hours.
• Hundeführerschein (Dog License) Online dog license service for residents of Bremen to register and certify their dogs.
• Online-Standesamt-Service (Online Registry Office) Online portal for civil status services provided to Bremen residents, including marriage registration and birth/death records.
• ZIMS (Process Management Platform) Public-sector process management platform used by the Bremen Interior Ministry to coordinate administrative workflows.
• Zentralstelle Cybersicherheit (Central Cybersecurity Office) Central cybersecurity coordination office for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, serving as a regional hub for IT security governance.
• Katastrophen- und Zivilschutz (Disaster and Civil Protection) Disaster and civil protection program for Bremen, including the Konzeption Zivil- und Katastrophenschutz framework.
• Sicherheitspartnerschaften (Security Partnerships) Public-private security partnerships with Volkswagen, BLG, and Deutsche Bahn to protect critical infrastructure in the Bremen area.
• Verfassungsschutzbericht (Constitutional Protection Report) Public annual report on constitutional protection activities in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Bundespolizeidirektion (Federal Police Directorate)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Sicherheitskooperation Bremer Hauptbahnhof coordinates security efforts at Bremen Main Station between federal police, state police, DB Security, and municipal order enforcement. The partnership maintains a joint situation report (Lagebild) to coordinate measures and optimize resource deployment.
• Polizei BremencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Sicherheitskooperation Bremer Hauptbahnhof, the Polizei Bremen collaborates on joint security operations and information sharing for the main railway station area.
• DB Sicherheit (DB Security)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDB Security participates in the Sicherheitskooperation Bremer Hauptbahnhof, contributing to coordinated security presence including the Quattrostreife (quadruple patrol) together with police, federal police, and municipal order enforcement.
• Ordnungsamt BremencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal order enforcement authority participating in joint security operations including the Sicherheitskooperation Bremer Hauptbahnhof and general public order maintenance.
• Fire Services and Aid OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Sicherheitspartnerschaften initiative involves coordination with fire services, THW (Technisches Hilfswerk), police, aid organizations, and Bundeswehr for comprehensive disaster response and civil protection.
• Innenministerkonferenz (Conference of German Interior Ministers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Innenministerkonferenz (IMK) brings together all German interior ministers and senators for coordinated federal-state cooperation on security policy, civil defense, and internal affairs.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Senatsverwaltung für Inneres und Sport (Berlin): Berlin's interior ministry is the closest structural analogue: another German city-state (Stadtstaat) whose Senator für Inneres oversees police, fire, constitutional protection, civil documentation, and sports administration for the Berlin population. Direct comparability in mandate, scale of operation, and city-state governance model.
• Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern: Bavaria's state interior ministry oversees police, fire, constitutional protection, and citizen administration across Germany's largest Land. While larger in scale, it executes the same Land-level interior portfolio as the Bremen Senatorin and is a key coordination partner in the Innenministerkonferenz.
• Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres und Sport: Lower Saxony's interior ministry has a near-identical naming convention ('Inneres und Sport') and shares direct geographic proximity with Bremen. It executes the same state-level mandate and is a primary partner in cross-border security coordination given Bremerhaven's location in Lower Saxony.
• Behörde für Inneres und Sport (Hamburg): Hamburg's interior authority is the third German city-state interior ministry, sharing with Bremen the dual municipal/state role, port-economy significance, and responsibility for police, fire, civil protection, and citizen services in a dense urban environment.
• Hessisches Ministerium des Innern und für den Sport: Hesse's interior ministry carries the same combined interior-and-sport remit and serves as a benchmark Land ministry with comparable functions across police, fire protection, civil defense, and citizen services.
• Ministerium für Inneres, Bauen und Heimat Schleswig-Holstein: Schleswig-Holstein's interior ministry handles the same Land-level interior functions and is a peer in the Innenministerkonferenz, particularly relevant given shared coastal and maritime-security concerns with Bremen.
• Ministerium des Innern des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: North Rhine-Westphalia's interior ministry is Germany's largest Land-level interior ministry by population served, executing the same constitutional mandate (police oversight, fire/civil protection, constitutional protection, citizen administration) and participating alongside Bremen in IMK coordination.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat: The federal interior ministry is the higher-tier counterpart that sets nationwide policy, coordinates Land ministries via the IMK, and funds programs the Bremen Senatorin implements. Overlaps in constitutional protection, civil defense, and citizen documentation, but operates at national rather than state level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/inneres_bremen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/der-senator-f%C3%BCr-inneres

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries10 records

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