Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg

What Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg does

Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg is a district-level public administration (Kreis) in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, headquartered at Am Markt 4, 23909 Ratzeburg, with branch offices in Geesthacht and Mölln. It delivers legally mandated administrative services to residents of the Herzogtum Lauenburg district — including vehicle registration, driver's licensing, health (Fachdienst 180 Gesundheit), veterinary and food-safety oversight (Fachdienst 190), social services, building permits, elections, equal-opportunity services, and district archiving — to roughly 163,000 eligible voters across multiple cities (Ratzeburg, Mölln, Geesthacht, Lauenburg/Elbe, Schwarzenbek) and Ämter in the southeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein near Hamburg.

Service delivery is hybrid: in-person via physical offices supplemented by digital channels including a Bürgerportal, online appointment booking for the Ausländerbehörde, Kfz online registration/de-registration, a Geoportal based on ArcGIS, a Solarkataster for rooftop solar assessment, and a Kreistagsinformationssystem for political transparency. The technology stack consists of standard German e-government tooling — ArcGIS, Matomo analytics, termine-reservieren.de — with EU-funded modernization of the health department's IT and infection-protection systems underway 2022–2026.

The entity is constitutionally, not commercially, funded: revenue derives from statutory Verwaltungsgebühren (e.g., €10 per infectious-disease test, €10 per Schengen medication-travel certification), a share of property and local taxes (Kreisschulzensabgaben), and state allocations from Land Schleswig-Holstein. It is currently executing a €72 million Kreishaus renovation and extension in Ratzeburg (€23M extension; +115 staff capacity; Richtfest July 10, 2026; opening planned 2027) to consolidate fragmented workplaces and relieve severe overcrowding (~350 staff in a building designed for ~180). Governance is exercised through the elected Kreistag under Landrat Dr. Christoph Mager; no parent company or commercial subsidiary exists.

Name

Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg

Legal name

Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg

Website

https://kreis-rz.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg is a German district (Kreis) administration in Schleswig-Holstein, providing mandated public services — vehicle registration, health, veterinary, social, and electoral — to roughly 163,000 residents across multiple municipalities via offices in Ratzeburg, Geesthacht, and Mölln, plus a digital Bürgerportal.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ratzeburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Administrative Fees and Charges: The district generates revenue through administrative fees charged for official services such as certifications, licenses, permits, health certificates, and official documentation. Fees are set in accordance with German administrative fee regulations (Verwaltungsgebührensatzung).
2. Property and Land Taxes (Kreisschulzensabgaben): The district receives a share of the municipal property tax and other local tax revenues as part of the German local government fiscal system.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg is a German district-level government entity that delivers public administrative services to residents and businesses within the Herzogtum Lauenburg district of Schleswig-Holstein. It operates both physical offices and digital service portals (Bürgerportal, online appointment booking, Geoportal, Solarkataster) to provide access to mandated local government services.

Product overview

Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg operates as a district government (Kreis) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, providing public administrative services to citizens. The district offers a digital service portfolio accessible through its citizen portal (Bürgerportal) and various specialized online platforms. Core services include vehicle registration (Kfz), appointment scheduling for the foreigner's authority, geographic mapping (Geoportal), solar potential assessment (Solarkataster), council information access (Kreistagsinformationssystem), and food safety training. The administrative services are organized into specialized departments (Fachdienste) including Health Services, Veterinary Services, Building Planning, and Social Services, with physical offices in Ratzeburg and Geesthacht.

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Products and services

• Bürgerportal Citizen-facing digital portal providing residents of Herzogtum Lauenburg with online access to administrative services and government information.
• Online appointment booking Digital service allowing citizens to schedule appointments at district offices rather than queuing in person.
• Geoportal Geospatial information portal providing maps and location-based public data for the district.
• Solarkataster Solar cadastre providing information on solar energy potential for properties within the district, supporting planning and energy decisions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 300,000 kilometers cycled in STADTRADELN 2026, demonstrating community engagement in sustainability initiatives
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Naturpark Lauenburgische SeencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe district partners with the Naturpark Lauenburgische Seen for nature conservation, environmental education, and public nature experiences. Joint activities include ranger-led tours, cycling events, and nature park hikes. The district's rangers work in both the nature park and the biosphere reserve, providing environmental education and conservation services to residents and visitors.
• Biosphärenreservatsamt Schaalsee-ElbecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe district collaborates with the Biosphärenreservatsamt Schaalsee-Elbe (Biosphere Reserve Authority) on nature protection, environmental education, and conservation in the Schaalsee biosphere reserve area. Joint events such as the World Ranger Day bicycle tour are organized to highlight environmental work and nature conservation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kreis Stormarn: Adjacent Kreis in Schleswig-Holstein, also operating as a district administration providing Kfz-Zulassung, health, social, and environmental services to ~240K residents in the Hamburg metropolitan region. Same state-level legal framework, same Fachdienst structure, comparable citizen-services portfolio.
• Kreis Pinneberg: Schleswig-Holstein Kreis adjoining Hamburg on the west side, serving the largest population in SH. Operates parallel digital citizen platforms, vehicle registration, health and social services in the same statutory framework as Herzogtum Lauenburg.
• Kreis Dithmarschen: Schleswig-Holstein Kreis serving roughly 130K residents with the standard statutory portfolio of public administration, citizen services, health, environment, and construction oversight — the same constitutional role as Herzogtum Lauenburg at similar scale.
• Kreis Segeberg: Schleswig-Holstein Kreis of similar scale (Bad Segeberg) covering roughly 280K residents in the Hamburg metro. Provides the same range of mandated public services — vehicle registration, health, veterinary, social welfare, environmental protection — under identical state administrative law.
• Kreis Ostholstein: Schleswig-Holstein Kreis headquartered in Eutin, providing an equivalent portfolio of public-administration services including Kfz, health, social, nature protection, and tourism-related services. Directly comparable in statute, scale, and citizen-services mix to Herzogtum Lauenburg.
• Landkreis Harburg: Lower-Saxony Landkreis on the southern edge of the Hamburg metropolitan region. Same size class and mandate as Herzogtum Lauenburg, providing analogous public services to a similar commuter-belt population; widely benchmarked against the subject for service quality and digitalization in the Hamburg metro.
• Kreis Steinburg: Schleswig-Holstein Kreis headquartered in Itzehoe with comparable resident population and service portfolio. Operates the same range of Kreisfachdienste — health, veterinary, social, building authority, environment — under identical federal/state law as Herzogtum Lauenburg.
• Kreis Plön: Schleswig-Holstein Kreis headquartered in Plön with comparable resident base. Delivers identical Kfz, Führerschein, Gesundheitsamt, Veterinärwesen, and Naturschutz services as the subject; also active in nature-park and tourism programmes near the Baltic.

Regional players

• Landkreis Lüneburg: Lower-Saxony Landkreis in the Hamburg metro region providing the same statutory district-services portfolio as Herzogtum Lauenburg; useful cross-state peer for benchmarking digital citizen-service delivery and CapEx modernization programmes.
• Landkreis Stade: Lower-Saxony Landkreis neighbouring Hamburg on its western flank with comparable Hamburg-metro dynamics; provides Kfz, Gesundheitsamt, Veterinärwesen, and environmental services under Niedersachsen law — analogous role to Herzogtum Lauenburg under Schleswig-Holstein law.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries4 records

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