What Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen does

Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen is a public administrative district (Kreis) in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, formed on 4 September 2011 through the merger of the former districts Nordvorpommern and Rügen. Headquartered in Stralsund at Carl-Heydemann-Ring 67, the county delivers statutory public administration services — including civil registry, vehicle registration, building and water permits, social services, education administration, environmental protection, waste management, and rescue services — to its resident population across a territory that includes Rügen island and the Vorpommern mainland.

The county operates through four physical citizen service centers (Bürgerservice) in Stralsund, Bergen auf Rügen, Grimmen, and Ribnitz-Damgarten, supplemented by the centralized 115 government service hotline and a digital services portal (Online-Terminbuchung, Abfall-App, Online-Wunschkennzeichen, GeoShop, Atlas.VR, E-Kommunikation). It wholly owns and operates five Eigenbetriebe: Jobcenter Vorpommern-Rügen, Abfallwirtschaft (AWI), Infrastrukturverwaltungsbetrieb (which includes the historic 'Rasender Roland' narrow-gauge railway), and Rettungsdienst. The administration is led by Landrat Stephan Kerth and supported by a Kreistag (district council), with electoral cycles including Landratswahl 2025 and Kommunalwahl 2024.

The entity's funding model is fundamentally non-commercial: revenue derives from the Kreisumlage (municipal tax contribution from constituent municipalities), conditional and unconditional grants from Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the federal government, EU program funding (LEADER, chance.natur, Land(auf)Schwung, broadband and hydrogen initiatives), and regulated administrative fees. Strategic initiatives include the Wasserstoff-Region (under HyLand), the Breitband-Projekt broadband expansion, regional logistics programs (öpnVRegio 2023–2025), and workforce-development partnerships with Hochschule Stralsund, IHK Rostock, and IfT. As a public-sector entity, it does not pursue commercial monetization and is not subject to investment-style growth or churn dynamics.

Name

Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

Legal name

Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

Website

https://lk-vr.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen is a public administrative district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, formed in 2011, delivering statutory public administration, social, education, waste, and rescue services to residents across Stralsund, Rügen, and the Vorpommern mainland via four service centers and a digital portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Services to Buildings and Dwellings (5617)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Refuse Systems (4953), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Education Authorities & Municipal Education Offices (EDADABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH), Affordable & Subsidized Housing Property Management (LIHTC, Section 8) (BPAJAFAD), Public Property & Asset Management (Federal Buildings, Fleet, Land) (BPAIAAAJ)

Keywords

• Public administration services
• Municipal government services
• E-government services
• Citizen service centers
• Social services administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Stralsund

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue (Kreisumlage): The county receives revenue through the municipal tax contribution (Kreisumlage) collected from municipalities within the district, which forms the primary basis for funding public administration services.
2. State and Federal Grants: The county receives conditional and unconditional grants from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the federal government to fund specific administrative functions and public services.
3. User Fees and Charges (Verwaltungsgebühren): The county charges administrative fees for specific services such as water usage permits, construction permits, vehicle registration, and other regulatory services, as governed by the WaKostVO fee schedule.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen is a public administrative district that delivers statutory government services to its residents, including civil registry, vehicle registration, building and water permits, social services, school administration, waste management, water management, employment services (Jobcenter), youth and family welfare, and emergency rescue services. It operates a network of four physical citizen service centers, the national 115 service hotline, and an online services portal with e-government tools spanning appointment booking, license plate reservation, geospatial data, and waste collection scheduling.

Product overview

Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen operates a comprehensive e-government platform providing digital administrative services to citizens. The offering consists of multiple online service portals including appointment booking (Online-Terminbuchung), waste management scheduling (Abfall-App), vehicle registration with custom license plates (Online-Wunschkennzeichen), health certification training (Online-Belehrung Infektionsschutzgesetz), geospatial services (GeoShop, Atlas.VR), and general administrative onlineservices. Supporting infrastructure projects include broadband expansion and the hydrogen region initiative. The platform is organized as a government service portal rather than a commercial product portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online-Terminbuchung

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and moderate.

• Regionalmarketing Vorpommern e.V.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegionalmarketing Vorpommern e.V. is a regional marketing association that promotes the Vorpommern region. The county partners with this association for regional branding and economic promotion activities.
• Hochschule Stralsund (University of Applied Sciences Stralsund)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe county collaborates with Hochschule Stralsund on educational initiatives, workforce development, and regional economic development projects. The university is listed as a partner in county projects.
• MakerPort StralsundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMakerPort Stralsund is a local maker/innovation space that collaborates with the county on economic development and innovation initiatives in the Stralsund area.
• LEADER Nordvorpommern und RügenmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerLEADER is a European Union-funded rural development approach. The county participates in LEADER programs for Nordvorpommern and Rügen to support rural economic development, community projects, and agricultural diversification.
• Land(auf)SchwungmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerLand(auf)Schwung is a federal program supporting structurally weak rural regions. Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen participates as a Projektregion (project region) to drive local economic development.
• Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Rostock (IHK Rostock)moderateGTM or Marketing PartnerIHK Rostock is the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for the region. It serves as a kooperationspartner (cooperation partner) for the vocatium Vorpommern/Stralsund career and education fair organized by the county.
• IfT Institut für Talententwicklung (Institute for Talent Development)moderateGTM or Marketing PartnerIfT organizes the vocatium career fair, which Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen co-hosts. The county provides the platform and local coordination for this vocational education event featuring 66 exhibitors in 2026.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Stadt Greifswald: University city (Kreisfreie Stadt) in neighboring Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald, structurally similar but smaller in scale — provides the same local-government service mandate without Kreis-level responsibilities.
• Landkreis Uckermark: Rural Brandenburg county with similar demographic decline profile, low-density population, and dependence on LEADER and federal rural-development programs — a useful structural comparator for Vorpommern-Rügen.
• Hansestadt Stralsund: Kreisfreie Stadt (urban district) within the same region and the county seat of Vorpommern-Rügen. Performs overlapping municipal functions in its territory but lacks the Kreis-level responsibilities (jobcenter, school administration) held by the county.
• Landkreis Barnim: County government in neighboring Brandenburg, comparable in rural/peri-urban mix, Eigenbetriebe structure, and EU/program funding exposure — provides a like-for-like benchmark outside Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• Hansestadt Rostock: Kreisfreie Stadt in the same state, operating as a unitary municipality with combined city/county functions. Comparable in service portfolio but serves a much larger urban population.

Direct peers

• Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald: Adjacent county in the same state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with an identical structure of Eigenbetriebe (jobcenter, waste, infrastructure) and the same statutory mandate for public administration, social services, and education oversight in a rural region.
• Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg: Smallest county in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by area, sharing the same statutory functions, Eigenbetriebe structure, and exposure to demographic and rural-development challenges.
• Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte: Largest county in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by area, sharing the same Land(r) administration framework, Eigenbetriebe structure, and EU-program participation (LEADER, Land(auf)Schwung).
• Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim: Western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern county with comparable rural profile, demographically similar, and exercising the same Kreis-level administrative functions including jobcenter, waste management, and education administration.
• Landkreis Rostock: County government in the same state, providing the same public administration portfolio (vehicle registration, building permits, social services, education) to a peri-urban population around the city of Rostock.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries4 records

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