Staatliches Hochbauamt Heidelberg

What Staatliches Hochbauamt Heidelberg does

Staatliches Hochbauamt Heidelberg is a field-level state construction office (Staatliches Hochbauamt) responsible for planning, procurement, and oversight of federal and state building projects in the Heidelberg district. The entity sits inside the Bundesbau-Betriebsleitung division of the Oberfinanzdirektion Baden-Württemberg (OFD BW), which in turn reports to the Ministerium für Finanzen Baden-Württemberg (Ministry of Finance Baden-Württemberg). Leadership at the parent OFD level is provided by Oberfinanzpräsident Dr. Bernd Kraft and Vizepräsidentin Jutta Nickerl, with Christian Kaiser heading the Bundesbau-Betriebsleitung division. The office is not a commercial entity and has no product pricing, ARR, or investor structure; it is funded through the state budget and operates under statutory public-procurement and construction-administration rules.

The parent OFD BW runs an integrated digital portfolio that the Heidelberg office can leverage for stakeholder coordination: the Finanzämter Baden-Württemberg Portal (centralized access to all tax offices), ELSTER (electronic tax return filing), SteuerCloud@BW (state-specific cloud tax management), the Grundsteuer-Portal (property tax services), Serviceportal BW (general state services), the Steuer macht Schule school outreach programme, and the Steuerchatbot (AI-assisted Q&A on steuerchatbot.de). These services are stitched together under a shared platform architecture operated in part by the OFD's EDV-Abteilung / Landeszentrum für Datenverarbeitung (led by Christiane Gießer) and the Steuerabteilung (led by Marion Isler).

The business model is administrative appropriation rather than commercial revenue generation. There are no disclosed customers, pricing models, distribution partners, awards, patents, or private-funding rounds. The operating geography is Baden-Württemberg, with German as the primary working language and English/French versions of the public portal available. Recent activity around the parent OFD - including the Bundesfinanzhof's May 2026 confirmation of the BW Grundsteuer model, the October 2025 rollout of Verification of Payee for online tax payments, and the October 2025 launch of a cross-state citizen/advisor survey - frames the regulatory and digital environment in which the Heidelberg construction office operates. Note that most structured input data describes the parent OFD rather than the Heidelberg field office itself; specific headcount (6 employees) is the only entity-level data point provided for the Heidelberg office.

Name

Staatliches Hochbauamt Heidelberg

Legal name

Oberfinanzdirektion Baden-Württemberg

Website

https://ofd-karlsruhe.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Staatliches Hochbauamt Heidelberg is a German state construction office under the Oberfinanzdirektion Baden-Württemberg, responsible for federal and state building projects in the Heidelberg district. It is publicly funded, statutory in nature, and serves public-sector counterparties with no commercial revenue model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration (Tax and Federal Construction Services)

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (23622)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Non-Operating Establishments (9995)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIABAK

State/Provincial Transportation, Roads & Public Works Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/State/Provincial & Regional Government Administration

Keywords

• Public construction management
• State construction office
• Tax administration services
• Government financial services
• Public building authority

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Staatliches Hochbauamt Heidelberg is a state higher construction office (Staatliches Hochbauamt) under the Oberfinanzdirektion Baden-Württemberg, responsible for planning, managing, and executing federal and state construction projects in the Heidelberg region. As part of the broader OFD BW portfolio, it supports the Bundesbau-Betriebsleitung (federal construction operations) mandate, which handles public-sector building and infrastructure projects for the federal government in Baden-Württemberg.

Product overview

The Oberfinanzdirektion Baden-Württemberg operates a unified platform of interconnected tax administration services. The core offering consists of the Finanzämter Baden-Württemberg Portal providing centralized access to all tax offices, complemented by ELSTER for electronic tax filing and SteuerCloud@BW as a cloud-based tax management solution. Additional services include the Grundsteuer-Portal for property tax matters, the broader Serviceportal BW for general state services, the Steuer macht Schule educational outreach program, and a Steuerchatbot for automated tax assistance. These products function as an integrated ecosystem enabling citizens to manage tax declarations, property taxes, and access government services digitally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Finanzämter Baden-Württemberg Portal Central web portal providing access to all Finanzämter (tax offices) in Baden-Württemberg, enabling citizens to manage tax-related matters, access forms, and find bank transfer information.
• ELSTER Electronic tax return filing system used by German tax authorities for digital submission of tax declarations and related documents.
• SteuerCloud@BW Cloud-based tax service platform specific to Baden-Württemberg, offering digital tax management and filing capabilities for taxpayers.
• Grundsteuer-Portal Dedicated portal for property tax (Grundsteuer) services, supporting the new property tax assessment model confirmed by the Bundesfinanzhof.
• Serviceportal BW Baden-Württemberg state service portal integrating government services, including tax-related services from the Finanzämter.
• Steuer macht Schule Educational outreach program where tax experts visit schools to teach students about taxation through interactive digital workshops.
• Steuerchatbot AI-powered chatbot providing automated assistance for tax-related questions and guidance.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Staatliches Hochbauamt Freiburg: Another Baden-Württemberg state building office under the same Ministry of Finance, with an identical mandate for nonresidential state building projects in the Freiburg region. Closest functional peer to Heidelberg.
• Staatliches Hochbauamt Ulm: A peer Hochbauamt serving the Ulm region of Baden-Württemberg, with the same state-construction responsibilities as Heidelberg under the Ministry of Finance.
• Staatliches Hochbauamt Stuttgart: A sister Staatliches Hochbauamt under the Ministry of Finance Baden-Württemberg, performing the same role of planning, construction, and maintenance for state-owned buildings in the Stuttgart region. Direct peer by mandate and governance structure.
• Landesbetrieb Bundesbau Baden-Württemberg: State-level entity responsible for federal construction projects in Baden-Württemberg, operated via OFD BW's Bundesbau-Betriebsleitung. Directly comparable in mandate (Bundesbau) and connected organizationally to the Hochbauamt.
• Staatliches Hochbauamt Konstanz: Sister state building office for the Lake Constance region of Baden-Württemberg, sharing institutional structure, procurement rules, and project types with Heidelberg.
• Vermögen und Bau Baden-Württemberg: The overarching state construction and property arm of Baden-Württemberg that coordinates the Staatliche Hochbauämter including Heidelberg. Operationally and structurally the closest institutional peer.

Regional players

• Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg: Regional state agency overseeing heritage protection in Baden-Württemberg. Adjacent peer in the public-construction ecosystem, frequently interacting with Hochbauämter on heritage-listed state buildings.

Broad incumbents

• Oberfinanzdirektion Karlsruhe: Regional finance authority in Baden-Württemberg that historically oversees the state's Hochbauämter; structurally aligned with the OFD BW listed in the dataset. Comparable as a parent governance layer.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@steuernmalanderseinfacherk6431
• Facebookfacebook.com/zukunft.finanzenbw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/staatliches-hochbauamt-heidelberg

Compliance2 records

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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Investments

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