Gemeinde Oyten

What Gemeinde Oyten does

Gemeinde Oyten is a German municipal corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) located in Oyten, Lower Saxony, between Verden and Bremen, serving approximately 16,000+ residents. First documented in 1147, it is the lowest tier of public administration under the oversight of Landkreis Verden and is governed by the directly elected Bürgermeisterin Sandra Röse. Its functional mandate covers the full spectrum of local government services: civil registry (births, marriages, deaths), identification documents, resident registration, building permits and zoning (Bauleitplanung), waste management, public safety (two volunteer fire brigades, civil protection infrastructure including sirens and Cell Broadcast), schools and kindergartens, social services, libraries, and economic development for local commerce.

The municipality operates a hybrid service delivery model combining physical in-person service at the Rathaus (Hauptstraße 55, Oyten) with digital channels. Its core technology stack consists of a website and CMS developed and maintained by NOLIS GmbH (Celler Straße 53, Nienburg/Weser), an online service portal (serviceportal.oyten.de), an online appointment reservation system (termine-reservieren.online), and a Mängelmelder citizen issue reporter. The Digitales Rathaus ("Digital Town Hall") is positioned as the central hub for digital citizen services. Marketing and citizen communication are conducted through the website, Instagram (@gemeinde.oyten), Facebook, the Amtsblatt (official gazette), Mayor Röse's blog (roesebloggt.de), and traditional public notice boards.

Gemeinde Oyten is funded through municipal taxes (property tax, trade tax) and statutory administrative fees (Gebühren) governed by the Niedersächsische Kommunalabgabengesetz, supplemented by intergovernmental transfers. It is not a commercial entity and is not privately held. Recent capital expenditure has been concentrated on education and infrastructure: the GS Bassen school extension (~582 m², completed February 2025), IGS Oyten specialized classrooms (~1,020 m², completed December 2024), KiTa Pestalozzistraße expansion (completed October 2024), and the Thünen road expansion (~700m, ~€2.5M construction cost). The entity is a public-law body accountable to its citizens through democratic governance structures rather than shareholders.

Name

Gemeinde Oyten

Legal name

Gemeinde Oyten

Website

https://oyten.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gemeinde Oyten is a German municipal government corporation serving approximately 16,000+ residents in Lower Saxony with civil registry, building permits, education, public safety, and digital citizen services through the Digitales Rathaus portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration / Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Other General Government Support (92119)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

Keywords

• Municipal administration services
• Public administration
• Civil registry services
• Building permits
• Public safety

Headquarters

HQ city

Oyten

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue (Steuern und Gebühren): Gemeinde Oyten operates as a German municipal corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) funded primarily through local taxes (e.g., property tax, trade tax) and administrative fees (Gebühren) for services such as civil registry, building permits, and waste management.
2. Building and Development Fees: Revenue generated from construction permits, land sales (Baugrundstücke), commercial zone management (Gewerbegebiete), and planning fees.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Gemeinde Oyten is a German municipal government that delivers public administration services to its residents, including civil registry, residence registration, identification documents, building permits, waste management, public safety, civil protection, schools, childcare, and social services. Day-to-day delivery combines a physical Rathaus (town hall) with a Digitales Rathaus portal, online appointment booking, and a citizen defect-reporting tool (Mängelmelder). The municipality also operates education, library, fire protection, and public works infrastructure as core public services.

Product overview

Gemeinde Oyten is a municipal government administration that provides digital and physical citizen services. Its core digital offering is the Digitales Rathaus (Digital Town Hall) portal, which serves as the central hub for online administrative services. This integrates with the Online-Terminvergabe appointment booking system and the Mängelmelder citizen defect reporting tool. The municipality also operates a comprehensive Bevölkerungsschutz (civil protection) information portal with emergency warning systems including sirens, Cell Broadcast, and warning apps. Traditional citizen services encompass registry office functions, residency registration, passport/ID services, business licensing, and municipal library services. The Stellenportal provides career and apprenticeship opportunities within the municipal administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Digitales Rathaus: Digital service portal offering online administrative services for citizens
• Oyten leben und mehr
• Bündnis für Demokratie
• FreiRaum

Products and services

• Digitales Rathaus (Digital Town Hall) Online service portal providing digital administrative services to citizens of Oyten, including appointment booking, service requests, and document submissions, available 24/7.
• Mängelmelder (Citizen Defect Reporter) Digital tool allowing citizens to report infrastructure issues such as broken streetlights, damaged traffic signs, and overflowing trash bins directly to the municipal works department (Bauhof).
• Online-Terminvergabe (Online Appointment Booking) Digital appointment scheduling system enabling citizens to book time slots for in-person administrative services at the Rathaus (town hall).
• Bevölkerungsschutz (Civil Protection) Portal Comprehensive civil protection information portal providing emergency warnings via sirens, Cell Broadcast, and warning apps, along with guidance on self-protection, risk scenarios, and emergency behavior.
• Bürgerservice (Citizen Services) Bundle of administrative services including residence registration, passport/ID services, civil registry (births, marriages, deaths), business registration, elections, and burial services.
• Stellenportal (Job Portal) Career portal for municipal job listings, including apprenticeships in administration and landscape gardening, dual study programs, and information about employee benefits.
• Gemeindebücherei (Municipal Library) Public library services offering physical book lending, e-book rentals, media search and renewal, children's programs including picture book cinema and Lesestart sets.
• Amtsblatt (Official Gazette) Official municipal bulletin publishing current announcements, official notices, and public information from the local government.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,200 citizen reports processed by the municipal works department (Bauhof) since the beginning of 2025, demonstrating high citizen engagement through the Mängelmelder system.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NOLIS GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationNOLIS GmbH (Celler Straße 53, 31582 Nienburg/Weser) serves as the website developer and technical partner for the Gemeinde Oyten municipal website. The company is responsible for programming and technical development of www.oyten.de and the underlying content management infrastructure used by the municipality for citizen-facing digital services.
• LEADER Region (WAL-Region)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGemeinde Oyten participates in the LEADER Region (WAL-Region), a rural development program co-financed by the EU, federal government, and state of Lower Saxony to support sustainable regional development, rural infrastructure, and local economic initiatives.
• kleVer – Klimaschutz- und Energieagentur Landkreis Verden gGmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGemeinde Oyten partners with kleVer, the climate protection and energy agency of the district of Verden, to advance local climate action, energy efficiency, and sustainability initiatives within the municipality.
• EGYM WellpassminorOthersGemeinde Oyten offers its employees access to the EGYM Wellpass corporate fitness program as part of its employee benefits package. EGYM Wellpass provides access to over 7,000 fitness studios and wellness facilities across Germany.
• Rad im Dienst / Ride Mobility GmbHminorOthersGemeinde Oyten offers Dienstrad-Leasing (company bike leasing) to its employees through the Rad im Dienst program, enabling staff to lease bicycles or e-bikes as a fringe benefit.
• Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (BBK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) provides the framework, guidelines, educational materials (brochures, warning system standards), and training resources for the municipal civil protection program, including the Cell Broadcast warning system and national warning day activities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gemeinde Ottersberg: Smaller adjacent Gemeinde in Landkreis Verden with the same statutory municipal remit. Comparable for rural-adjacent service delivery, demographic profile, and Bauleitplanung demands.
• Stadt Verden (Aller): District capital of Verden, the same Landkreis as Oyten. Offers the same municipal administration functions with a larger tax base; useful for benchmarking service delivery, digitalization patterns, and Bauleitplanung practices.
• Gemeinde Stuhr: Lower-Saxony municipality of similar size near Bremen, providing parallel public administration, education, and infrastructure services to a comparable resident base. Comparable on municipal e-government, fire, and education service lines.
• Gemeinde Weyhe: Lower-Saxony municipality near Bremen of broadly similar population scale. Operates the same school, childcare, registry, building-permit, and Bauhof functions and is often referenced together with Oyten in regional planning.
• Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen: Adjacent Samtgemeinde in the same region providing the standard municipal service stack with a small administrative core. Useful analog on cooperative service delivery between member municipalities.
• Gemeinde Kirchlinteln: Rural Gemeinde within Landkreis Verden with comparable citizen-services, Bauleitplanung, education, and civil protection functions. Similar scale of administration with analogous demographic and infrastructure pressures.
• Stadt Achim: Adjacent municipality in Landkreis Verden serving a comparable resident population with the same full-stack municipal service portfolio (registry, permits, schools, Bauhof, fire). Directly comparable in scale, geography, and statutory remit.

Others

• Vitako (Bundes-Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Kommunalen IT-Dienstleister): Federal association of municipal IT service providers in Germany. Adjacent/peering entity that shapes standards and procurement relevant to Oyten's digital service portal and IT infrastructure investments.
• GovConnect GmbH: Joint venture of German municipal IT providers (including NOLIS-related consortia) building shared e-government and service-portal infrastructure. Comparable as a supplier/peer to Oyten's Digitales Rathaus stack rather than a direct municipal competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/gemeinde.oyten
• Instagraminstagram.com/gemeinde.oyten
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeinde-oyten

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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