Stadt Wedel

What Stadt Wedel does

Stadt Wedel is the municipal government of Wedel, a city of roughly 34,000 residents in Kreis Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, founded as a city in 1875 and operating as a public-law corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts). It delivers statutory municipal services — general administration, residents' registration, social services, building and planning oversight, and public-order functions — through the Rathaus (city hall) at Rathausplatz 3-5 and through specialized communal operations including the Stadtentwässerung (municipal drainage utility). The municipality also runs a Volkshochschule (adult education center), a Stadtbücherei (public library), and a Musikschule, alongside a dedicated seniors program and youth-services infrastructure.

The city is anchored operationally by the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Wedel, a 100% volunteer fire department operating 365 days a year with a modern fleet of 15 vehicles and 2 boats — including an Einsatzleitwagen 1 (ELW1) command vehicle equipped with Tetra, analog, and seafaring radios, satellite comms, LTE/UMTS/WLAN routing, VoIP, and multi-workstation incident command. The department executes approximately 454 deployments annually (2025 figure) and runs the ELB PIRATES youth brigade (ages 12-18) which converts ~77% of members into active volunteers, supported by the Förderverein der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr der Stadt Wedel e.V. (founded 2002).

The city's digital infrastructure is operated through outsourced partnerships: DMK E-BUSINESS GmbH runs the wedel.de portal; Front Desk (Denmark) provides online appointment booking; Govii UG supplies a citizen-facing chatbot; kommunit IT-Zweckverband Schleswig-Holstein handles shared IT under joint GDPR controllership; etracker provides certified German-hosted analytics; and BigBlueButton enables livestreamed council sessions. The Bürger- und Ratsinformationssystem (Allris) publishes council documents, and a Zuständigkeitsfinder portal routes citizens to correct departments. Revenue is functionally tax-based — Grundsteuer and Gewerbesteuer — supplemented by service fees, with no commercial fundraising, equity, or external capital structure; the city is led by Mayor Julia Fisauli-Aalto and an elected municipal council.

Name

Stadt Wedel

Legal name

Stadt Wedel

Website

https://stadt.wedel.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1875

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stadt Wedel is the municipal government of Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein, serving ~34,000 residents through a Rathaus-administered portfolio that includes a volunteer fire department, adult education, library, music school, and digitally enabled citizen services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wedel

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stadt Wedel is a municipal government (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) that administers public services for residents of the city of Wedel in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its core offerings include administrative services (online appointment booking, citizen/council information systems), public safety through a fully volunteer fire department with 15 vehicles and 2 boats, educational programs (Volkshochschule adult education, Musikschule music school, Stadtbücherei public library), and youth programs including the Jugendfeuerwehr (ELB PIRATES).

Product overview

Stadt Wedel operates a comprehensive municipal digital services platform offering citizen-facing administrative services, public safety operations, and educational offerings. The core digital infrastructure includes an online appointment booking system (Front Desk Suite), a citizen and council information system with livestreaming capabilities, and a responsibilities finder portal. The municipality operates the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Wedel, a volunteer fire department with 15 vehicles and 2 boats providing firefighting, technical rescue, and water rescue services, including a youth division (ELB PIRATES) with approximately 25 members. Additional services include adult education through the Volkshochschule, public library services, and music school programs. The platform integrates various third-party services including maps (OpenStreetMap), video content (YouTube, Vimeo), web analytics (etracker), and municipal course management (Kufer Web).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ELB PIRATES - Jugendfeuerwehr Wedel: Youth fire brigade of the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Wedel, established 2002, with approximately 30 members aged 12-18. Known as ELB PIRATES.

Products and services

• Online Terminbuchung (Online Appointment Booking) Digital appointment booking system enabling citizens to schedule appointments online with the city administration, particularly for the residents' registration office and social services.
• Bürger- und Ratsinformationssystem (Citizen and Council Information System) Digital citizen and council information system providing public access to council documents, meeting agendas, minutes, and livestreaming of committee sessions.
• Freiwillige Feuerwehr Wedel (Volunteer Fire Department) Municipal volunteer fire department providing firefighting, technical rescue, water rescue, and emergency medical services. Operates 15 vehicles and 2 boats with approximately 454 annual deployments.
• Zuständigkeitsfinder (Responsibility Finder) Interactive online portal helping citizens identify which municipal department or service handles their specific request or administrative task.
• Volkshochschule Wedel (Adult Education Center) Adult education center offering courses in languages, professional development, arts, fitness, and personal enrichment with online registration and course catalog.
• Stadtbücherei (Public Library) Public library providing book lending, digital catalogs, reading accounts, and various educational programs and offerings.
• Musikschule (Municipal Music School) Municipal music school offering instrumental lessons, vocal training, and ensemble opportunities for children and adults.
• Jugendfeuerwehr Wedel (ELB PIRATES) - Youth Fire Brigade Youth fire brigade program for young people aged 12-18, providing firefighting training, team-building activities, and pathways to the adult volunteer fire department.

Quantifiable outcome

• 454 fire department operations in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Förderverein der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr der Stadt Wedel e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 April 2002Support association founded in 2002 to promote fire protection and youth work in the volunteer fire department. Provides supplementary funding for equipment, training, and youth fire department activities not covered by municipal budget.
• DMK E-BUSINESS GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationResponsible for technical conception, graphic design, software and hardware implementation, and operation of wedel.de website. Located in Chemnitz, Germany.
• Stadtsparkasse WedelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal savings bank that sponsored/funded the Mannschaftstransportwagen 2 (crew transport vehicle) for the volunteer fire department.
• kommunit IT-Zweckverband Schleswig-HolsteincoreTechnology or IntegrationJoint responsibility for data processing under Art. 26 GDPR. Municipal IT association providing shared IT services for Schleswig-Holstein municipalities.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stadt Elmshorn: Larger neighboring city in Kreis Pinneberg with a comparable municipal service structure including Freiwillige Feuerwehr and full e-government offerings. Provides a useful comparison point for scaled-up digital services and mid-sized municipal operations.
• Stadt Pinneberg: Adjacent municipal government in Kreis Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein. Operates the same set of municipal functions (volunteer fire, VHS, library, citizen services) under the same state legal framework (Brandschutzgesetz SH), making it a direct peer for service delivery, digitalization benchmarks, and volunteer fire operations.
• Stadt Uetersen: Neighboring small city in Kreis Pinneberg operating under the same Schleswig-Holstein municipal law with comparable population and service portfolio (fire, VHS, library, music school). Directly comparable for benchmarking digital admin service quality and volunteer fire operations.

Regional players

• Stadt Norderstedt: Larger Schleswig-Holstein city operating an advanced e-government stack and a well-resourced Freiwillige Feuerwehr under the same state law. Comparable as a regional best-practice peer for digital services and emergency response.
• Stadt Rendsburg: Mid-sized Schleswig-Holstein municipal government with similar volunteer fire service and e-government capabilities. Comparable as a regional peer for digital administration and emergency services.
• Stadt Schleswig: Schleswig-Holstein municipal government operating a similar fire-protection and citizen-services model under the same state law. Regional peer for benchmarking volunteer fire, digital administration, and VHS/music school operations.

Others

• Landesfeuerwehrverband Schleswig-Holstein: State-level fire association for Schleswig-Holstein. Indirectly comparable as the umbrella organization supporting the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Wedel — relevant for understanding regulatory framework, training standards, and equipment ecosystems.
• kommunit IT-Zweckverband Schleswig-Holstein: Municipal IT cooperative providing shared digital services to Schleswig-Holstein municipalities including Stadt Wedel. Functions as a peer infrastructure layer for joint data processing, e-government platforms, and digital service deployment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadt-wedel

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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