Hermann Jülich Werkgemeinschaft E.V.

What Hermann Jülich Werkgemeinschaft E.V. does

Hermann Jülich Werkgemeinschaft e.V. (HJW) is a German nonprofit association (eingetragener Verein) founded in 1979 and registered in Hamburg, providing social-therapeutic care and supported employment for adults with mental health and assistance needs (seelenpflegebedürftige Erwachsene) based on anthroposophical (Rudolf Steiner) principles. The organization operates three LebensOrte in Schleswig-Holstein east of Hamburg: Hamfelde (headquarters, residential and paper workshop), Köthel (residential, wood workshop, and Demeter-certified Gärtnerei with ~3,000 sqm greenhouse and 1.6 ha outdoor land), and Ahrensburg/Wulfsdorf (workshops, day-support facilities, Robben Café, ambulatory nursing, and assisted-living apartments). It is recognized as a Werkstatt für behinderte Menschen (WfbM) under §225 SGB IX since 2012, supervised by Agentur für Arbeit Lübeck and funded through Kreis Stormarn as the integration assistance provider; 73 residents are currently accommodated across 7 special residential homes with a 1:3 staff-to-resident ratio supported by 8 workshop groups and 5 day-support facilities.

Revenue is generated from two structurally distinct streams: statutory social-therapeutic care and residential services (funded through SGB IX integration assistance on a monthly subscription basis to the welfare agency, with residents not paying directly) and commercial sales of handcrafted workshop products (wood, paper, textile, garden/herbs, hand-painted postcards, and Demeter-certified organic produce), priced at €1–€66 per unit with €7.50 flat-rate domestic shipping, distributed through an own Angular e-commerce shop (shop.werkgemeinschaften.de), physical workshop retail stores, regional markets, Bio-Großhändler, and the Robben Café's catering operation. The closely linked subsidiary Die Robben Wulfsdorf gGmbH jointly operates the Ahrensburg/Wulfsdorf site. The proprietary platform is minimal: a basic web storefront with no disclosed AI, API, or data infrastructure; the wider gtm motion is community-driven, anchored to annual events (HJW Lauf, Wulfsdorfer Parkzauber, Move & Groove) and partnerships with GLS Gemeinschaftsbank and FairCommerce. There is no evidence of paid acquisition, formalized digital marketing, or explicit go-to-market signaling beyond direct community engagement and word-of-mouth within the Schleswig-Holstein / northern Hamburg region.

Name

Hermann Jülich Werkgemeinschaft E.V.

Legal name

Hermann Jülich Werkgemeinschaft e.V.

Website

https://werkgemeinschaften.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hermann Jülich Werkgemeinschaft e.V. is a nonprofit anthroposophical social-therapeutic care organization in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, providing residential care, WfbM workshops, and day support for 73 adults with assistance needs, plus handcrafted goods and Demeter produce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services / Disability Care

NAICS

Other Residential Care Facilities (6239)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Duty Personal Care Agencies (Non-Medical Home Care Providers) (HLADAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Senior Social Clubs & Community-Based Day Programs (Non-Clinical) (HSABANAK)

Keywords

• Social therapeutic care
• Disability workshops
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Residential care services
• Handcrafted sustainable products

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamfelde/Stormarn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Social-therapeutic care services (SGB IX / § 225): State-funded social services for disabled adults providing residential care, day support, and vocational rehabilitation. Funded through social security contributions and integration assistance (§ 225 SGB IX). Recognized Werkstatt für behinderte Menschen (WfbM) since 2012.
2. Workshop product sales (wood, paper, textiles, garden, herbs): Sale of handcrafted, sustainable products manufactured by people with disabilities in the workshop facilities. Products sold via own e-commerce shop, workshop retail stores, and regional markets in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg.
3. Demeter-certified agricultural products: Sale of organic Demeter-certified vegetables and young plants from the garden operation in Köthel. Vertrieb occurs via farm shop (Fridays), Biohöfe, and Bio-Großhändler.
4. Robben Café and catering: Café operations offering meals and catering services. Hosts events and celebrations. Associated entity: Die Robben Wulfsdorf gGmbH.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Social-therapeutic residential care and vocational workshops (WfbM) for adults with disabilities at three locations in Schleswig-Holstein, combined with production and direct sale of handcrafted sustainable products (wood, paper, textiles, garden, herbs, kindling) and Demeter-certified organic vegetables from an integrated workshop model.

Product overview

Hermann Jülich Werkgemeinschaft e.V. is a social therapeutic care organization offering a portfolio of handcrafted products and services. The core offering includes products from multiple workshops: Holzwerkstatt (wood workshop producing office, kitchen, and garden items), Papierwerkstatt (paper workshop with handmade books and notebooks), Textilwerkstatt (textile workshop with woven and felted items), Garten- und Pferdewerkstatt (garden and horse workshop with services and decorative wreaths), Gärtnerei (Demeter-certified organic vegetables and seedlings), and Brennholzwerkstatt (kindling products). The organization also operates Robben Café for meals and events, provides residential care services (Wohnen) for 73 adults with support needs, and offers occupational/educational services (Arbeiten und Lernen) through their recognized workshop facility for disabled people (WfbM). Products are sold through a webshop (shop.werkgemeinschaften.de) and at workshop stores. Art therapy products include hand-painted postcards featuring motifs created in therapeutic settings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wohnen (Residential Care Services) Fully stationary social-therapeutic residential care for 73 seelenpflegebedürftige adults with assistance needs, distributed across 7 Häuser der besonderen Wohnform in Hamfelde and Köthel, plus assisted living in three apartment buildings in Ahrensburg/Wulfsdorf under Die Robben Wulfsdorf gGmbH.
• Arbeiten und Lernen (Vocational Workshops / WfbM) Recognized vocational workshop programs (WfbM) and Tagesförderstätten offering occupational education, day support, and meaningful work across 8 workshop groups plus 5 day support facilities at Hamfelde, Köthel, and Ahrensburg/Wulfsdorf, with staff-to-resident ratio of 1:3.
• Holzwerkstatt (Wood Workshop) Products
• Papierwerkstatt (Paper Workshop) Products Handmade books, notebooks, albums, and paper products with various bindings, embossing, and stamping techniques produced at the Hamfelde paper workshop. Personalized calendars and notebooks with individual embossing are available.
• Textilwerkstatt (Textile Workshop) Products Handwoven, felted, and sewn textile products — table runners, bags, pillows, and bedspreads — produced in the Ahrensburg/Wulfsdorf textile workshop using natural materials and traditional techniques.
• Demeter Gärtnerei (Organic Garden Products) Demeter-certified organic vegetables and young plants grown in approximately 3,000 sqm of greenhouse space and 1.6 hectares of outdoor cultivation at the Köthel garden, sold via farm shop (Fridays), Biohöfe, and Bio-Großhändler.
• Brennholzwerkstatt (Firewood Workshop) Products Certified kindling products (Jülichter) for fire starting, made from regionally sourced wood and certified to DIN-EN 1860-3:2003-12 standard, priced up to €66 per bundle.
• Robben Café and Catering Café meals served throughout the week, event catering, and buffet offerings for celebrations at the Bornkampsweg 29C, Ahrensburg/Wulfsdorf location.
• Maltherapie (Art Therapy) Postcards Hand-painted postcards featuring seasonal and themed motifs created in therapeutic/art-therapy settings, available for sending and gifting via the online shop (priced from €1).

Quantifiable outcome

• 73 adults with assistance needs provided with residential care across 7 special residential homes
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe: National umbrella organization and service provider for people with intellectual disabilities and their families, operating hundreds of Werkstätten, Wohnstätten, and Förderstätten across Germany. Compares on WfbM status and residential-care scope; vastly larger scale and more clinical model than HJW.
• Stephanus gGmbH: Berlin/Brandenburg-based diakonisches Unternehmen providing Wohnen, Werkstatt, Tagesförderung, and Pflege for people with disabilities and mental illness. Compares directly on workshop + residential care portfolio and integration-assistance funding model.
• Von Bodelschwinghsche Stiftungen Bethel: One of Germany's largest diakonische care organizations, operating extensive Wohn- und Werkstätten for people with epilepsy, disabilities, and mental illness, plus ambulanter Pflegedienst. Comparable as a multi-site WfbM operator with state-funded revenue model.
• Caritas Deutschland: National Catholic welfare umbrella operating Werkstätten, Wohnheime, and tagesstrukturierende Angebote for people with disabilities through regional associations. Comparable statutory WfbM-style operations under Eingliederungshilfe funding, though mission and values are broader than HJW's anthroposophical focus.
• Diakonie Deutschland: National umbrella federation of Protestant welfare service organizations, with member entities operating WfbM workshops, residential care, and day facilities for disabled adults across Germany. Comparable care model via member organizations, but at vastly larger scale and under religious rather than anthroposophical values.
• Hephata Hessisches Diakoniezentrum: Large diakonisches Sozialunternehmen in Hessen providing WfbM workshop services, residential care, day programs, and outpatient services for people with disabilities and mental illness. Comparable multi-site WfbM operator with combined Wohnen, Arbeiten, and Förderstätten structure.
• Stiftung Alsterdorf: Major Hamburg-based social-enterprise foundation operating residential housing, WfbM workshops, and ambulatory care for people with disabilities across northern Germany. Comparable in offering a vertically integrated Wohnen/Arbeiten/Tagesförderung portfolio, but much larger and broader in mission.

Direct peers

• Die Robben Wulfsdorf gGmbH: Operates the Textilwerkstatt, Garten- und Pferdewerkstatt, day-support facilities (Tagesförderstätten), and the ambulatory nursing service for assisted-living apartments at the Ahrensburg/Wulfsdorf site used by Hermann Jülich Werkgemeinschaft. Directly comparable as a jointly controlled nonprofit running the same anthroposophical WfbM model in the same geography.

Others

• relinda GmbH: Online marketplace platform operated by and for German WfbM workshops, selling handcrafted products from social enterprises. Adjacent rather than competing: HJW uses its own shop rather than relinda, but is otherwise a comparable workshop-output sales channel for the same disability-employment supply base.

Emerging players

• Camphill Deutschland: Federation of anthroposophical intentional communities and Dorfgemeinschaften providing residential, workshop, and agricultural programs for people with disabilities in Germany. Most ideologically direct peer to HJW (anthroposophical, mixed Wohnen/Arbeiten, Demeter-aligned agriculture), though typically village-scale rather than small-facility.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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