WSH Felbertal

What WSH Felbertal does

Werkschulheim Felbertal (WSH Felbertal) is a private grammar school with public rights (Privatgymnasium mit Öffentlichkeitsrecht) located on a 5.5-hectare campus in Ebenau near Salzburg, Austria. Founded in 1951 and operated by the non-profit Verein zur Förderung von Werkschulheimen, the school serves approximately 360 pupils with 66 teachers and around 27 administrative staff, alongside roughly 22 kitchen, cleaning, and building-services personnel. Its distinctive dual-qualification model combines the Austrian AHS Matura (university-entrance certificate) with a state-recognised craft apprenticeship (Lehrabschlussprüfung) in mechatronics, mechanical engineering technology, or joinery technology — described in the source material as unique within Austria.

The school's core products are three integrated pillars: the Gymnasium (academic curriculum with MINT, languages, and arts emphasis), Handwerk (15–19 hours per week of workshop training in CNC, CAM, CAD, MIG/MAG/TIG welding, robotics, and photorealistic rendering), and the Internat (full and half-boarding for ~190 students in groups of up to 12, with twin rooms, supervised learning, and structured leisure programmes). Campus technology extends beyond pedagogy to include a 1,315 m² Salzburg AG photovoltaic array generating ~220,000 kWh/year, biomass cogeneration heating for 17 buildings, an LED street-lighting retrofit, an electric vehicle fleet, and an own natural spring water supply — supporting its Climate Alliance company certification since 2015.

The revenue model rests on annual school and boarding fees (Jahresschulgeld) payable in ten monthly instalments, supplemented by state student grants and home-travel assistance. Capital expenditure is co-funded by the federal government (Bund), the Province of Salzburg (Land Salzburg), and the school-maintaining association, as exemplified by the €7.9 million renovation-and-extension project beginning November 2025. Distribution is direct on-campus enrolment, with marketing driven by community networks, alumni referrals, the Elternverein (Parents' Association), regional media (ORF Salzburg, Salzburger Nachrichten), social channels (Facebook, YouTube), and open days. Customer segments are Austrian families with secondary-school-aged children seeking both academic university preparation and practical vocational qualification, alongside regional suppliers and industry partners (FUCHS, Häfele, Salzburg AG, Felder, Kaindl, Sigmatek).

Name

WSH Felbertal

Legal name

Werkschulheim Felbertal

Website

https://werkschulheim.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Werkschulheim Felbertal is a private Austrian grammar school with public rights, founded 1951 near Salzburg, that delivers a unique dual qualification combining the AHS Matura with a craft apprenticeship in mechatronics, mechanical engineering, or joinery, serving roughly 360 pupils including about 190 boarders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Secondary Education (Dual Qualification Grammar School with Boarding)

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Technical and Trade Schools (61151)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAOAHAB

Mechatronics Systems & Integration

Education/Vocational, Technical & Trade Education/Industrial Maintenance, Mechatronics & Robotics

Keywords

• Private secondary education
• Vocational grammar school
• Dual qualification training
• Boarding school services
• Craft apprenticeship education

Headquarters

HQ city

Ebenau

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. School and Boarding School Fees: Annual school and boarding fees (Jahresschulgeld) cover accommodation, full board, gymnasium instruction, and workshop practical training. Fees are billed as annual school fees payable in ten monthly instalments (September to June), quarterly, or annually in advance. State student grants (Schülerbeihilfen) and home travel assistance are available as at state schools. For upper secondary students attending more than 25 km from home, expenses may qualify as extraordinary tax burden.
2. Government Funding (Bund, Land Salzburg): The €7.9 million construction/renovation project is funded in equal thirds by the Federal Government (Bund), the Province of Salzburg (Land Salzburg), and the school-maintaining association (Verein zur Förderung von Werkschulheimen).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Werkschulheim Felbertal operates a private grammar school with public rights in Ebenau near Salzburg, offering a unique dual qualification model that combines AHS Matura (university entrance qualification) with a craft apprenticeship (Lehrabschlussprüfung) in mechatronics, mechanical engineering, or joinery. The integrated offering includes academic instruction, 15–19 hours per week of practical workshop training, and full or half-boarding accommodation serving approximately 360 students (around 190 boarders).

Product overview

WSH Felbertal (Werkschulheim Felbertal) is a private grammar school with public rights offering a unique educational model that combines three core components: the Gymnasium (grammar school providing AHS-Matura qualification), Handwerk (practical craft training in Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or Joinery Technology), and Internat (boarding school for approximately 190 students). The institution operates on a dual qualification model where students graduate with both the AHS-Matura (university entrance qualification) and a Journeyman's examination in their chosen trade. Founded in 1951, the school serves approximately 360 students with 66 teachers and operates as a certified climate protection company on a 5.5-hectare campus in Ebenau near Salzburg.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gymnasium (Grammar School) Eight-year AHS-track grammar school education leading to the AHS Matura (Austrian university entrance qualification), with a STEM/technical design emphasis in the lower school (MINT subjects, languages, music, arts) and small group instruction.
• Handwerk (Craft Training) Parallel practical vocational training (15–19 hours per week) in Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or Joinery Technology, delivered in workshops with CNC, CAM, welding, and robotic equipment, culminating in the Journeyman's examination (Lehrabschlussprüfung).
• Internat (Boarding School) Full and half-boarding accommodation for approximately 190 boys and girls in small groups (maximum 12 per group) across multiple houses, with twin rooms and balconies, supervised learning, full board (Vollverpflegung), and structured leisure and sports programmes.
• AHS-Matura PLUS Handwerk (Dual Qualification Programme) Integrated eight-year programme combining AHS-Matura and a Journeyman's examination in the chosen craft trade, delivering dual qualification for both university access and direct career entry as a qualified specialist.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of graduates receive both AHS Matura and Journeyman's Certificate (Lehrabschlussprüfung)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Salzburg AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with Salzburg AG for photovoltaic energy generation on ten campus buildings. The 1,315 m² PV system generates ~220,000 kWh/year, with 1,200 m² feeding into the grid and 115 m² covering the school's base load during non-school periods. The system was severely damaged in heavy snowfall and successfully renovated.
• HäfeleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudents in the 8th-grade joinery programme created technical drawings for Häfele's new fittings catalogue, which was subsequently published across several European countries in multiple languages. As recognition, students received personal copies of the catalogue.
• FUCHS SchmierstoffeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFUCHS supplies all lubricants and coolants required for the school's workshops and delivers technical presentations to students on standards, applications, and testing of oils and coolants. The company also conducts practical coolant analysis demonstrations with students in the workshop.
• Licht ins Dunkel (ORF Salzburg, Salzburger Nachrichten, Progress Advertising, Raiffeisen Salzburg, Albus)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial partner school of the ORF's Licht ins Dunkel charity campaign. The partnership involves fundraising activities (circus performance, Christmas markets, Ö3 Wundertüte), the design of a charity bus by students, and donations to the Licht ins Dunkel emergency aid fund for children and people with disabilities in Salzburg. Total raised in 2025/2026: €87,313.20.
• Salzburg Chamber of Commerce (Wirtschaftskammer Salzburg)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Salzburg Chamber of Commerce participates in final apprenticeship examinations (Lehrabschlussprüfung) by sending examiners to the school. This partnership validates and certifies the craft training component of the school's dual qualification model.
• University of Salzburg — School of Education (Universität Salzburg — School of Education)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with the University of Salzburg's School of Education, visible through joint branding on the school's awards and recognition section.
• MINT SchuleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMINT (Mathematics, Informatics, Natural Sciences, Technology) school certification partnership, reflecting the school's focus on STEM subjects and technical craft education.
• Elternverein (Parents' Association)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerActive parents' association that contributes financially and organisationally to campus improvements including the bouldering room expansion, media/lighting system in the central hall, disc golf course, and chess club equipment.
• Felder GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEquipment supplier for workshop materials, visible as a partner logo on the school's website.
• KaindlminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMaterials supplier (wood-based materials) for joinery workshop, visible as a partner logo on the school's website.
• Altfelbertaler (Alumni Association)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerAlumni association connecting former students with the school community and supporting current school life and recruitment through referrals.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stiftsgymnasium Admont: Austrian private Gymnasium with boarding — Benedictine abbey school combining AHS Matura with residential education; comparable as another small private secondary school with boarding that competes for similar fee-paying, academically oriented families.
• TGM Wien (Technologisches Gewerbemuseum): Vienna's leading HTL combining AHS-equivalent Matura with technical/vocational specialisations (mechatronics, mechanical engineering, IT); the largest national scale example of the academic-vocational dual track that WSH Felbertal pursues.
• Theresianum Eisenstadt: Private Gymnasium with boarding in Burgenland run by a religious order; comparable private fee-paying secondary school with Öffentlichkeitsrecht, competing for similar national families willing to board.
• Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster: Historic Benedictine private Gymnasium with boarding in Upper Austria; comparable as a long-established (centuries-old) private AHS with residential model and Öffentlichkeitsrecht.
• HTL Braunau am Inn: Another Austrian HTL with strong mechatronics and mechanical engineering tracks providing Matura plus vocational qualification; competes for technically inclined secondary students in the broader Upper Austria/Salzburg region.
• HTL Salzburg (Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt Salzburg): State technical secondary school providing five-year technical/vocational tracks (Matura plus technical specialisation) — the closest public-sector alternative to WSH Felbertal's dual-qualification model in the Salzburg catchment area.

Emerging players

• Werkschule Schöneberg / Don Bosco Werkstattbildungshaus: Salesian-run vocational training centres in Austria combining general education elements with workshop-based apprenticeship pathways; comparable as practitioners of the Herz-Hirn-Hand pedagogical philosophy, though without AHS Matura status.
• Waldorfschule Salzburg / Rudolf-Steiner-Schulen: Austrian Rudolf Steiner / Waldorf schools combine general education with strong practical/handcraft elements; comparable as alternative-pedagogy private schools targeting families who value holistic, hands-on learning.

Regional players

• Schloss Neubeuern (Internatsschule Schloss Neubeuern): German boarding school in Bavaria combining academic and practical elements (Werkstatt pedagogy); comparable private residential secondary school targeting families in the broader DACH region, though operating across the border.

Others

• BFI Salzburg (Berufsförderungsinstitut): Largest Austrian vocational training provider in the Salzburg region; comparable as a Salzburg-based vocational education provider offering apprenticeship-relevant courses that overlap with WSH Felbertal's craft apprenticeship pipeline.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/wshfelbertal
• Facebookfacebook.com/werkschulheim
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wsh-felbertal

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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