Gemeinde Wietze

What Gemeinde Wietze does

Gemeinde Wietze is a public law corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) and statutory municipal government entity located in the district of Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. It administers four districts — Wietze, Hornbostel, Jeversen, and Wieckenberg — delivering mandatory public services including civil registry, building permits, local tax administration, waste management, fire services, childcare, primary education, library services, and recreational facilities (the Dr. Erich Bunke Bad swimming pool). The municipality is governed by Mayor Wolfgang Klußmann and an elected Gemeinderat, with operating oversight from Landkreis Celle and the state of Niedersachsen.

The municipality operates a digital service platform comprising the Open Rathaus citizen portal (portal.wietze.de), an online appointment booking system (egovernor.de), digital forms via Perspective Software, and a council information system (RIS). The underlying website (wietze.de) is built and maintained by Chamaeleon AG of Montabaur. Distribution combines the central Rathaus at Neue Mitte 1-3 with satellite community facilities distributed across all four districts — five kindergartens, the WIECKIE Familienzentrum, a primary school, library, swimming pool, fire stations, and village community halls — plus organic social channels (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) and a local newspaper published by LINUS WITTICH Medien KG.

Revenue is sourced from local taxation (Gewerbesteuer/trade tax, Grundsteuer/property tax), state and district allocations from Niedersachsen and Landkreis Celle, and user fees for services such as swimming pool admissions, kindergarten fees, cemetery fees, building permits, and green waste disposal collected on behalf of the Zweckverband Abfallwirtschaft Celle. The municipality has no parent company, is not publicly traded, and is democratically accountable to its residents through regular municipal elections (next scheduled 13 September 2026).

Name

Gemeinde Wietze

Legal name

Gemeinde Wietze

Website

https://wietze.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gemeinde Wietze is a German municipal government in Lower Saxony's Celle district, administering four districts (Wietze, Hornbostel, Jeversen, Wieckenberg) and delivering statutory public services — childcare, education, civil registry, building permits, waste management, and recreational facilities — to its residents through a town hall, satellite community facilities, and a digital citizen portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Public administration services
• Childcare services
• Waste management services
• Local government services

Headquarters

HQ city

Wietze

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Taxation (Steuern und Abgaben): As a German municipality, the primary revenue source is local taxation including trade tax (Gewerbesteuer) and property tax (Grundsteuer), supplemented by general government allocations from the district (Landkreis Celle) and state (Niedersachsen).
2. Fee-based Services (Benutzungsgebühren): Municipal services are partially funded through user fees including green waste disposal (Grünabfallannahmestelle), cemetery fees, child daycare fees, swimming pool admissions, and waste collection charges levied on behalf of the Zweckverband Abfallwirtschaft Celle.
3. Building & Planning Fees (Baugenehmigungsgebühren): Fees collected for building permits, development planning processes, and other administrative services under the Niedersächsisches Kommunalverfassungsgesetz.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Gemeinde Wietze is a German municipal government entity delivering statutory public services to residents across four districts (Wietze, Hornbostel, Jeversen, Wieckenberg). It provides administrative services through a town hall and an online citizen portal (Open Rathaus), along with childcare across multiple KiTa facilities, a primary school, a municipal library, a combined indoor/outdoor swimming pool, fire services across all districts, waste management coordination, building permit administration, civil registry services, and climate-protection and flood-risk management programmes.

Product overview

Gemeinde Wietze operates a digital municipal service platform providing citizen-facing administrative services through its website and integrated citizen portal. The core offering consists of the Open Rathaus Bürgerportal (citizen portal), Online-Terminvergabe (appointment booking system), and Online-Formulare (digital forms), supplemented by childcare services (Kinderbetreuung with facilities like KiTa Villa Fliegenpilz, Kükennest, and WIECKIE Familienzentrum), recreational facilities (Dr. Erich Bunke Bad swimming pool), library services (Gemeindebücherei with online catalog), and climate protection initiatives. The municipality also provides fire services across four districts, official announcements, event calendars, and various administrative services including marriage, waste disposal, and voter services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WIECKIE Familienzentrum: Family center offering programs for all age groups, located at the Neue Mitte development in Wietze.
• Dr. Erich Bunke Bad
• JuMi Jugendtreff
• Wietzer Schalk

Products and services

• Open Rathaus Bürgerportal

Quantifiable outcome

• Street lighting LED conversion saves approximately 80% of previous electricity consumption

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kommunale Umwelt-AktioN (UAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUAN is partnering with the municipality on developing a Klimafolgenanpassungskonzept (KLAK — climate change adaptation concept) and Hitzeaktionsplan (HAP — heat action plan), providing expertise in climate adaptation planning and citizen participation processes.
• Zweckverband Abfallwirtschaft CellecoreOthersThe municipality collects green waste disposal fees on behalf of the Zweckverband Abfallwirtschaft Celle and forwards them to the association. The association sets the applicable fees and operates the broader waste management system for the district.
• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe (Johanniter)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe municipality coordinates with the Johanniter charity for the annual Christmas Truck (Weihnachtstrucker) charitable initiative, mobilising residents to pack and donate food and hygiene parcels to people in need in Southeast Europe.
• Chamaeleon AGminorOthersChamaeleon AG (Montabaur) is responsible for the programming and technical development of the municipality's official website (wietze.de).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Celle: District capital of Landkreis Celle and broader-incumbent municipal authority; operates overlapping statutory services (planning, citizen portal, fire, waste, climate) at significantly larger scale and serves as the supervisory authority over Wietze.

Others

• Kommunale Umwelt-AktioN UAN: Strategic partner delivering the KLAK climate adaptation concept and Hitzeaktionsplan for Gemeinde Wietze; serves comparable small municipalities in Lower Saxony and represents a comparable climate-administration service model.
• Chamaeleon AG: Website and content platform provider contracted to develop and maintain wietze.de; serves many other German municipalities, making it an ecosystem/technology peer relevant to digital service delivery comparison.
• KDN - Kommunale Datenverarbeitungszentrale Niedersachsen: Municipal IT service provider for Lower Saxony municipalities; enables egovernor online appointment booking used by Gemeinde Wietze and provides shared digital infrastructure for comparable small Gemeinden.

Direct peers

• Samtgemeinde Wathlingen: Neighbouring Samtgemeinde in Landkreis Celle with similar rural composition, statutory municipal services, and active building/development planning in comparable scale.
• Samtgemeinde Lachendorf: Samtgemeinde (municipal association) in Landkreis Celle with comparable rural composition and statutory municipal service responsibilities, including childcare, building permits, and climate/environmental administration.
• Gemeinde Hambühren: Neighbouring Gemeinde in Landkreis Celle, Lower Saxony, of comparable population size and service scope (childcare, fire, local planning). Closest structural analogue to Gemeinde Wietze within the same district.
• Gemeinde Eschede: Small Gemeinde in Landkreis Celle with the same statutory municipal responsibilities and rural demographic profile, serving as a comparable reference point for service delivery scale and digital adoption.
• Gemeinde Winsen (Aller): Adjacent Gemeinde in the same Celle district along the Aller river, sharing flood-risk profile and comparable municipal service portfolio including childcare, fire, and local planning.
• Stadt Bergen (Celle): Small Stadt (city) in Landkreis Celle providing the same statutory municipal services as Wietze, with comparable digital citizen portal infrastructure and rural/small-town service mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Gemeindeverwaltung.Wietze
• Instagraminstagram.com/gemeindeverwaltungwietze
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeinde-wietze

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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