Stadt Hurth

What Stadt Hurth does

Stadt Hürth is a municipal government entity (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) serving approximately 60,000 residents in Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, within the Rhein-Erft-Kreis district. It delivers public administration through the Rathaus at Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 40, supported by operating subsidiaries including Stadtwerke Hürth (utilities), Familienbad De Bütt (swimming), Feuerwehr Hürth (fire and rescue), and Bürgerhaus Hürth (community center). The city operates a digital citizen services platform featuring online appointment booking (Online-Terminvereinbarung), the Mängelmelder defect-reporting mobile app (over 26,000 reports processed in ten years with 21,600+ resolved), and an event calendar, with distribution via website, mobile apps, and physical offices.

The business model is funded by municipal taxes (Gewerbesteuer, Grundsteuer) from residents and businesses, supplemented by state and federal structural transformation grants (Land NRW and Bund). Stadt Hürth anchors a regional innovation portfolio under the Rhein Revier structural change (Strukturwandel) agenda, including the AI Village innovation campus (14.7 million EUR funding, city portion 4.2 million EUR), the Blockchain Reallabor (4.7 million EUR BMWi funding through 2024), ChemHub Knapsack, the ECRR entrepreneurship center, AGORA Hürth urban development, and a Wasserstoff initiative featuring 16 hydrogen fuel cell buses — one of Europe's largest such fleets. Key partnerships span Fraunhofer IAIS, Fraunhofer FIT, AKI, Rheinische Hochschule Köln, RWE AG, Covestro AG, YNCORIS, and KI Bundesverband.

Mayor Dirk Breuer, in office since 2015 and re-elected September 14, 2025 with 60.69% of votes for the 2025-2030 term, leads a coalition that includes First Deputy Mayor Aylin Kocabeygirli (CDU) and Second Deputy Mayor Regina Kaiser (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), elected November 4, 2025. Recent product launches include the inaugural AI Catalyst Summit (November 2025, 260 participants), the Digitale Zukunft KI funding program (January 2025), and the Bürgerrat Rheinische Revier citizen council (scheduled 2026).

Name

Stadt Hurth

Legal name

Stadt Hürth

Website

https://huerth.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stadt Hürth is a municipal government in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, providing administrative services, citizen engagement platforms, and public safety to approximately 60,000 residents, while anchoring regional structural transformation projects including AI Village, Blockchain Reallabor, and hydrogen mobility infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Business Support Services (5614)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Citizen services
• E-government platform
• Public administration
• Structural transformation

Headquarters

HQ city

Hürth

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue: Stadt Hürth generates revenue through municipal taxes (Gewerbesteuer, Grundsteuer) paid by residents and businesses. These taxes fund public services, infrastructure, and administrative operations.
2. State and Federal Funding: Funding from state (Land NRW) and federal (Bund) government for structural transformation projects including AI Village (14.7 million EUR), Blockchain Reallabor (4.7 million EUR), and other infrastructure projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stadt Hürth is the municipal government of Hürth, Germany, providing administrative services to residents and businesses including resident registration, building permits, public safety (fire/rescue), waste management, urban planning, and cultural programs. The city operates a digital citizen services platform with online appointment booking and the Mängelmelder defect-reporting app, and drives regional structural transformation through innovation campuses including AI Village (Europe's first fully digitized AI/robotics campus) and the Blockchain Reallabor.

Product overview

Stadt Hürth operates a comprehensive digital citizen services portal providing administrative services including online appointment booking, defect reporting (Mängelmelder), and various municipal procedures. The city is also a hub for innovation through its Strukturwandel (structural change) initiative, with flagship projects including AI Village - Europe's first fully digitized AI and robotics campus (14.7M EUR funding), Blockchain Reallabor (4.7M EUR BMWi funding), ChemHub Knapsack, and ECRR entrepreneurship center. Additional services include housing mediation, hydrogen mobility with 16 fuel cell buses, and the AGORA Hürth urban development project. The AI Village offers public AI education, demonstrations, and hosts events including the AI Catalyst Summit.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bürgerservice Portal Comprehensive citizen services portal providing access to municipal services including online appointment booking, resident registration, and various administrative procedures for residents of Hürth.
• Online-Terminvereinbarung (Online Appointment Booking) Online appointment booking system allowing citizens to schedule visits at the municipal office for services such as resident registration (Einwohnermeldeabteilung) and civil registry (Standesabteilung).
• Mängelmelder (Defect Reporter) Digital defect reporting platform available via mobile app (iOS and Android) and web, allowing citizens to report infrastructure issues and track resolutions across categories including waste, street lighting, green spaces, safety and order.
• AI Village Innovation campus for artificial intelligence and robotics positioned as the first fully digitized campus in Europe, located at Studio 6 on the euronova Campus in Hürth-Kalscheuren. Provides AI education, training, demonstrations, and project development.
• Blockchain Reallabor Demonstration center for blockchain solutions initiated by Fraunhofer FIT, creating practical blockchain projects in energy, finance, production, logistics, and public services sectors.
• ChemHub Knapsack Lighthouse project for the future of chemistry focusing on renewable carbon utilization through Carbon Capture and Utilization (Power-to-X), hydrogen, biomass, and chemical recycling technologies in industrial pilot demonstrations.
• ECRR - Entrepreneurship Center Rheinisches Revier Innovation platform with international incubator, SME center, and makerspace for the structural change region, bringing together tech-based scale-ups with established companies and supporting startup ecosystem development.
• AGORA Hürth Urban development project creating a mixed-use ensemble in the city center combining housing, services, and public uses as a 'Third Place' social hub, transforming the former Kreishausareal.
• Wasserstoff (Hydrogen) Initiative Hydrogen mobility initiative including 16 hydrogen fuel cell buses (one of Europe's largest fleets), public H2 refueling stations, and participation in the H2ercules pipeline network project.
• Wohnungsvermittlung (Housing Mediation) Housing mediation service helping citizens with housing eligibility certificates find affordable publicly-funded apartments through the municipal property office.
• Veranstaltungskalender (Event Calendar) Public event calendar listing cultural events, markets, citizen meetings, and municipal activities across Hürth's districts.
• Servicestelle Bürgermeister (Mayor's Service Office) Mayor's service office handling citizen concerns, suggestions, complaint reporting, odor complaints, and organizing citizen meetings and mayor's office hours.

Quantifiable outcome

• 26,000 citizen reports processed via digital platform with 21,600+ resolved cases
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability8 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Fraunhofer IAIScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology IAIS is a key partner in the AI Village project, providing AI research expertise and supporting the development of the first fully digitized campus in Europe for AI and robotics.
• Akademie für Künstliche Intelligenz (AKI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023AKI is a partner in the AI Village project contributing to AI education, training, and research collaboration alongside the city and other research institutions.
• Rheinische Hochschule KölncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln (RFH) is a partner in the AI Village project, providing academic expertise and educational programs in AI and technology fields.
• Fraunhofer FITcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT leads the Blockchain Reallabor project, serving as a lighthouse project for the Rhein Revier structural transformation. The lab demonstrates blockchain solutions for energy, finance, production, and public services.
• KI Bundesverband e.V.majorTechnology or IntegrationGerman AI Association partnered with AI Village for events including AI Catalyst Summit, providing industry connections and expertise in artificial intelligence.
• Start HürthmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorST@RT HÜRTH Zentrum für Technologie und Existenzgründung GmbH supports entrepreneurship in Hürth, collaborating with ECRR (Entrepreneurship Center Rheinisches Revier) to provide incubation and startup support services.
• YNCORIS GmbH & Co. KGmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYNCORIS is a key industrial partner for ChemHub Knapsack project, providing the industrial production environment where renewable carbon technologies will be piloted and demonstrated.
• RWE AGmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRWE is a partner in ChemHub Knapsack, contributing to the development of innovative chemical industry technologies using renewable carbon alternatives.
• Covestro AGmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCovestro participates in ChemHub Knapsack, contributing expertise in sustainable chemistry and circular economy solutions for the industrial transformation.
• NissewaardmajorOthersDutch partner municipality since 1966. Annual exchange on urban development, city planning, and modernization. Recent focus on AGORA Hürth urban development project and sustainable city solutions.
• Zukunftsagentur Rheinisches Revier (ZRR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZRR supports initiation and execution of structural transformation projects in the Rhine region, developing strategies and concepts for economic transformation using federal and state structural funds.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Düsseldorf: Larger NRW state capital delivering a comprehensive municipal services portfolio, smart-city programs, and innovation initiatives at scale — a broader incumbent in the same regulatory space.

Direct peers

• Stadt Aachen: NRW city with comparable municipal services portfolio and active digitalization/AI initiatives, including technology partnerships with regional research institutes.
• Stadt Bonn: Adjacent NRW municipal government with a comparable citizen services portal, digital appointment booking, and structural transformation profile. Directly comparable as a mid-sized German Kommune.
• Stadt Leverkusen: Neighboring NRW city of similar scale and industrial heritage, running comparable municipal e-government services and participating in regional Strukturwandel programs.
• Stadt Köln: Neighboring large NRW municipal government (Köln) delivering comparable citizen services, e-government platforms, and structural transformation programs in the same region. Comparable in scope and regulatory framework, with broader scale.

Others

• Fraunhofer IAIS: Core research partner in Hürth's AI Village, providing AI/robotics capabilities to the city. Comparable as the enabling technology partner powering Hürth's innovation campus.
• Zukunftsagentur Rheinisches Revier (ZRR): Regional agency that channels federal/state Strukturwandel funds to Rhineland municipalities including Hürth; directly comparable in mandate around structural transformation project execution.
• GovTech company (e.g., cituro / infoma / DATEV kommunal): Providers of municipal e-government, appointment booking, and citizen-services software used by German Kommunen — thematically adjacent as platform/technology peers enabling the services Hürth delivers.
• Stadtwerke Hürth: Wholly-owned municipal utilities subsidiary of Stadt Hürth, providing energy and water services and participating in the hydrogen mobility rollout — adjacent operational peer within the same municipal ecosystem.
• KDVZ Frechen (kommunale Datenverarbeitungszentrale): Regional municipal IT service provider that already hosts Hürth's contact and appointment forms; comparable as the enabling infrastructure/e-government backbone used by Hürth and other NRW municipalities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/StadtHuerth

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

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