Gemeinde Kronshagen

What Gemeinde Kronshagen does

Gemeinde Kronshagen is a public municipality (Gemeinde) located in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, serving approximately 12,000-13,000 residents. Originally established as a farming community, the municipality has developed into a suburban residential area known as a Gartenstadt (garden city), positioned minutes from downtown Kiel and integrated within the KielRegion metropolitan area. The municipality provides a comprehensive range of public services including civil registration (Standesamt), building permits (Bauamt), waste management coordination, childcare, community facilities, and local economic development support.

The municipality's digital infrastructure is built on TYPO3 CMS and integrates several third-party services: a citizen portal (Bürgerportal) connected to Schleswig-Holstein's state service portal, the MeldooPLUS defect reporting system (provided by leanact GmbH), online appointment booking via communicetime (provided by inixmedia GmbH), and the ALLRIS council information system. Physical infrastructure includes the Rathaus (town hall) at Rathausmarkt 7, the Bürgerhaus community center at Kopperpahler Allee 69, two municipal kindergartens (Kindertagesstätte Fußsteigkoppel since 1975 and Kindertagesstätte Brüder Grimm since 2019), and a volunteer fire department. The website implements privacy-first design with Matomo analytics, Friendly Captcha, and two-click solutions for third-party content loading.

As a public sector entity, Gemeinde Kronshagen generates revenue through municipal taxes (Grundsteuer, Gewerbesteuer), state and federal government funding allocations, kindergarten/childcare fees (varying by care hours and family income), waste disposal fees managed by AWR, and rental income from the Bürgerhaus event venue (which accommodates 10 to 400 persons). The municipality operates climate and sustainability initiatives including a Klimaschutzkonzept, Kommunale Wärmeplanung, and Bürgersolarstromanlage, and participates in regional partnerships with KielRegion GmbH for the SprottenFlotte bikesharing system and with Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde for supra-municipal coordination.

Name

Gemeinde Kronshagen

Legal name

Gemeinde Kronshagen

Website

https://kronshagen.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Gemeinde Kronshagen is a German public municipality in Schleswig-Holstein serving approximately 12,000-13,000 residents with municipal administration, digital citizen services, childcare facilities, community infrastructure, and climate protection initiatives within the KielRegion metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kronshagen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Gemeinde Kronshagen is a public municipality that provides local government administration, civil registry services, building and planning permits, waste collection coordination, and digital citizen services (online appointments, defect reporting, citizen portal). It also operates community facilities including municipal kindergartens, a Bürgerhaus event venue, public library, sports facilities, and a volunteer fire department. Service delivery is supported by a TYPO3 CMS-based website with integrations for appointment booking, council information, and interactive local maps.

Product overview

Gemeinde Kronshagen operates a municipal administration website providing digital access to public services and community facilities. The service portfolio includes childcare facilities (Kindertagesstätte Fußsteigkoppel, Kindertagesstätte Brüder Grimm, Waldorfkindergarten), the Bürgerhaus event venue, a digital local map (Ortsplan), online damage reporting (Meldoo Mängelmelder), citizen portal with appointment booking, and various administrative services. The website is built on TYPO3 CMS and integrates third-party services for maps, video content, analytics, and appointment scheduling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bürgerhaus Kronshagen

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KielRegion GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional development partnership coordinating metropolitan area initiatives including the SprottenFlotte bikesharing system, economic development, and infrastructure projects. The KielRegion manages the bikesharing network expansion with approximately 50 additional Light-Stations planned through 2026.
• AWR Abfallwirtschaftsgesellschaft Rendsburg-Eckernförde mbHcoreOthersWaste management company handling collection and disposal for Kronshagen. Operates the local Wertstoffhof (recycling center) at Ottendorfer Weg 63 and provides waste collection scheduling via the Abfallkalender.
• Kreis Rendsburg-EckernfördecoreOthersDistrict administration providing regional services including vehicle registration, jobcenter, and administrative oversight. The municipality coordinates with the district on matters requiring supra-municipal authority.
• inixmedia GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner providing TYPO3-based website infrastructure and the communice®time appointment booking system. Handles digital transformation and website hosting services.
• Landesregierung Schleswig-HolsteincoreOthersState government providing legislative framework, funding allocations, and coordination on state-level initiatives including climate protection programs and digital government services.
• AktivRegion MittelholsteinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional development group supporting sustainable rural development projects in the Mittelholstein area.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• ITEBO GmbH: Municipal IT and e-government services provider serving German municipalities, comparable in its role as an enabling technology layer for the same kind of citizen services (appointment booking, online forms, council information systems).
• inixmedia GmbH: Technology partner to Kronshagen providing the TYPO3 website infrastructure and communicetime appointment booking system; comparable as a vendor active in the German municipal digital services market.
• KDRS / Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Region Stuttgart: Municipal IT service provider for many German municipalities, operating in the same digital-government ecosystem that Gemeinde Kronshagen accesses through TYPO3-based portals and integrated service platforms.

Broad incumbents

• Landeshauptstadt Kiel: Larger neighboring city and the regional center of KielRegion, providing the full spectrum of municipal services at scale; comparable in service portfolio but materially larger in population, infrastructure, and administrative complexity.

Direct peers

• Stadt Eckernförde: Small coastal town in the same Kreis (Rendsburg-Eckernförde) operating the same kind of municipal service stack, governed under the same Schleswig-Holstein municipal framework.
• Gemeinde Heikendorf: Neighboring municipality on the Kiel Fjord providing comparable small-municipality services including childcare, citizen administration, and community facilities, with similar demographic and fiscal profile.
• Gemeinde Altenholz: Adjacent municipality in Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde with similar suburban character near Kiel, offering the same core municipal services (administration, childcare, community facilities, waste coordination) to a comparable residential population.

Regional players

• Amt Schrevenborn: Inter-municipal administrative body serving several small communities in the Kiel area (including Heikendorf, Mönkeberg, Schönkirchen), representing an alternative governance model to direct Gemeinde administration for small Schleswig-Holstein communities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeindekronshagen

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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