Stadtwerke Crailsheim

Stadtwerke Crailsheim is the municipal utility company of Crailsheim, a town in the Baden-Württemberg region of southern Germany. As a 100-percent subsidiary of the City of Crailsheim, it is a classic German Stadtwerk: a locally rooted, publicly owned provider that combines energy and water supply with a broader public-service and community role. Its core business is the reliable supply of electricity, natural gas, district heating (Fernwärme) and drinking water to households, businesses and public institutions in Crailsheim and the surrounding area. Beyond basic supply, the company positions itself as more than a pure energy provider. Its stated slogan, "Nähe schafft Verbundenheit" (closeness creates connection), reflects an identity built on regional responsibility. The company emphasizes that a large share of the money it earns stays in the town, supporting local attractiveness and economic strength, and it acts as an employer, training provider and local business partner. It also operates leisure infrastructure, including the Crailsheim indoor pool (Hallenbad), outdoor pools (Freibäder) and the parc vital sauna landscape, and sells tickets and gift vouchers through its webshop. Stadtwerke Crailsheim traces its origins to 1919, when the first measures were taken to begin electricity supply and to form the "Städtische Gas-, Elektrizitäts- und Wasserwerke" (Municipal Gas, Electricity and Water Works). Over the following century it developed from a single-purpose utility into a multi-service provider covering electricity, gas, heat, cooling and water. The company presents itself as a pioneer in the energy transition, citing projects such as solar installations, the KlimaQuartier climate district and ecological energy products, and it markets "Hohenloher Naturstrom" — a 100-percent green electricity product generated in the Hohenlohe region from wind, photovoltaic and biogas sources. In addition to energy and water, the company engages in e-mobility and environmental initiatives. It supports the operation of an electric city bus in Crailsheim and provides e-charging stations, and it participates in the local Stadtbienen (urban bees) project, dedicating a large area of its company grounds to insect-friendly planting and scientific wild-bee monitoring. Through these activities, Stadtwerke Crailsheim presents itself as a diversified municipal service provider whose remit spans utilities, leisure, sustainability and regional development.

Stadtwerke Crailsheim traces its origins to 1919, when the first measures were taken to begin electricity supply in Crailsheim and to form the "Städtische Gas-, Elektrizitäts- und Wasserwerke" (Municipal Gas, Electricity and Water Works). This founding period placed the town's gas, electricity and water services under a single municipal organization, a common model in Germany. Over the following decades the company evolved from a single-purpose utility into a multi-service provider. According to its own account, it developed into an energy supplier for all energy types — electricity, gas, heat, cooling and water — while also becoming one of the pioneers of the energy transition in Germany, with projects that attracted nationwide attention, including solar installations, the KlimaQuartier climate district and ecological energy products. By the 2010s and 2020s the company had broadened its public-service role well beyond energy and water. It operates the Crailsheim indoor pool (Hallenbad), outdoor pools (Freibäder) and the parc vital sauna landscape, and sells tickets and gift vouchers through its webshop. It also engages in environmental and community initiatives: it participates in the Crailsheim Stadtbienen (urban bees) project, dedicating a 4,250-square-metre area of its company grounds to insect-friendly planting and, from mid-2019, to scientific wild-bee monitoring led by wild-bee expert Rainer Prosi, making it the first Crailsheim company to become a Stadtbienen partner. In e-mobility, it supported Röhler Touristik GmbH in operating an electric city bus in Crailsheim and provides e-charging stations. As of the mid-2020s the company remains a 100-percent subsidiary of the City of Crailsheim, supplying electricity, gas, district heating and drinking water to customers in Crailsheim and the surrounding region, and marketing "Hohenloher Naturstrom," a 100-percent green electricity product generated in the Hohenlohe region from wind, photovoltaic and biogas sources.

• 2021

  Wild-bee monitoring on the company's meadow area ran for three years, through 2021.

• 2020

  As of September 2020, the sponsored e-city bus had covered 130,131 km and carried around 100,000 passengers per year.

• 2019

  Mid-2019: dedicated a 4,250 m² area of company grounds to insect-friendly planting and scientific wild-bee monitoring as part of the Stadtbienen project.

• 1919

  First measures taken to begin electricity supply and form the "Städtische Gas-, Elektrizitäts- und Wasserwerke" (Municipal Gas, Electricity and Water Works).

Locally rooted municipal utility combining energy and water supply with leisure, sustainability and regional development; markets itself as a pioneer of the energy transition.

• Electricity supply

  Reliable electricity supply to customers in Crailsheim and the surrounding region.

• Natural gas supply

  Natural gas supply with an online price calculator.

• District heating (Fernwärme)

  District heating supplied alongside electricity, gas and water.

• Drinking water supply

  Drinking water supply for the region.

• Hohenloher Naturstrom

  100% green electricity generated in the Hohenlohe region from wind, photovoltaic and biogas sources.

• Pools and sauna (Hallenbad, Freibäder, parc vital)

  Operation of the Crailsheim indoor pool, outdoor pools and the parc vital sauna landscape, with tickets and gift vouchers sold online.

• E-mobility / charging stations

  E-charging stations and support for the electric city bus operated by Röhler Touristik GmbH.

1. 1Stadtwerke Crailsheim homepagestw-crailsheim.de
2. 2Über uns – Stadtwerke Crailsheimstw-crailsheim.de
3. 3Stadtbienen – Stadtwerke Crailsheimstw-crailsheim.de
4. 4Projekt E-Bus – Stadtwerke Crailsheimstw-crailsheim.de
5. 5Stadtwerke Crailsheim – Wikidatawikidata.org