Stadtwerke Rottenburg am Neckar

Stadtwerke Rottenburg am Neckar GmbH is the municipal utility and transport company of the town of Rottenburg am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As a communal enterprise rooted in the region, it supplies households and businesses with electricity, natural gas, heat and fresh drinking water, and it also runs the town's swimming pools, car parks and city bus services. Its self-description emphasizes environmentally conscious energy generation, resource-conserving heat supply and sustainable water management. The company's service portfolio is broad for a municipal utility of its size. On the energy side it generates electricity from its own photovoltaic systems, combined heat and power (block heating) plants and hydroelectric plants, and it delivers electricity and gas across its network area. It operates a substantial water network, drawing drinking water from its own sources including the Bronnbach spring and the Papiermühle well, supplemented by other supply sources. Beyond utilities, it provides leisure and mobility services: indoor and outdoor swimming pools, several car parks in the town, and the local city bus network, which it operates under the brand name robus. Stadtwerke Rottenburg presents itself as a company closely connected to local people, stating that it has felt connected to the community for 159 years and works to make the region more livable every day. Its activities extend to electric mobility (home charging wallboxes), photovoltaic consulting and installation support, and a customer loyalty program called the spürbarCard. It also runs community-oriented initiatives such as a club support campaign in which new customers can direct a donation to a local association. As a municipal company, it is owned by the town of Rottenburg am Neckar and is not listed on a stock exchange. Its published data and facts page reports operational figures such as annual electricity generation from its own plants, total electricity and gas delivery volumes, water abstraction and network length, as well as visitor numbers for its pools and passenger and parking figures. The company also publishes a sustainability report and a mission statement, reflecting its positioning around environmental responsibility and public service.

Stadtwerke Rottenburg am Neckar GmbH is the municipal utility and transport company of Rottenburg am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its own corporate history page states that the Stadtwerke have served the citizens of Rottenburg for more than 150 years, and its homepage states that it has felt connected to local people for 159 years. The company traces its roots to the town's communal provision of energy and water, and over time its responsibilities expanded beyond supply to include public services such as swimming pools, car parks and local public transport. Historically, the company's core mandate has been the supply of electricity, gas, water and heat to the town. Its published data and facts page describes a communal enterprise with roots in the region that places particular emphasis on environmentally conscious energy generation, resource-conserving heat supply and sustainable water management. To that end it operates its own generation assets, including photovoltaic systems, combined heat and power (block heating) plants and hydroelectric plants, and it maintains an extensive water network drawing on its own springs and wells. Over the decades the Stadtwerke also became the operator of the town's public leisure and mobility infrastructure. It runs the indoor and outdoor swimming pools, several car parks in the town, and the city bus network, which it operates under the brand name robus with four city bus lines plus three school bus lines that generally run only one or two trips on school days. This combination of utility supply and public services makes the company a broad municipal service provider rather than a pure energy supplier. In recent years the company has continued to modernize and expand its services. Its history overview notes that in 2023 new emergency power generators were installed at the waterworks to guarantee a secure drinking water supply and reliability even in times of crisis, and that in 2022 the region's first cold local heating network went into operation in the Öchsner I building area. The company has also moved into electric mobility with home charging wallboxes and into photovoltaic consulting and installation support, and it offers a customer loyalty program called the spürbarCard. It publishes a mission statement and a sustainability report, and it engages in community initiatives such as a club support campaign that directs donations to local associations for new customers. As a municipal company, Stadtwerke Rottenburg am Neckar GmbH is owned by the town of Rottenburg am Neckar and is not listed on a stock exchange. Its operations are reported through published data and facts, including annual generation and delivery volumes for electricity and gas, water abstraction and network length, and visitor, passenger and parking figures for its pools, buses and car parks.

• 2026

  The Rottenburg outdoor pool broke its visitor record, with 77,459 visitors by 31 August 2026, surpassing the previous record of 74,068 from 2015.

• 2023

  New emergency power generators were installed at the waterworks to guarantee a secure drinking water supply and reliability even in times of crisis.

• 2022

  The region's first cold local heating network went into operation in the Öchsner I building area.

Municipal, regionally rooted utility and service provider focused on environmentally conscious energy generation, resource-conserving heat supply and sustainable water management, while adding quality of life through pools, car parks and buses.

• Electricity supply

  Supply of electricity to households and businesses, supported by own generation from photovoltaic, combined heat and power and hydroelectric plants.

• Natural gas supply

  Supply of natural gas across the company's network area.

• Heat supply

  Resource-conserving heat supply, including the region's first cold local heating network in the Öchsner I building area.

• Drinking water supply

  Fresh drinking water drawn from own sources including the Bronnbach spring and the Papiermühle well, supplemented by other supply sources.

• Swimming pools

  Operation of indoor and outdoor swimming pools for the town, with leisure offerings and events.

• Car parks

  Operation of several car parks in the town, including Parkdeck Rathaus, Parkhaus Schütte and Parkhaus Museum.

• City bus transport (robus)

  Operation of the city bus network under the brand name robus, with four city bus lines and three school bus lines.

• Electric mobility wallboxes

  Home charging wallbox packages for electric vehicles.

• Photovoltaic systems

  Consulting and support for customers to obtain photovoltaic systems.

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