Stadtwerke Herford

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Stadtwerke Herford GmbH

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founding 1864
Seat Herford
management Oliver Daun
Number of employees 149
sales 73.1 million euros
Branch power supply
Website www.stadtwerke-herford.de/

Headquarters

The Stadtwerke Herford GmbH is a municipal utility and service companies in the East Westphalian town of Herford . The owner is the city of Herford (via HVV GmbH). The municipal utilities are active in the fields of electricity, gas, drinking water and heating. The Herford outdoor pools, the H2O and the ice rink are operated by subsidiaries .

Company history

In 1864 the gas supply started by the "Städtische Gasversorgung Herford". The water supply was added just two years later. In 1983 the company "Stadtwerke Herford" was converted into a corporation "Stadtwerke Herford GmbH" as a 100 percent subsidiary of the city of Herford. At the same time, this was the hour of birth of HVV GmbH - Herford Versorgungs- und Verkehrs-Beteiligungs-GmbH - as a 100 percent subsidiary of the city of Herford. Stadtwerke Herford has also been selling electricity since 2010.

Business areas

The supply areas operated directly by Stadtwerke Herford are natural gas, water and local heating service. In addition, electricity is sold. However, the municipal utility does not have its own power grid.

electricity

Stadtwerke Herford only offers green electricity products.

natural gas

The basis is the 577 km long pipe network, through which over 20,000 house connections are supplied.

water

Stadtwerke Herford maintains 4 waterworks and 5 elevated tanks.

Holdings

The municipal utilities are u. a. involved in these companies:

  • 100% leisure facilities Stadtwerke Herford GmbH
  • 55% WBV waterworks Begatal
  • 35% Kalldorfer Sattel Wassergesellschaft mbH
  • 30% water company Kalldorfer Sattel GbR
  • 19.5% WBV district of Herford-West
  • 18.75% WWL Windenergie-Westfalen-Lippe GmbH
  • 4.78% AOV GbR
  • 2.22% aov IT.Services GmbH

See also

For more information on the municipal utilities, see the following article:

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Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 45.1 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 29 ″  E