1001 Smart Cities
Heidelberg
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Heidelberg

Country
Germany
Population
162K
Projects
1
First project
2021
Best evidence
Official
Last verified
2 August 2026

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Heidelberg runs its digital projects through the city-owned Digital-Agentur, founded in 2017, and since 2021 anchors the Rhine-Neckar region's federally funded Smart Cities model project — building an open-source urban data platform, including the public Klima-Kompass environmental dashboard, that other municipalities in the region can plug into.

The atlas documents 1 project in Heidelberg: 1 still running without a verdict. The entry carries an evidence grade — the strongest here is official (1 entry) — and links its sources.

All 1 project in Heidelberg

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📡 Smart City Model Project (MRN) 🏛️ Official since 2021 · Live →

Outcome: 1 ongoing — Evidence: 1 official

Compare with other cities

🇨🇭 Winterthur Bürgernetz Luftqualität Two citizen-adjacent sensor pilots in German-speaking cities: Heidelberg runs Klima-Kompass, Winterthur's citizen group tests air sensors. 🇩🇪 Hanau Kreuzung frei — Sensors Secure Rescue Routes Both are Rhine-region sensor pilots with one job: Heidelberg tracks climate data, Hanau's sensors clear blocked rescue-vehicle routes. 🇩🇪 Leipzig Connected Urban Twins Leipzig Two federal Modellprojekte Smart Cities builds: Leipzig expands a digital twin, Heidelberg runs an open-source urban data platform.

Official strategy and sources

↗ Digital-Agentur Heidelberg GmbHThe organization driving the city's smart-city work.
↗ Open data portalThe city's official open-data platform.
📎 Cite this city

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Smart-city projects in Heidelberg, Germany.” The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/cities/heidelberg/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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