Smart City Model Project (MRN)
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Heidelberg's Smart City project isn't really about Heidelberg — it's an open-source data platform, anchored there since 2021, that any town in the Rhine-Neckar region can plug into.
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The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ Heidelberg city profile · 📊 Open data guide · 📡 Data & IoT projects
Since 2021, Heidelberg has been the Rhine-Neckar region's consortium partner in the federal Modellprojekte Smart Cities programme, running an open-source urban data platform through its Digital-Agentur. First applications include event-visitor counting and the public Klima-Kompass, a real-time environmental dashboard other municipalities in the region can also connect to.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Smart City Model Project (MRN)” — Heidelberg, Germany. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/heidelberg-smart-city-model/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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