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Fürth
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YOUR CONTACTS IN THE DEPARTMENT
FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Department of Economic
Affairs, Science, Urban
Development and Real Estate
Königsplatz 1
90762 Fürth
Fax: +49 (0)911 974 -1064
wirtschaftsreferat@fuerth.de
Horst Müller
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-10 60
Deputy Mayor
Helga Coste (Secretary)
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-10 61
Science, Technology Transfer
and Regional Cooperation
Königsplatz 1
Fax: +49 (0)911 9 74 -10 64
wissenschaft@fuerth.de
Thomas Dreykorn
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -18 94
Science and higher education
establishment matters
European metropolitan region
Forum science offices
Uferstadt Fürth
Technikum Fürth
Competence Initiative – New
Materials
Local Authority Real Estate Office
Königsplatz 1
Fax: +49 (0)911 974 -1288
la@fuerth.de
Harald Mönius
Tel.: +49 (0)911 974 -12 70
Head
Property Management
Ursula Flurer
Tel.: +49 (0)911 974 -12 72
Property purchasing/sales
Renting and leasing
Market and Event Service
Andre Hollitzer
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -12 78
Thomas Oberndorfer
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -12 77
Markets, parish fairs and flea markets
Department of City Research
and Statistics
Nuremberg and Fürth
Unschlittplatz 7a
90403 Nürnberg
Fax: +49 (0)911 2 31-28 44
statistikinfo@stadt.nuernberg.de
Tel.: +49 (0)911 2 31-28 43
Office for Economy and
Urban Development
Königsplatz 1
Fax: +49 (0)911 9 74 -21 15
aws@fuerth.de
Stefan Röhrer
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-21 10
Head
Economic Promotion
Erich Eidenschink
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -21 12
Business start-up consultancy service
Location marketing
Location data
Company service
Events, trade fairs
Company competitions
Sonja Soydan
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -21 16
Ilse Eidenschink
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -21 17
Company service
Location consulting
Vacant property management
Agency for commercial sites and
properties
Land Conversion /
Project Management
Sabine Eichhorn-John
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-18 92
Eberhard John
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-18 93
Sandra Scholl
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-18 98
Major investment projects
Railroad sites
Gewerbepark Süd
(Enterprise Park South)
Golfpark Fürth
Gewerbepark Hardhöhe West
(Enterprise Park West / Hardhöhe)
Advice on EU, government and
federal state funding
Promotion of broadband networks
in urban areas
State and Regional Planning /
Retail Management
Armin Röser
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -18 95
Bavarian State Development
Programme (LEP)
Regional planning procedure
Regional planning
Major retail projects
Centres concept
Inner City Officer
Project office for the
city centre retail trade
Königsplatz 1
Fax: +49 (0)911 9 74 -10 64
einkaufen@fuerth.de
Karin Hackbarth-Herrmann
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -10 65
Retail support
Location consulting
Retail property agency
Shopping street development
Inner city advertising
Major retail projects
Tourist Office
Tourist Information
Bahnhofplatz 2
Tel.: +49 (0)911 23 95 87-0
Fax: +49 (0)911 23 95 87-10
tourist-info@fuerth.de
Eike Söhnlein
Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-11
Head
Organisation, concept,
public relations and marketing
Karin Hirschmann-Schmidt
Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-13
Guided city tours
Petra Bauer
Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-14
Budget and staff
Sponsors
Jessica Erhard
Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-12
Press and public relations
Package deals
Mario John
Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-17
Internet
Online reservation system
Sophie Rüth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-16
Guest service
Conferences and congresses
Anja Schnuch
Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-18
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IMPORTANT ADDRESSES
Nuremberg Job Center
Agentur für Arbeit Nürnberg
Richard-Wagner-Platz 5
90443 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)800 45 55 520
www.arbeitsagentur.de/nuernberg
Friedrich-Alexander-University
Erlangen-Nürnberg
Schloßplatz 4
91054 Erlangen
Tel.: +49 (0)9131 85- 0
www.fau.de
Fürth Job Center
Agentur für Arbeit Fürth
Stresemannplatz 5
90763 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 20 24- 0
www.arbeitsagentur.de/fuerth
Development Center for X-ray
technology EZRT
Fraunhofer-Entwicklungszentrum
Röntgentechnik EZRT
Flugplatzstraße 75
90768 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 5 80 61-75 00
www.iis.frauenhofer.de
Bavarian Laser Centre Ltd
Bayerisches Laserzentrum GmbH (BLZ)
Konrad-Zuse-Straße 2 – 6
91052 Erlangen
Tel.: +49 (0)9131 9 77 90- 0
www.blz.org
Company for Innovation and
Science Transfer Ltd
Bayern Innovativ
Gesellschaft für Innovation
und Wissenstransfer mbH
Gewerbemuseumsplatz 2
90403 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)911 2 06 71- 0
www.bayern-innovativ.de
Mayor’s Office and Press Office
Bürgermeister- und Presseamt
Wasserstraße 4
90762 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-1201
Citizen’s information centre
Bürgerberatung
Königstr. 86
90762 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-1211
Business Support Center
Nürnberg-Fürth
Fürther Straße 27
90429 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 28 70 72 60
www.n-f-excellence.de
Business Enterprise Complex Ltd
Complex Gewerbehof Fürth GmbH
Benno-Strauß-Straße 5
Tel.: +49 (0)911 97 94 661
90763 Fürth
www.complex-fuerth.de
Tax Office
Finanzamt Fürth
Stresemannplatz 15
90763 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 74 35- 0
www.finanzamt-fuerth.de
Nuremberg Airport
Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH
Flughafenstraße 100
90411 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 37 00
www.airport-nuernberg.de
Gründerinitiative Fürth
c/o Stadt Fürth
Amt für Wirtschaft
Königsplatz 1
90762 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-2112
www.grif.de
Georg-Simon-Ohm University
Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule
Keßlerplatz 12
90489 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)911 58 80- 0
www.th-nuernberg.de
Bavarian Retailers Association
Handelsverband Bayern –
Der Einzelhandel e. V.
Ortsverband Fürth
Fürther Freiheit 4
90762 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 77 08 83
www.hv-bayern.de
Chamber of Crafts for Middle Franconia
Handwerkskammer für Mittelfranken
Sulzbacher Straße 11 – 15
90489 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)911 53 09- 0
www.hwk-mittelfranken.de
Trade and Industry Office
IHK-Geschäftsstelle Fürth
Flößaustraße 22a
90763 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 78 07 90-0
www.ihk-nuernberg.de/ihkg-fuerth
Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Industrie- und Handelskammer
Nürnberg für Mittelfranken (IHK)
Ulmenstraße 52
90443 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)911 13 35- 335
www.ihk-nuernberg.de
Utility Company
Infra Fürth GmbH
(Versorgungsbetrieb)
Leyher Straße 69
90763 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 97 04-4000
www.infra-fuerth.de
Center for Innovation and
New Businesses
Innovations- und Gründerzentrum
Nürnberg-Fürth-Erlangen (IGZ)
Am Weichselgarten 7
91058 Erlangen
Tel.: +49 (0)9131 6 91-100
www.igz.de
Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovations
Institut für Interdisziplinäre Innovationen
Keßlerplatz 12
90489 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)911 58 80-13 33
www.iii.fh-nuernberg.de
WTT
Knowledge and Technology Transfer/
Wissens- und Technologietransfer/
Henkestraße 91
91058 Erlangen
Tel.: +49 (0)9131 8 52 58 71
www.zuv.fau.de/einrichtungen/wtt/
District Crafts Guild Fürth
Kreishandwerkerschaft Fürth
Fürther Freiheit 6
90762 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 74 08 50
www.handwerk-fuerth.de
LfA Development Bank of Bavaria
LfA Förderbank Bayern
Gewerbemuseumsplatz 2
90403 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)911 8 10 08- 00
www.lfa.de
Trade Fair Center
Nürnberg Messe GmbH
Messezentrum
Messezentrum 1
90471 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)911 86 06- 0
www.nuernbergmesse.de
New Materials –
Neue Materialien Fürth GmbH
Dr. Mack-Straße 81
90762 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 7 66 72 10
www.nmfgmbh.de
Government of Middle Franconia
Economic Department
Regierung von Mittelfranken
Wirtschaftsabteilung
Promenade 27
91522 Ansbach
Tel.: +49 (0)981 53- 0
www.regierung.mittelfranken.bayern.de
Tourist Information Fürth
Bahnhofplatz 2
90762 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 23 95 87-0
www.fuerth.de
Vision Fürth e.V.
City Marketing Association
Bahnhofplatz 2
90762 Fürth
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 79 46 70
www.vision-fuerth.de
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Fürth residents
1987 to 2014
120,000
118,000
116,000
114,000
112,000
110,000
108,000
106,000
104,000
102,000
100,000
98,000
96,000
1987
1993
1996
1998
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Key
number of inhabitants
Purchasing power per resident
108.8
2015
Housing stock according to size
Dated: May 2014
20,000
18,583
15,000
16,682
10,000
9,509
5,000
4,819
4,093
0
1 – 2 rooms
3 rooms
4 rooms
5 rooms
6 rooms
7 rooms
as at 09/2015
8,454
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Percentage of total number employees
liable to pay social security contributions
1987 to 2014
80
60
69.2
68.2
66.7
68.0
68.8
70.4
55.2
53.8
45.6
40
70.5
67.0
63.1
44.2
36.3
32.3
20
32.7
28.9
31.4
31.8
30.6
30.8
29.3
0
1987
1993
1997
2001
2005
2007
2009
2011
2012
2013
2014
2012
2013
2014
Key
Manufacturing
Services
Tax rates 2015
Business tax
Property tax A
Property tax B
440 Percent
350 Percent
555 Percent
Fürth unemployment trend
1987 to 2014
Rate
in %
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
1994
1998
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Key
Unemployment rate in the municipality of Fürth
in terms of wage and salary earners
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
as at 09/2015
1987
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Land use within the city
Figures in %
1.3
3.1
28.5
Key
Buildings and open spaces
Roads etc.
39.8
Parks and woods etc.
12.4
Agricultural
Water
14.9
Other
Business sector trends
in the city of Fürth since 1989
100
46.6
53.2
67.0
70.5
32.3
28.9
66.6
68.2
69.2
68.0
68.8
70.4
32.7
31.4
30.6
31.8
30.8
29.3
0.2
0.4
0.3
80
60
52.8
40
46.3
20
0.6
0.5
0.7
0.6
0.7
0.4
0.4
1989
1992
2001
2005
2007
2009
2011
Key
2013
2014
2012
2012
2014
2013
Classification according to branch of industry
Local authorities and national insurance companies.
Tertiary sector
Service
Non-commercial organizations and private houseprovision sector holds, other service providers (e.g. hotels etc. schools,
Secondary sector
Manufacturing
Building industry,
processing industry,
energy-supply industry,
water supply industry, mining
colleges etc., health sector, consulting engineers)
banks and insurance companies, transport and communication, commerce.
Primary sector
Agriculture and forestry,
animal husbandry and fisheries
Fürth port
Total 2014 transshipment: 243,891 tons of which 80,294 tons by boat and 163,597 tons by rail
as at 09/2015
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Fürth visitor figures
1987 to 2014
25
24
24
23
23
23
22
22
1,799
1,738
21
1,652
20
1,671
1,712
1,650
1,641
1,630
2013
2014
1,597
18
1,341
1,027
1987
1993
Key
1997
2001
2005
2009
2010
2011
2012
Number of establishments offering accommodation
Total number of beds available
247,422
244,805
244,688
238,502
239,300
238,400
25.9
27.2
25.7
27.0
2012
2013
2014
220,523
213,238
161,827
141,528
123,209
32.3
1987
27.0
1993
Key
22.3
1997
18.2
2001
26.9
2005
Number of overnight stays
25.1
26.3
2010
2009
2011
Percentage of overnight stays involving foreign guests
Travel/transport connections
Motorway
BAB A3
Frankfurt-NürnbergRegensburg-Passau
BAB A6
Stuttgart-HeilbronnNürnberg
BAB A9
Berlin-NürnbergMünchen
BAB A73
Nürnberg-Bamberg
Rail
Main station Fürth
Railway lines including
ICE stop:
Nürnberg-Fürth-Würzburg
Nürnberg-Fürth-Bamberg-Berlin
Nürnberg-München
Nürnberg-Regensburg-Passau
Public
transport
Airport
Underground
Nürnberg Messe 23 min.
Nürnberg Airport 27 min.
every 6 minutes
Airport Nürnberg
11 km from Fürth
city center
Canal
Main-Danube canal
with Fürth port
as at 09/2015
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Health and social provision
Dated: 2014
Fürth hospital
complex
Doctors
Chemists
742 beds
206,892 days of care
80.29% bed capacity utilization
455 doctors
272 residents per doctor
31 chemists
3,991 residents per chemist
Schön-Klinik
Dentists
Vets
128 beds
Minimal invasive therapy
93 dentists
1,330 residents per dentist
7 Vets
Day care centres and schools
Day care centres
Schools
Universities
102 day care centres
offering 5,421 places
24 primary and secondary
schools
Friedrich Alexander University
Erlangen-Nuremberg
Children in day care centres
by age:
3 remedial schools
2 secondary modern schools
1 business school
688
0 – 3 years
4 academic secondary schools
2,727
3 – 6 years
3 vocational schools
1,672
6 – 11 years
1 upper vocational school
29
11 – 14 years
Georg-Simon-Ohm University
Nuremberg
Wilhelm Löhe University of
Applied Sciences Fürth
Evangelische Hochschule
Nürnberg (Lutheran University
of Applied Sciences)
3 specialist vocational schools
1 senior technical school
1 agricultural school
6 vocational schools specializing
in public health
1 Graduate School of Social
Education
Franconian International
School, Erlangen
as at 09/2015
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Map of business parks
F2 Golfpark Fürth
FÜRTH
F1 Gewerbepark
Hardhöhe West
(Enterprise Park
Hardhöhe West)
F3 Uferstadt Fürth
F4 Gewerbepark Süd
(Enterprise Park South)
Detailed information about the business parks can be found in the following pages.
F1
Enterprise Park Hardhöhe West
Total area
approx. 23 ha
Location
West of Fürth Hardhöhe district; east of Hafenstraße;
south of Würzburger Straße (B8)
Planning law
Land Development Plan: commercial building area
Land Development Plan in list form
Size
Traffic links
Private transport
Good regional and national transport links
direct on south-western bypass and Würzburger Straße (B8)
Total area approx. 23 ha
approx. 1.2 ha still available (in subareas)
Owner
City of Fürth, partly private
Public transport
Underground station and bus stops approx. 800 m away
Map based on: Fürth City Map 1:10000, as at 2014
Enterprise Park
Hardhöhe West
F2
Golfpark Fürth
Golfpark Fürth
Map based on: Fürth City Map 1:10000, as at 2014
Total area
approx. 123 ha
Location
North-west side of the city
Size
Total area
approx. 123 ha
Commercial sites
approx. 15 ha (still available)
18 hole golf course approx. 60 ha
Owner
Federal Republic of Germany
Planning law
LAND USE PLAN: commercial and limited commercial in
draft Development plan in preparation
Traffic links
Private transport
Very good regional and supra-regional traffic links via the
south-west ring road
Public transport
Bus stop right next to site (eastern section)
Special feature
There is an 18 hole golf course within the site
and an public 9 hole golf course
F3
Uferstadt Fürth
Total area
approx. 7.9 ha
Location
East side of the city
Size
Total area approx. 7.9 ha
(remaining marketable area 7,500 m2)
Owner
Private ownership
Planning law
LAND USE PLAN: commercial development site
Planning permission granted as per §34 BauGB
Traffic links
Private transport
Very good regional and supra-regional traffic links, direct on the A73
(connection point city perimeter), 10 km to Nuremberg Airport
Public transport
Bus stop right next to site
Subway in walking distance (300 m)
2 km to Fürth main station
7 km to Nuremberg main station
Special feature
Ideal conditions for technology-oriented companies
Technikum Fürth – Neue Materialien is located on this site
Links with university facilities and with the Friedrich Alexander University
Erlangen-Nuremberg
Map based on: Fürth City Map 1:10000, as at 2014
Uferstadt Fürth
F4
Enterprise Park South
Enterprise Park
South
Map based on: Fürth City Map 1:10000, as at 2014
Total area
approx. 51 ha
Location
South side of the city, south of the Main-Danube Canal
on Schwabacher Straße
Planning law
LAND USE PLAN: commercial development site
Size
Traffic links
Private transport
Good regional and supra-regional traffic links, directly on south-west
ring road
Total area approx. 51 ha
of which marketable area approx. 0.6 ha
Owner
City of Fürth
Development plan in preparation
Public transport
Bus stop right next to site
Special feature
Restriction on sectors established within inner city, as per Fürth list.