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YOUR CONTACTS IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS Department of Economic Affairs, Science, Urban Development and Real Estate Königsplatz 1 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
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 Fürth Job Center Agentur für Arbeit Fürth Stresemannplatz 5 90763 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 20 24-0 www.arbeitsagentur.de/fuerth 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 Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-1201 Citizen s information centre Bürgerberatung Königstr. 86 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 Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg Schloßplatz 4 91054 Erlangen Tel.: +49 (0)9131 85-0 www.fau.de 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 Gründerinitiative Fürth c/o Stadt Fürth Amt für Wirtschaft Königsplatz 1 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 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 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 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 Tel.: +49 (0)911 23 95 87-0 www.fuerth.de Vision Fürth e.v. City Marketing Association Bahnhofplatz 2 Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 79 46 70 www.vision-fuerth.de
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 number of inhabitants Purchasing power per resident 2015 108.8 Housing stock according to size Dated: May 2014 20,000 15,000 16,682 18,583 10,000 9,509 8,454 5,000 0 4,819 4,093 as at 09/2015 1 2 rooms 3 rooms 4 rooms 5 rooms 6 rooms 7 rooms
Percentage of total number employees liable to pay social security contributions 1987 to 2014 80 60 40 20 53.8 45.6 44.2 55.2 36.3 63.1 32.3 67.0 28.9 70.5 32.7 66.7 31.4 68.2 30.6 69.2 68.0 68.8 70.4 31.8 30.8 29.3 0 1987 1993 1997 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 Manufacturing Services Tax rates 2015 Business tax Property tax A Property tax B 440 Percent 350 Percent 555 Percent Rate in % 12 Fürth unemployment trend 1987 to 2014 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1987 1994 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Unemployment rate in the municipality of Fürth in terms of wage and salary earners as at 09/2015
Land use within the city Figures in % 1.3 3.1 28.5 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 66.6 68.2 69.2 68.0 68.8 70.4 80 60 40 52.8 46.3 20 32.3 28.9 32.7 31.4 30.6 31.8 30.8 29.3 0 0.6 1989 0.5 1992 0.7 2001 0.6 2005 0.7 2007 0.4 2009 0.4 0.2 0.4 2012 2011 2012 2013 0.3 2014 Classification according to branch of industry Tertiary sector Service provision sector Local authorities and national insurance companies. Non-commercial organizations and private households, other service providers (e.g. hotels etc. schools, colleges etc., health sector, consulting engineers) banks and insurance companies, transport and communication, commerce. Secondary sector Manufacturing Primary sector Building industry, processing industry, energy-supply industry, water supply industry, mining Agriculture and forestry, animal husbandry and fi sheries 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
Fürth visitor figures 1987 to 2014 25 24 24 22 23 23 23 22 21 1,799 1,738 20 1,652 1,712 1,671 1,650 1,641 1,630 1,597 18 1,341 1,027 1987 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Number of establishments offering accommodation Total number of beds available 244,688 244,805 247,422 220,523 213,238 238,502 239,300 238,400 161,827 141,528 123,209 32.3 27.0 22.3 18.2 26.9 25.1 26.3 25.9 27.2 25.7 27.0 1987 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Number of overnight stays Percentage of overnight stays involving foreign guests Travel/transport connections Motorway BAB A3 Frankfurt-Nürnberg- Regensburg-Passau BAB A6 Stuttgart-Heilbronn- Nürnberg BAB A9 Berlin-Nürnberg- München 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 Underground Nürnberg Messe 23 min. Nürnberg Airport 27 min. every 6 minutes Airport Airport Nürnberg 11 km from Fürth city center Canal Main-Danube canal with Fürth port as at 09/2015
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 102 day care centres offering 5,421 places Children in day care centres by age: 688 0 3 years 2,727 3 6 years 1,672 6 11 years 29 11 14 years Schools 24 primary and secondary schools 3 remedial schools 2 secondary modern schools 1 business school 4 academic secondary schools 3 vocational schools 1 upper vocational school 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 Universities Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg Georg-Simon-Ohm University Nuremberg Wilhelm Löhe University of Applied Sciences Fürth Evangelische Hochschule Nürnberg (Lutheran University of Applied Sciences) as at 09/2015
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 Enterprise Park Hardhöhe West Total area approx. 23 ha Map based on: Fürth City Map 1:10000, as at 2014 Location West of Fürth Hardhöhe district; east of Hafenstraße; south of Würzburger Straße (B8) Size Total area approx. 23 ha approx. 1.2 ha still available (in subareas) Owner City of Fürth, partly private Planning law Land Development Plan: commercial building area Land Development Plan in list form Traffic links Private transport Good regional and national transport links direct on south-western bypass and Würzburger Straße (B8) Public transport Underground station and bus stops approx. 800 m away
F2 Golfpark Fürth Golfpark Fürth Total area approx. 123 ha Map based on: Fürth City Map 1:10000, as at 2014 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 Uferstadt Fürth Total area approx. 7.9 ha Map based on: Fürth City Map 1:10000, as at 2014 Location East side of the city Size Total area approx. 7.9 ha (remaining marketable area 7,500 m 2 ) 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
F4 Enterprise Park South Enterprise Park South Total area approx. 51 ha Map based on: Fürth City Map 1:10000, as at 2014 Location South side of the city, south of the Main-Danube Canal on Schwabacher Straße Size Total area approx. 51 ha of which marketable area approx. 0.6 ha Owner City of Fürth Planning law LAND USE PLAN: commercial development site Development plan in preparation Traffic links Private transport Good regional and supra-regional traffic links, directly on south-west ring road Public transport Bus stop right next to site Special feature Restriction on sectors established within inner city, as per Fürth list.