Holding Graz – Kommunale Dienstleistungen GmbH

Holding Graz – Kommunale Dienstleistungen GmbH is the municipal services holding company of the City of Graz, Austria. It is a modern and efficient service enterprise that, through its employees, delivers exceptional services for the people and businesses of Graz and its surrounding area every day. The company describes itself as keeping Graz running and making the city more livable and lovable. Its activities span mobility, leisure, vouchers, urban space, water, waste, tim, energy, Graz Airport, funeral services, Citycom and Ankünder. The company is 99.84% owned by the City of Graz, with the remaining 0.16% held by Grazer Bau- und Grünlandsicherungsgesellschaft. It operates as a parent holding for the city's municipal services and manages market-oriented business fields through various shareholdings. Its business fields are organized into Management and Participations, Mobility and Leisure, and Infrastructure and Energy. The Mobility and Leisure division includes Graz Linien, which operates public transport and infrastructure, multimodal mobility packages, and tim mobility hubs with (e-)carsharing, rental cars and e-taxis. The leisure offering includes several public baths (Augarten, Auster, Bad zur Sonne, Margaretenbad, Straßgang, Stukitz), wellness and sauna areas, the Schöckl cable car, Hilmteich with its Hilmteich-Schlössl, the Schloßberg restaurant and Café Rosenhain. The Infrastructure and Energy division covers water supply and wastewater disposal, waste management, road maintenance and cleaning, and green space care. Holding Graz holds 51% of the energy provider Energie Graz. The company was founded in 1960 as Grazer Stadtwerke AG and has since undergone several restructurings, including the spin-off of energy operations into Energie Graz GmbH in 2002 and the conversion to a GmbH in 2010. It remains a central provider of communal services in Graz.

The company was founded in 1960 as Grazer Stadtwerke AG, an Aktiengesellschaft with the business areas 'transport operations', 'electricity', 'gas', 'district heating' and 'water'. For the first time, town gas was produced using its own oil cracking plant. In 1963, district heating supply for Graz began, with the district heating plant in Graz's Puchstraße supplying the first customers with heat. In 1985, the business areas 'funeral services', 'sports and leisure facilities and catering establishments' were incorporated into the company. In the same year, Grazer Stadtwerke AG took over the company 'Ankünder', the Steiermärkische Ankündigungsgesellschaft m.b.H. In 2002, the water services company Styrian Aqua Service GmbH was founded as a subsidiary of Grazer Stadtwerke AG. In anticipation of the upcoming spin-off of the energy areas into Energie Graz GmbH, 'Grazer Stadtwerke Energie Holding' was founded. The spin-off of the electricity, natural gas and district heating areas into Energie Graz GmbH took place on 1 August 2002. Through the spin-off, the ownership structure changed such that since then the City of Graz holds 99.84% and Grazer Bau- und Grünlandsicherungsgesellschaft holds 0.16% of the shares. In 2004, Grazer Stadtwerke AG acquired 100% of Graz Airport. On 29 June 2010, the annual general meeting resolved to convert Graz AG into a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH). Since 30 October 2010, the company has operated under the new name Holding Graz – Kommunale Dienstleistungen GmbH. As of 1 October 2020, Citymanagement was integrated into the Holding. Today, Holding Graz organizes its business fields into Management and Participations, Mobility and Leisure, and Infrastructure and Energy. As a parent holding for the City of Graz, it fulfills important municipal service tasks. As a participation holding, it manages all market-oriented business fields of the City of Graz with varying degrees of participation, from Graz Airport through Citycom Telekommunikation, Holding Graz-Freizeit, Schöckl-Seilbahn, Bestattung Graz, Energie Graz, Grazer Unternehmensfinanzierungs GmbH, Servus Abfall, Ankünder to the advertising agency achtzigzehn. The Mobility and Leisure division includes Graz Linien and Holding Graz Freizeit. Graz Linien's offering includes the operation and infrastructure of public transport, including multimodal mobility packages and the tim mobility hubs with (e-)carsharing, rental cars and e-taxis. Holding Graz-Freizeit's offering consists of various recreation and sports facilities, including the baths Augarten, Auster (outdoor and sports pool), Bad zur Sonne, Margaretenbad, Straßgang and Stukitz, beauty, sauna and relaxation areas in the Auster wellness bath, in the Spa zur Sonne and the Stukitz sauna. Holding Graz-Freizeit also includes the Schöckl cable car. Additionally, the Hilmteich with its Hilmteich-Schlössl, the Schloßberg restaurant and Café Rosenhain are available. The Infrastructure and Energy division bundles the municipal economic tasks of water supply and wastewater disposal, waste management, road maintenance and street cleaning, and green space care. Holding Graz holds 51% of the energy provider Energie Graz.

• 2020

  Citymanagement integrated into the Holding on 1 October.

• 2010

  Converted to GmbH on 29 June; renamed Holding Graz – Kommunale Dienstleistungen GmbH on 30 October.

• 2004

  Acquired 100% of Graz Airport.

• 2002

  Styrian Aqua Service GmbH founded; energy areas spun off into Energie Graz GmbH on 1 August.

• 1985

  Funeral services, sports and leisure facilities, and catering incorporated; takeover of Ankünder.

• 1963

  District heating supply for Graz begins.

• 1960

  Founded as Grazer Stadtwerke AG with business areas transport, electricity, gas, district heating and water.

Municipal service provider for Graz and surroundings, keeping the city running and improving quality of life.

• Graz Linien public transport

  Operation and infrastructure of public transport in Graz.

• tim mobility hubs

  Multimodal mobility with (e-)carsharing, rental cars and e-taxis.

• Holding Graz Freizeit

  Public baths, wellness, sauna, Schöckl cable car, restaurants.

• Energie Graz

  Energy provider, 51% held by Holding Graz.

• Graz Airport

  Airport, 100% acquired in 2004.

• Bestattung Graz

  Funeral services.

• Citycom Telekommunikation

  Telecommunications.

• Ankünder

  Advertising company.

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