Haselhorst Associates and H&Z are growing even closer. In August 2026, Haselhorst Associates GmbH was legally merged into H&Z Unternehmensberatung GmbH. The merger does not affect ongoing projects and clients. The people behind our projects and our long-standing client relationships, as well as our expertise, remain unchanged.
However, we are expanding the expertise available to you with our new industry Cities & Utilities. The Haselhorst Smart-City-Ranking will also continue as part of H&Z.
![[Translate to English:] Pop-up Racweg Berlin](/fileadmin/Bilder_HAC/Aktuelle_Beitraege/Aktuelle_Beitraege_ZfK-Smart-City_848x365.jpg "[Translate to English:] ZfK Smart City")
"Smart City is THE key to ensuring the long-term livability of our cities” – our Managing Partner Jürgen Germies is sure of that. In an interview with Germany’s public utility sector newspaper “Zeitung für kommunale Wirtschaft,” he explains what is now needed for the intelligent transformation of…
![[Translate to English:] Deutschlandkarte mit ausgewählten Staedten](/fileadmin/Bilder_HAC/Aktuelle_Beitraege/Aktuelle_Beitraege_Smart-City-Ranking-2022_848x365.jpg "[Translate to English:] Smart-City-Ranking-2022")
Germany’s cities are failing to live up to the role which is required of them in relation to the climate transformation issue! This is one finding of our current Smart City Study, which is the largest survey of its kind in Germany. We list every municipality with a population of more than 30,000…
![[Translate to English:] Logos TU Dortmund und Haselhorst Associates](/fileadmin/Bilder_HAC/Aktuelle_Beitraege/Aktuelle_Beitraege_Kooperation-TU-Dortmund_848x365.jpg)
Is Smart City only for large cities and metropolitan areas? On the contrary—many small and medium-sized municipalities in particular can benefit just as much from the smart transformation, even though many of them still have a lot of catching up to do in terms of developing into Smart Cities. Our…
![[Translate to English:] Netzwerk Server](/fileadmin/Bilder_HAC/Aktuelle_Beitraege/Aktuelle_Beitraege_ZfK-Datenplattform_848x365.jpg "[Translate to English:] Smart-City-Plattform")
What role can data platforms play in the municipal development of smart cities? And to what extent is it advantageous for platform software to be available as open source?
![[Translate to English:] Smart City: »Norderstedt GO!«](/fileadmin/Bilder_HAC/Aktuelle_Beitraege/Aktuelle_Beitraege_NorderstedtGO-Presse_848x365.jpg "[Translate to English:] Smart City: \"Norderstedt GO!\"")
The strategy has now been agreed and the first few project ideas defined: Everything is now set for Norderstedt’s Smart City vision to come to life.