Chronicle Kommunalservice Jena

20 years of KSJ

On January 1, 2002, Kommunalservice Jena (KSJ) started its business operations with the current logo. It emerged from the merger of VEB (K) Stadtwirtschaft Jena (itself founded over 30 years ago) and VEB (St) Stadtbaubetrieb Jena (building yard). The "K" and "St" in brackets were a common addition in the former GDR to designate a "district-" and "municipal communally managed" state-owned enterprise (VEB).
The city of Jena's oldest municipally-owned company was established with the resolution of 26.09.2001 and subsequent publication. The success story began with around 200 employees and around 70 vehicles.

"Right in the middle of everything and an integral part of the city's image," reports Uwe Feige, "Works manager from the very beginning". Among other things, he laid the foundation stone and continuously built up the KSJ into a modern and diverse service provider that works for the city of Jena as well as for private and commercial customers in and around Jena.

Today, the company is anchored in a large number of areas of municipal services of general interest in the Jena cityscape and the surrounding area. For example, the KSJ is responsible for waste disposal, road construction, light and signal points, urban space and green space maintenance in the city area. It also looks after the municipal cemeteries and runs the funeral home in Jena.
However, this is not possible without committed and reliable specialists who face the daily challenges of the tasks entrusted to them and master them with motivation and quality. With currently around 400 employees and 15 trainees, the company is responsible for the care and maintenance of around

  • 80.000 waste garbage cans
  • 68.000 trees - in addition to the municipal forest
  • 55.000 m² of paths and parking areas in green spaces
  • 15.000 lamps
  • 8.400 solar modules
  • 1.200 park benches
  • 620 km of public parking spaces
  • 440 km of roads and cycle paths
  • 340 vehicles, including 18 electric vehicles
  • 100 traffic lights
  • 75 playgrounds and football pitches and
  • 14 km of footpaths

responsible.

Milestones in the history of municipal services

  • Incorporation of business operations as a separate company Kommunalservice Jena (2002)
  • Transfer of garden and cemetery office from the city of Jena (2003)
  • Transfer of tourist information to Jena Kultur (2004)
  • Opening of second recycling center at Emil-Wölk-Straße 13a (2005)
  • Merging of the municipal waste and green areas departments (2006)
  • Takeover of the city forest from the city of Jena (2008)
  • Fundamental renovation of Bismarckbrunnen and new construction of the market toilet (2008)
  • Takeover of parking space management from the city of Jena (2009)
  • Takeover of the traffic signal systems, traffic computer, civil engineering and land management divisions plus traffic infrastructure (2011)
  • Introduction of a comprehensive collection system for used textiles using orang. Depot containers (2012)
  • Commissioning of what is currently Jena's largest photovoltaic system on the former Ilmnitz landfill site (2013)
  • Opening of service center and recycling center at Löbstedter Straße 56 (2014)
  • Streetlights are converted to economical LED technology (2015)
  • 1. Electric car in the fleet (2016)
  • Opening of the newly built crematorium at the northern cemetery (2016)
  • Opening of the exchange house at Löbstedter Straße 56 (2017)
  • Takeover of billposting/advertising systems (2017)
  • Trixi Trias dinosaur trail opens at Jenzig (2018)
  • Collection of climate data using waste disposal vehicles in Jena city area (2018)
  • Jena funeral home moves to its current location at Paradiesstraße 3 (2019)
  • Commissioning of reloading hall for paper, cardboard, Lightweight packaging and electronic waste (2020)
  • Certification of KSJ as a primary treatment facility for electronic waste (2021)
  • Construction of nature experience center has begun (2021)
  • Nature experience center on Otto-Schott-Platz is opened (2022)
  • KSJ turns 20 years old and is the city of Jena's oldest in-house operation (2022)
  • Adventure and nature trails NapoleonPfad, Pfad der Ottonen and Walpfad Schlauer Ux were opened (2022)
  • Commissioning of the wood chip heating system (2023)
  • Commissioning of the new multifunctional building (2023)
  • Commissioning of exchange house 2.0 (2023)
  • Award from Deutsche Umwelthilfe Wertstoffhof Nord as "GRÜNER WERTSTOFFHOF" (2023)
  • Winner of the VKU special prize for outstanding initiatives in the area of personnel recruitment (2024)
  • Jena city forest celebrates 30 years of city forest & Thuringian forest summit (2024)