# The Things Network Ortenau

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Ortenau.

- Country: [Germany](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/germany/)
- Status: Campaign (a community getting started)
- Founded: 2020
- Members: 14
- Location: 48.4057, 7.9061
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/ortenau/

## About

Various initiatives in the German cities Lahr, Offenburg and Kehl are building an open and decentralized Internet of Things network in the area of Ortenaukreis, Germany.

We’re looking forward to all upcoming projects with citizens, schools and municipal governments!

_Header image by Holger Uwe Schmitt, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons._

## Contact

Join us on the Mattermost instance of Section77 e.V.: https://chat.section77.de/section77/channels/ttn-ortenau
- Chat: https://chat.section77.de/section77/channels/ttn-ortenau

## Resources

- [Forum post](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/ttn-ortenau/48778)

## Partners

- [IntegrA Lahr gGmbH](https://www.integra-lahr.de/)
- [mhascaro GmbH](https://www.mhascaro.com/)
- [Stadt Offenburg](https://www.offenburg.de/html/content/mikroprojekte.html)

## In the media

- [The Next Web - The Things Network wants to make every city smart](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/)
- [LoRaWAN in Lahr](https://www.badische-zeitung.de/lorawan-in-lahr-auf-dem-weg-zur-smart-city--179798692.html)
- [LoRaWAN soll zum Jahresende 2020 in Lahr nutzbar gemacht werden](https://www.badische-zeitung.de/netzwerk-lorawan-soll-zum-jahresende-in-lahr-nutzbar-sein--188033665.html)
- [Kleiner Schritt in Richtung Smart City](https://offenburg.de/de/detail/nachricht-seite/id/16214-kleiner-schritt-in-richtung-smart-city/?default=true)
- [Bürgerschaft erhebt Umweltdaten](https://offenburg.de/de/presse/detail/nachricht-seite/id/15969-buergerschaft-erhebt-umweltdaten/?default=true)

## Recent updates

- [Telegram D/A/CH channel + TTN-Mapper.org Support](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/ortenau/post/telegram-dach-channel-ttn-mapperorg-support.md) (2026-06-11)
- [Lahr.Codes geht Online](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/ortenau/post/lahrcodes-geht-online.md) (2020-12-10)
- [LoRaWAN soll zum Jahresende in Lahr nutzbar gemacht werden](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/ortenau/post/lorawan-soll-zum-jahresende-in-lahr-nutzbar-gemacht-werden.md) (2020-07-16)