Wismut GmbH – a federal company in Saxony and Thuringia
The shareholder of Wismut GmbH is the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection. The administrative headquarter is located in Chemnitz. The remediation areas Aue, Königstein and Ronneburg ensure the implementation of the remediation projects on site.
Wismut GmbH is divided into two main divisions: the Technical Division and the Employee and Administrative Division.
This structure ensures a clear division of responsibilities and enables smooth cooperation between all departments.
A total of around 770 employees currently work at Wismut GmbH and are facing one of the greatest ecological and technical challenges with the remediation of the uranium mining legacy.
The simplified organizational chart on this page gives you an overview of our corporate structure and shows how the individual locations and specialist departments are networked with each other.
Wismut sites
Headquarter Chemnitz
Company management and head office in Chemnitz
Aue remediation site
Head office at shaft 371 in Hartenstein
Königstein remediation site
Königstein functional building with laboratory and control room for the water treatment plant
Ronneburg remediation site
Central administrative location in Paitzdorfer Straße in Ronneburg
Abandoned Wismut sites
The so-called abandoned Wismut sites in Saxony were not covered by the provisions of the 1991 Wismut Act and are therefore not the responsibility of Wismut GmbH for remediation.
The so-called abandoned Wismut sites in Saxony were not covered by the provisions of the 1991 Wismut Act and are therefore not the responsibility of Wismut GmbH for remediation. An administrative agreement between the federal government and the Free State of Saxony in 2003 and two subsequent extensions provided funds for the remediation of the old sites in Saxony until 2035. Wismut GmbH took over the project management and implements the remediation steps.
Wismut foundation
In 2021, Wismut GmbH founded a subsidiary, the Wismut Stiftung gGmbH. The company is financed by the federal government and the two states of Saxony and Thuringia and is dedicated to the “legacy of Wismut”.