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About us

Whether training, retraining or further education and training - education has been at the centre of our activities for over 40 years. The Heimerer schools include almost 40 vocational schools and technical colleges and, from 2017 to 2020, a vocational academy.

At the Heimerer Academy, we have been successfully organisingfurther education and training courses with our practice partners, at our premises and as in-house training courses for over 20 years.

We use our experience for your future. For education that makes you strong.

For better readability, we use the generic masculine. Unless otherwise indicated, the personal designations used here refer to all genders.

Mission statement

Our company is based on fundamental values.

  • The purpose of our work is to educate, train, supervise and coach.
  • We seeprofessional expertise and social competence as a unit.
  • International, supra-regional and interdisciplinary knowledge transfer is important to us.
  • The aim of our work is the satisfaction of all participants in our training, retraining, further and advanced training, study programmes and seminars. Other target groups are our employees, authorities, cooperation partners, employment agencies/job centres and other business partners.
  • We are breaking new ground in education. We stand for modern technologies and new educational concepts. We work in a customer- and market-orientated way.
  • For us, standing still is a step backwards. We are leaders in central training and further education areas and see our task as promoting professional expertise and personal responsibility.
  • We practise open communication, the ability to take criticism and a willingness to engage in discourse. Partnership and co-operation both internally and externally are the basis of our success.
  • Optimism is our basic attitude.
  • We accept times of crisis as a challenge.
  • Civil courage accompanies us in our daily work.

Competitions

You can find current competitions on our Facebook and Instagram page.

You can find the conditions of participation for our competitions here.

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History

1980

1980

Landsberg

Friedrich Heimerer founds the vocational training institute Heimerer GmbH Landsberg am Lech. Commercial courses follow, e.g. steno accountant, certified secretary, tax assistant.

Picture: First company outing to the nearby Ammersee. The entire staff (except Mr Heimerer - who is taking the photo).

1984

1984

Augsburg

A new branch is founded in Augsburg.

Picture: Third company outing - because it was so nice, again to the Ammersee. Unmistakable: the company is growing!

1986

1986

Munich

The next branch office is opened in what was then the "education mile" in Munich, at Landwehrstraße 43. With new products, Heimerer quickly becomes one of the "top five" in the highly competitive education market.

Picture: 10 years of Heimerer schools (Friedrich Heimerer)

1991

1991

Leipzig, Döbeln, Oschatz

June. Sozialpflegeschulen Heimerer GmbH is notarised. The first retraining classes for geriatric care and physiotherapy start in the former KIROW villa in Karl-Heine-Straße Leipzig. A branch is opened in nearby Borna. August. New locations in Döbeln and Oschatz.

Picture: Heimerer Döbeln site

1992

1992

Torgau

April. Two retraining classes in the commercial sector start at the Lamator premises at Prager Straße 1 in Torgau. Retraining in geriatric care and, a little later, in curative education.

Picture: Heimerer Torgau site

1994

1994

Zwickau, Schongau

March. In Zwickau, Heimerer starts a retraining class for curative education nurses on the premises of the Thomas Müntzer School. April. A new training centre is opened in Schongau, Karmeliterstraße 4. The new school is integrated into a geriatric care service centre.

Picture: Trip to Marienbad (Czech Republic). The attendance list shows 96 participants!

1995

1995

Meissen

The social care schools open a branch in Meißen. It will start with retraining courses in nursing and physiotherapy.

Picture: Meißen

2001

2001

Heimerer Academy

The Heimerer Academy is founded as an independent company. The academy offers a comprehensive in-service training and further education programme.

Picture: 10 years of Heimerer schools in Saxony

2005

2005

Heimerer Foundation

Since 2005, the Heimerer Schools have been working on the basis of a certified quality management system in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2008. The Heimerer Foundation is recognised as a foundation under civil law by the government of Upper Bavaria. The background to this is the desire to secure a permanent and solid basis for the schools in the future.

Picture: Certificate Heimerer Foundation

2009

2009

Heimerer Schools

Heimerer Schulen and the Chinese elderly care association Hetong have concluded a co-operation agreement. The Chinese administration in the service sector is looking for German expertise in geriatric care. They have decided in favour of the "heimerer" brand.

Image: Co-operation agreement with China

2010

2010

Pristina

The European Education Centre Kolegji-Heimerer is founded in Pristina, Kosovo. August. The Heimerer Lerncafé, the first Heimerer student support centre, opens in Leipzig. September. Agreement to establish an outpatient rehabilitation centre in Muscat (Oman) and parallel planning of a physiotherapy school.

Picture: Pristina Education Centre

2010

2010

30 years

On 12 November 2010, the 30th anniversary took place at Landsberg station. Our international partners from China, Kosovo and Oman attended the celebration.

Picture: Heimerers and guests

2011

2011

Company outing to Karlovy Vary

In March 2011, the entire company goes on a company outing to Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic).

Picture: Company outing to Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) 2011

2011

2011

Dresden

In 2013, we moved our headquarters from Meissen to Dresden. After a brief intermezzo in Neustadt, we have now moved into prestigious training rooms in the Yenidze.

Picture: Heimerer location Dresden (Yenidze)

2013

2013

India

The cooperation agreement with our Indian partner in Delhi was signed in 2013.

Picture: Partner from Delhi, Friedrich Heimerer, Mrs Szagun

2015

2015

Company outing to Karlovy Vary

In November 2015, a company outing to Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) will take place to mark the 35th anniversary.

Image: Company outing to Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) 2015

2017

2017

Heimerer University of Cooperative Education

The Heimerer University of Cooperative Education was founded in 2017. Here we offer exclusively accredited study programmes for a Bachelor's degree.

Image: Dementia B.A. degree programme

2020

2020

40 years

In 2020, we are "celebrating" our 40th company anniversary. The word "celebrate" is in inverted commas, as the Covid-19 virus means that our planned celebrations are not possible. We hope to be able to make up for this in 2021.

Picture: Heimerer family

2022

2022

Relocation Heimerer Zwickau

On Monday, 1 August 2022, the new barrier-free school building of Heimerer Schools Zwickau was officially opened. The new building enables state-of-the-art learning and was enthusiastically received.

Picture: Zwickau

2022

2022

Heimerer Schongau relocation

On Friday, 16 September 2022, the new office and school building was officially opened together with our employees from Bavaria and Saxony and our cooperation partners.

Picture: Schongau

2023

2023

Company outing to Karlovy Vary

In April 2023, we were finally able to make up for the long-awaited company outing to Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) to celebrate our 40th anniversary.

Picture: Company outing to Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) 2023

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