Case study

Kemptner City Card: from paper voucher to card

From 2007, City-Management Kempten issued the paper voucher "Schexs in the City". Since fall 2025, the city voucher has been available digitally, as the Kemptner City Card.

All information comes from the network's public sources, as of October 2026.

DetailKemptner City Card
NetworkCity of Kempten (Allgäu), Bavaria
IssuerCity-Management Kempten e.V.
BeforePaper gift voucher "Schexs in the City", since 2007
LaunchFall 2025
Old vouchersSchexs are valid until December 31, 2028
FormatsCredit-card-sized card, reloadable; PDF to print; digital version for smartphones
Loadingup to €250
Salesamong other places, at the tourist information office
Network sitekemptner-city-card.de
Customer account: My card with balance and points.
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Starting point

In 2007, City-Management Kempten introduced the gift voucher "Schexs in the City", a paper voucher.

Introduction

Since fall 2025, City-Management Kempten has issued the city voucher digitally, as the Kemptner City Card. The old Schexs remain valid until December 31, 2028.

Today

The Kemptner City Card is available as a credit-card-sized card, as a PDF to print, and as a digital version for smartphones. The card can be loaded with an amount of up to €250 and reloaded again and again. Among other places, it is sold at the Kempten tourist information office.

What the Kemptner City Card can do

  • City voucher: card, PDF, or smartphone, redeemed via QR code.
  • Partial amounts: the card does not have to be spent all at once.
  • Employee voucher: employers use the City Card as a non-cash benefit for their employees and manage it through a business portal.

Your paper voucher, digital

In a call, we clarify how your paper voucher works today and what happens to the vouchers in circulation.

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