TYPO3 Award 2025

At the TYPO3 Conference 2025 in Düsseldorf, +Pluswerk celebrated a special success with our Vienna location Earlybird: The project "Tag des Denkmals Österreich - Heritage Day Austria" was honored with the TYPO3 Award 2025 in the "Culture" category.

Ein großes Gruppenfoto der Teams von +Pluswerk und Earlybird in Abendgarderobe, die gemeinsam vor der Kulisse des TYPO3-Awards bei der Gala 2025 in Düsseldorf stehen. Mehrere Personen halten die Award-Trophäe in den Händen und lächeln stolz in die Kamera. — The +Pluswerk and Earlybird team at the TYPO3 Award Gala 2025 in Düsseldorf.

Every year, the TYPO3 Award recognizes outstanding digital projects that impress with their exceptional technical quality, successful user guidance and social added value. For our teams, the award is a reason to celebrate and at the same time proof of how modern technology can help to make cultural heritage visible and accessible.

The TYPO3 Awards 2025

The TYPO3 Awards are an annual highlight of the international TYPO3 community. In 2025, 51 projects were nominated in 17 categories, plus two non-nomination categories: "Best TYPO3 Extension" and "Best TYPO3 Camp". An independent jury of experts examines each submitted project based on clear criteria.

technical excellence,
UX and accessibility,
Design quality,
Performance and
social or cultural impact

The Award Night 2025 provided an impressive stage for the winning projects, which impressively demonstrated what is possible with TYPO3 today - from public administration to e-commerce, from NGOsto cultural institutions.

Weitwinkelaufnahme der TYPO3 Awards Gala in der historischen Alten Federnfabrik. Ein großes Publikum sitzt an runden Tischen, während die Moderatoren auf der Bühne sprechen, beleuchtet von blauem und orangefarbenem Industrielicht. — View of the award location - the atmospheric Alte Federnfabrik in the Areal Böhler.

Portal for 300 historical places

The Federal Monuments Office (BDA) is the central institution for the preservation of Austria's cultural heritage. Every year, it invites visitors to "Monument Day", a nationwide cultural event during which over 300 historical sites open their doors and provide fascinating insights.

The existing digital platform was to be modernized, expanded and made fit for the future. The aim was to create a central point of contact that offers both visitors and program partners an intuitive, accessible and efficient user experience.

At the start of the project in 2024, our +Pluswerk location in Vienna Earlybird prepared the complete relaunch and went live in August 2025. The result is available at www.tagdesdenkmals.at.

Laptop mit geöffneter Webseite des Tags des Denkmals, gezeigt wird die Startseite mit Dankesbotschaft an über 60.000 Besucher:innen und Hintergrundmotiv eines historischen Gemäldes. — The excellent "Day of the Monument" homepage.

For us at +Pluswerk Wien Earlybird, this project was a matter close to our hearts. Making cultural heritage visible and accessible is not only a technical task, but also a social one. We wanted to create a platform that connects people and enables them to experience history digitally. The fact that we have been recognized for this makes me incredibly proud of our team.
Matthias Hinner - Managing Director Earlybird GmbH

Technology with an impact

The relaunch is based on TYPO3 v13 and features numerous technical and conceptual highlights:

Two separate frontends
partner.tagdesdenkmals.at for managing monuments, tours and images
www.tagdesdenkmals.at for exploring, planning and sharing personal favorites
Interactive map of Austria
With intelligent filtering, Solr-based search and responsive design.
Cookie-free favorites
Privacy-friendly, without tracking or registration.
Accessibility according to WCAG
For an accessible, digital cultural experience that really reaches everyone.
Green hosting
Sustainable infrastructure for environmentally conscious operation.
Content blocks
For flexible editorial work Fast, efficient and expandable without external support.

The platform thus creates real added value for visitors, program partners and the BDA - and sets an example for digital excellence in the public sector.

Das Team von Earlybird und +Pluswerk steht während der TYPO3-Preisverleihung auf der Bühne, um den Preis in der Kategorie „Kultur“ entgegenzunehmen. Die Trophäe wird hochgehalten, und es herrscht eine feierliche Stimmung. — Members of Earlybird and +Pluswerk during the award ceremony (from left to right): Nicoletta Sarzi-Sartori (Earlybird Software Developer), Peter Luser (Typoheads & Earlybird COO), Jens Krumm (+Pluswerk AG CEO), Georg Tiefenbrunn (Earlybirds Managing Director) and Matthias Hinner (Earlybird & Typoheads Managing Director).

An award with charisma

The "Tag des Denkmals Österreich" project impressively demonstrates the role TYPO3 can play in the public sector: It is reliable, scalable, barrier-free and sustainable. The new portal thus serves as a showcase platform for cultural institutions and authorities in Austria, the wider German-speaking region and beyond. It demonstrates how open source solutions can offer public clients a long-term, transparent and cost-efficient digital basis.

Drei Mitglieder des Earlybird- und +Pluswerk-Teams posieren auf der Bühne mit der TYPO3-Auszeichnung in den Händen und strahlen vor dem Hintergrund der industriellen Beleuchtung. — Beaming award moments (from left to right): +Pluswerk CEO Jens Krumm with Georg Tiefenbrunn and Nicoletta Sarzi-Sartori from Earlybird.

Impressions of the gala

Excellent TYPO3 competence

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