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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Household waste disposal

There are various disposal options for household waste, such as:

blue paper bin
Organic waste bin
grey residual waste bin
yellow bin for packaging material/recycling bin or yellow bag
Bottle bank
Used clothing containers

Available. Comprehensive information can be obtained from the competent authority.

Responsibility lies with the district, the independent city, the cities of Cuxhaven and Göttingen or their waste disposal companies, the waste management associations of Celle, Hildesheim and the Hanover region as well as the municipal institutions under public law in Goslar, Lüneburg, Nienburg, Peine and Wolfsburg.

Information can also be obtained from the waste disposal companies that dispose of the waste at the respective place of residence.

Documents may be required. Please contact the competent authority.

Fees may apply, please contact the relevant authority.

Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

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