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Your selected location: Emsland

Which place to enter?

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.

Organization or execution of prostitution events Permit


Prostitution events are events organised for an open group of participants at which sexual services are offered by at least one of the persons directly present.

Anyone wishing to organise or carry out prostitution events requires the permission of the competent authority.

Who should I contact?

The responsibility lies with the districts and independent cities in whose district the activity is to be carried out.

This procedure can also be carried out through a "Point of Single Contact". The "Point of Single Contact" is a special service offered by municipalities and the state for service providers.

Find your Point of Single Contact in the Service Provider Portal Lower Saxony

Responsible authorities


Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Sicherheit und Ordnung
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
Timetable
Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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Telephone: 05931 44-0
Fax: 05931 44-3621
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible
Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62, 49705 Meppen
Address: Ordeniederung 1, 49716 Meppen
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible
Address: Friedrichswall 1, 30159 Hannover
Postal address: Post Office Box 1 01, 30001 Hannover
Telephone: 0511 120-5521

Which documents are required?

  • Operating concept
  • other required documents and information to prove the existence of the licensing requirements
  • in the case of a natural person:
    • Name
    • date of birth and
    • Address of the person for whom the permit is requested
  • in the case of a legal person or association of persons
    • name of the company,
    • Address
    • number of the register sheet in the commercial register and
    • Registered office of the company.

What are the fees?

The amount of the fees depends on the time spent. However, there is at least 300.00 EUR.

Process flow

Permission must be applied for at the competent authority.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Deadlines may apply. Please contact the competent authority.

What else should I know?

Permission is granted for a specific operating concept. It can be granted as a single permit or as a permit for several similar events.

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