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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.

Bathing water quality monitoring

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Bathing water is any section of surface water where the competent authority expects a large number of bathers and for which it has not issued a permanent bathing ban or does not advise against bathing on a permanent basis.

On the website of the Bathing Water Atlas of Lower Saxony you will find information on all of the approximately 270 bathing waters in Lower Saxony.

Whether the water in a bathing water is safe for health is checked by the municipal health authorities during the official bathing season from 15 May to 15 September. The water samples are mainly examined for bacteria (E. coli and intestinal enterococci). These bacteria are not even normally pathogens. However, they can be an indication of faecal contamination and that there may be special pathogens in the water (indicator principle). If the limit values specified in the Lower Saxony Bathing Water Ordinance (BadegewVO) are exceeded, a bathing ban is pronounced.

Based on the monitoring results of the last four bathing seasons, each bathing water in a quality category is classified as 'excellent', 'good', 'sufficient' or 'poor'.

Extensive water-specific information, such as the indicator principle or bathing ban, can be found on the website of the Bathing Water Atlas of Lower Saxony, including pictures, maps and descriptions of the infrastructure. These can be found in the Bathing Water Atlas of Lower Saxony.

Who should I contact?

The responsibility lies with the district and the independent city.

Responsible authorities

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Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Gesundheit
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
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Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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Telephone: 05931 44-0
Fax: 05931 44-3621
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.emsland.de
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

Applications / forms

Which documents are required?

Documents may be required. Please contact the competent authority.

What are the fees?

Information from the Bathing Water Atlas via the Internet is free of charge.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

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

What else should I know?

Citizen participation in EU bathing water designation

If you have a concern about a specific bathing site that is not labelled as EU bathing water and is therefore not monitored by the competent authorities in terms of hygiene, you can contact the relevant competent authority.
In addition, you have the opportunity to make suggestions, make suggestions or make comments and complaints.

You will find detailed information on citizen participation as well as a form to download and fill out on the website of the Bathing Water Atlas of Lower Saxony

Legal basis

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

Further Links

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Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
Access information on the single point of contact for the state of Lower Saxonyvisit Website Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEsVisit advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families