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IMPORTANT: Select a location.To obtain application forms, location-specific information and contacts, select a town or zip code.

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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.

Housing promotion


State-subsidised housing serves to help households provide adequate housing. According to the Lower Saxony Housing Promotion Act (NWoFG), the objectives of housing promotion are the promotion of rental housing, the promotion of property and the promotion of modernization.

The following funding opportunities can be considered for you:

  • Promotion of general rental housing
  • Promotion of rental housing for the elderly and people with disabilities
  • Promotion of owner-occupied residential property

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