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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.

Broadcasting fee in the private sector Registration of additional apartments


The broadcasting fee is levied by ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio. Information and all forms can be found on www.rundfunkbeitrag.de.

Who should I contact?

ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Contribution Service
Freimersdorfer Weg 6
50829 Cologne

Phone: 0221 5061-0 (switchboard)

Responsible authorities


ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice
Address: 50656 Köln, Stadt
Timetable
Telephone: +49 185 9995-0100
Fax: +49 185 9995-0105

Requirements

You are at least 18 years old.

You are the owner or tenant of an apartment or house.

Which documents are required?

Your personal data will be requested.

What are the fees?

There are no additional costs for registration.

What else should I know?

Public domestic broadcasting is organised independently of the state. The organizers and thus responsible for the offers are the ARD state broadcasting corporations, ZDF and Deutschlandradio. In order to finance them, they are entitled to collect the legally stipulated broadcasting fee. For this task, they have set up the Joint Contribution Service as part of their self-government. This is therefore not a state authority.

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