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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.

Hunting license: exhibition

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If you want to hunt, you have to successfully pass a hunter's exam and get a hunting license.

The hunter's examination is taken by the competent authority. The comprehensive exam consists of the shooting, the written and the oral-practical exam.

Preparatory courses for the hunter's examination are offered by the district groups of the state hunters' association and by private hunting schools. Participation in a course in preparation for the exam is highly recommended.

In order to meet the needs of the interested group of people, both short-term intensive courses and courses lasting several months are offered to choose from.

Who should I contact?

The responsibility lies with the district, the independent city and the Hanover region.

The hunting license alone does not entitle you to hunt. In addition, a private-law permit is required to hunt in a hunting district. This can be obtained, for example, by leasing a hunting ground, by issuing a hunting permit or by issuing a hunting invitation from a hunting ground owner.

Responsible authorities

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Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Sicherheit und Ordnung
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

Maria Pleus
Telephone: 05931 44-2473
Email: Get in touch
Room:
F 473
responsible for:
Henriette Schnieders
Telephone: 05931 44-1473
Email: Get in touch
Room:
F 473
responsible for:

Applications / forms

Which documents are required?

Documents required for the issuance (or renewal) of a hunting license:

  • Certificate of passing the hunter's exam in the original (when applying for the first time)
  • Passport photo (only for first issue and reissue)
  • Proof of the existence of the statutory hunting liability insurance

The competent authority also requests unlimited information from the Federal Central Register. Certain entries according to a strictly applied standard prohibit the issuance of the hunting licence or cause its immediate withdrawal.

What are the fees?

Fees apply, please contact the competent authority.

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?

When issuing hunting licences to be used by foreign citizens, further requirements apply, about which the competent authority will provide information in individual cases.

Legal basis

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

Further Links

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