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Your selected location: Spelle

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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.

Help for people who have been harmed by unjust imprisonment

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The Prisoner Assistance Act regulates financial compensation payments for persons of German nationality who, according to the World War II in the Soviet occupation zone (SBZ) or in the Soviet sector of Berlin or in the states of the Eastern Bloc were taken into custody for political reasons, as well as for their relatives and surviving dependents.

If a person suffers an injury while in custody, he or she receives care by analogy with the provisions of the Federal Supply Act. Survivors also receive benefits if the detention led to the death of the detainee.

Who should I contact?

Depending on the reason for the application, responsibility lies with:

  • Pension Office for the pension provided for under the HHG, the StrRehaG and the Act on the Revocation of Administrative Decisions in Accession Violation of the Rule of Law and the Subsequent Claims (VwRehaG) due to damage to health caused by detention or persecution
  • Local social assistance institution for compensation under the Act on the Compensation of Professional Disadvantages for Victims of Political Persecution in the Accession Area (BerRehaG)
  • Landkreis, the district-free city, the region of Hanover, the city of Göttingen and the large independent city
    • for capital compensation (liability compensation) under the StrRehaG,
    • for the special benefit according to § 17 a StrRehaG (so-called victim's pension)

Responsible authorities

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Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Soziales
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

Andrea Dankelmann
Telephone: 05931 44-4266
Email: Get in touch
Room:
F 266
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Competent authority

The application for the granting of disability/survivors' benefits must be submitted to the State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family (§ 10 para. 1 HHG).

The addresses of the responsible branch offices can be found on the website of the Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family.

Requirements

Health damage during imprisonment

Damage to health during detention.

Applications / forms

Forms are provided by the Länder. There is no online procedure, there is a written form requirement.

Which documents are required?

Rehabilitation certificate

What are the fees?

none

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

None for the application.

Any benefits will only be granted from the date of application.

None.

Processing duration

Rarely under 12 months

Legal basis

Appeal

An objection may be lodged against the decision of the authority within one month of notification. The objection can be made against a refusal as well as because of the scope and amount of the services.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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