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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.

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Declaration on the use of the name - Declaration on the use of the name of spouses without a domestic marriage or marriage entry


Spouses can choose their own names.

The following name declarations can be considered, provided that German personal statute applies to the spouses:

  • Marriage name determination (also after the marriage)
  • Adoption of a companion name (prefixing or adding)
  • re-acceptance of the maiden name

The corresponding declaration must be made to the registry office The declaration is highly personal.

Furthermore, the person making the declaration must have legal capacity; for persons with limited legal capacity, the provisions of § 106 BGB apply, and for persons under guardianship, §§ 119ff BGB apply.

Declarations made after marriage always require public certification.

In Germany, notaries and any registrar appointed in Germany are responsible for certification. In the case of declarations abroad, the certification and authentication authority of the German consular officials must be observed.

Declarations of name are declarations of intent which require official receipt and only become effective after receipt by the competent German registry office.

If there is no German marriage or marriage registration for the marriage, the registry office in whose jurisdiction one of the declarants has or last had his or her residence or habitual abode is responsible for receiving a declaration on the use of the name in the marriage. If there is such a domestic connection, this competence comes into effect if the marriage was concluded abroad and has not yet been subsequently recorded in a German marriage register. If there is no such domestic connection in the form of a domicile or habitual residence in Germany, Standesamt I in Berlin is responsible.

Process flow

  • The declaration on the use of the name in marriage is made personally by the married couple at the competent registry office.

Only after the registrar has examined the underlying facts and concluded that a name declaration is possible, can the spouses choose to use their names

  • according to the law of a state to which one of the spouses belongs, or
  • according to German law, if one of you has his or her habitual residence in Germany.

Who should I contact?

Responsible authorities


Gemeinde Rhede (Ems) - Standesamt
Postal address: Post Office Box 1134 , 26898 Rhede (Ems)
Timetable
Address: Gerhardyweg 1, 26899 Rhede (Ems)
Timetable
Telephone: 04964 9182-14
Fax: 04964 9182-40
Transport Connection:
Station Rhede (Ems), Markt
Bus: 611
Parking:
Handicapped Parking Place: „Rathaus“, Number: 2, Fees: no
Parking Place: „Rathaus“, Number: 60, Fees: no
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible
bank account:
recipients: Gemeinde Rhede (Ems)
bank: Emsländische Volksbank
IBAN: DE08266614940000164300
recipients: Gemeinde Rhede (Ems)
bank: Sparkasse Emsland
IBAN: DE06266500010017000019
payment methods:
Paypal, Sepa Direct Debit, Bank Transfer, Cash Payment, Bill

Contact

Frau Maria Dünhöft
Address: Gerhardyweg 1, 26899 Rhede (Ems)
Telephone: 04964 9182-14
Fax: 04964 9182-40
Department:
Bürgeramt, Standesamt
Room:
14
responsible for:
Herr Holger Knak
Address: Gerhardyweg 1, 26899 Rhede (Ems)
Telephone: 04964 9182-19
Fax: 04964 9182-40
Department:
Ordnungsamt, Sozialamt, Bürgeramt, Standesamt, Gewerbeamt
Room:
19
responsible for:
Herr Hans-Bernd Lüsing-Hauert
Address: Gerhardyweg 1, 26899 Rhede (Ems)
Telephone: 04964 9182-29
Fax: 04964 9182-40
Department:
Hauptamt, Schule, Sport, Kultur, Tourismus
Room:
29
responsible for:

Competent authority

The registry office in whose jurisdiction one of the declarants has or last had his domicile or habitual residence

Requirements

  • The declarants must be married to each other.
  • The corresponding declaration must be made to the registry office.
  • Declarations on marriage names must be made in person.
  • The declaration can only be made by persons with legal capacity.
  • The declaration must be publicly notarised.

Which documents are required?

  • Identity document (identity card or passport)
  • Marriage certificate or certified extract from the marriage register

with translation, apostille and, if necessary, verification of content. (To be determined in detail by the competent registry office).

What are the fees?

The first copy of a certificate shall be free of charge if it is issued in connection with the receipt of a declaration relating to the right to a name.

Fee: 10,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no
Issue of a certificate of name declarations

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

No deadlines

Processing duration

Case-by-case

Appeal

If the registrar's office refuses your request for a certificate, you can apply to the relevant court to order the registrar's office to issue the certificate to you.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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