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Your selected location: Rhede (Ems) (268...)

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.

Archive records: granting access

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In Lower Saxony, you can evaluate archive material in the relevant archive for scientific purposes, for local history questions, to research your own family or to clarify legal issues. You can find out which archive material is relevant to your question by using the appropriate finding aids, which the respective archive provides either on the Internet or on site. The archives can be used by any person who has a legitimate interest in inspecting archive records.

Legal basis

User and cost statutes of the respective archive

Which documents are required?

  • Identity card, if applicable

What are the fees?

Fees may apply. Please contact the responsible office.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Pre-registration for a visit to the archive is recommended. Visitors who have not registered for an archive visit may have to accept longer waiting times or a repeat journey.

What else should I know?

Archives are increasingly offering the option of providing online access to their holdings. Many of the archives represented in the Lower Saxony Archive Information System (Arcinsys) make their electronically recorded indexing data available in Arcinsys. You also have the option of ordering the archival records identified online for use after registration via Arcinsys. Please note that the requested documents can only be viewed in the archive that holds them.

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Who should I contact?

Responsibility lies with the respective archive.

In Lower Saxony, in addition to the Lower Saxony State Archives in Hanover with further locations in Aurich, Bückeburg, Oldenburg, Osnabrück, Stade and Wolfenbüttel, there are also district, municipal and city archives. The Lower Saxony state parliament, the universities, the regional churches and various economic sectors also maintain their own archives.

You can find an overview of the various archives and their individual responsibilities in the Lower Saxony Archive Information System.

Responsible authorities

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Gemeinde Rhede (Ems) - Hauptamt/Schule/Kultur
Postal address: Post Office Box 1134 , 26898 Rhede (Ems)
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Address: Gerhardyweg 1, 26899 Rhede (Ems)
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Telephone: 04964 9182-29
Telephone: 04964 9182-26
Telephone: 04964 9182-22
Fax: 04964 9182-40
Email: Get in touch
www: http://www.rhede-ems.de
Transport Connection:
Station Rhede (Ems), Markt
Bus: 611
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

Contact

Herr Hans-Bernd Lüsing-Hauert
Address: Gerhardyweg 1, 26899 Rhede (Ems)
Telephone: 04964 9182-29
Fax: 04964 9182-40
Email: Get in touch
Department:
Hauptamt, Schule, Sport, Kultur, Tourismus
Room:
29
responsible for:
Frau Sabine Thien
Address: Gerhardyweg 1, 26899 Rhede (Ems)
Telephone: 04964 9182-22
Telephone: 04964 95888-17
Fax: 04964 9182-40
Email: Get in touch
Department:
Hauptamt
Room:
22
responsible for:
Frau Angelika Varnhorst
Address: Gerhardyweg 1, 26899 Rhede (Ems)
Telephone: 04964 9182-26
Fax: 04964 9182-40
Email: Get in touch
Department:
Sekretariat
Room:
26
responsible for:
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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

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

Further Links

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