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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.

Firearms license

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Anyone who wants to carry a firearm in public, i.e. outside the home or a pacified property, needs a firearms license. This also applies to alarm shots, irritants and signal weapons ("small" firearms license). At public events, the carrying of weapons of any kind is generally prohibited.

Who should I contact?

The responsibility lies with the district, the district-free city, the large independent city and independent municipality.

Responsible authorities

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Landkreis Emsland - Ordnungsangelegenheiten, Aschendorf
Address: Große Straße 32 , 26871 Aschendorf
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Postal address: Post Office Box 21 65, 26882 Aschendorf
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Telephone: 04962 501-0
Fax: 04962 501-3200
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.emsland.de
Parking:
Handicapped Parking Place: Number: 0, Fees: no
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

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

Requirements

  • Minimum age 18 years,
  • Reliability
  • Personal suitability,
  • Written justification (see below: Documents)*
  • Insurance*
  • Proof of expertise*

* Not required for "small" firearms license.

Proof of the need as well as appropriate insurance must be provided by yourself. Proof of expertise is provided by a weapons expertise examination. A request to participate in this examination may be submitted to the competent authority.

Which documents are required?

  • Identity card/ passport
  • Social
  • Proof of competence
  • Information that credibly demonstrates that the applicant is significantly more endangered than the general public by attacks on life or limb and that the possession of firearms outside the pacified property, e.g. the dwelling or the fenced property, is also suitable to reduce this risk
  • Insofar as the firearms licence is to be issued for an activity within the framework of the security industry, corresponding security orders must be submitted as proof of need as well as a business registration .

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?

The issuance of a permit to carry a weapon (firearms license) always requires the issuance of a permit to acquire and possess weapons (weapon possession card). This does not apply to the issuance of the so-called "small firearms license".

Legal basis

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