Service Portal Niedersachsen Startseite
Please enter a search term.
IMPORTANT: Select a location.To obtain application forms, location-specific information and contacts, select a town or zip code.

For an area outside of Lower Saxony and foreign languages, some menu items and functions are not available. Please go to the service page of the respective country.

Please specify an area.

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.

Pregnancy check-up

Read aloud

The statutory prenatal care includes a detailed consultation in which your doctor will ask you about personal and family illnesses, your current condition and your life situation. During the physical examination, your weight and blood pressure will be measured and a blood and urine sample will be taken.

Following the initial examination, the doctor will issue the maternity passport. All the data that are important for pregnancy and birth are noted in this passport.

After the initial examination, further checks are carried out at four-week intervals. In the last two months of pregnancy, the interval is reduced to about two weeks. The doctor will check your baby's heartbeat and your weight at each appointment. They will also monitor the haemoglobin content of your blood. During the course of pregnancy, tests for hepatitis B infection (HBs antigen) and screening for gestational diabetes (glucose tolerance test) will also follow.

Other services include ultrasound examinations in the first, second and third trimesters and screening for gestational diabetes.

Legal basis

Which documents are required?

  • Electronic health card,
  • Maternity passport (issued at the initial examination)

What are the fees?

None. Services that go beyond sufficient, appropriate and economic care are not paid for by the health insurance fund.

Fee: free of charge

Appeal

You can appeal against the decision of the health insurance fund. If the appeal is not upheld, you can file a lawsuit with the competent social court.

Contact point

Responsible authorities

Read aloud

GKV-Spitzenverband
Address: Reinhardtstraße 28, 10117 Berlin, Stadt
Timetable
www: https://www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/service/krankenkassenliste/krankenkassen.jsp

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

Further Links

Read aloud

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