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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.

Apply for a subsidy for expenses on a monument


You can apply to the Lower Saxony State Office for the Preservation of Monuments for grants for conservation or care measures on cultural monuments in Lower Saxony. The measures may not have started yet and must be approved under building or monument law.

As a rule, the funding should amount to up to 30% of the eligible costs and is regularly granted as fixed-amount financing for project funding.

Funding is provided for the expenditure required in the context of security, repair and maintenance measures on cultural monuments solely or predominantly for reasons of monument preservation (monument-related expenses)

The acquisition of a cultural monument is not funded

The person obliged to maintain the property (owner, heritable building or person entitled to use it) is entitled

Funding amount regularly up to 30% of eligible expenditure

At least EUR 3,000 (for local authorities: at least € 25,000.00)

Measures for which the conditions for the use of urban development funds are met may not be funded.

Which documents are required?

  • Name of the monument (town, street, etc., directory number if applicable)
  • Project description, supplemented by photos or damage reports if necessary
  • If applicable, eligibility for the application (power of attorney)
  • If applicable, notification via the planner
  • Project period
  • Monument permit or building permit
  • Financing plan, with the details of the other funding bodies and a cost plan with a cost estimate/offers
  • Declaration on own funds and own contribution
  • Declaration of deductibility
  • Account

Requirements

  • The measure must comply with the technical as well as building or monument law requirements (approval and, if applicable, further technical requirements)
  • Eligibility for funding is determined by the additional expenditure caused by the monument
  • Compatibility with EU aid law
  • Data from the application documents may be stored and passed on to competent authorities

Costs

Fee: free of charge

Process flow

  • Examination by the respective department for eligibility for funding
  • Technical decision-making on funding in the Quality Circle Grants
  • Approval after examination of all documents
  • Payment
  • Verification of the proof of use

Processing duration

Depending on the completeness of the documents or the required depth of examination.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There is no deadline.

Appeal

Action before the Administrative Court

Forms

Author

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Who should I contact?

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

The Lower Saxony State Office for the Preservation of Monuments is responsible for the professional assessment and advice as well as the allocation of monument funding.

Responsible authorities


Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Bildung, Kultur und Sport
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
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Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
Timetable
Telephone: 05931 44-0
Fax: 05931 44-3621
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

Carina Fischer
Telephone: 05931 44-4041
Room:
41, Kreishaus II
responsible for:

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