***Due to an internal training event, the registry office Mitte and the registry offices in the local administrations will be closed on Tuesday, April 01, 2025.

We will be available again as usual from April 02, 2025 ***.

Personal availability

We are happy to be there for you in person, but only work by appointment.

We ask you to always upload your documents via the "digital mailbox (opens in a new tab)" in compliance with data protection regulations.


Certificates and church resignations:

• Issuing civil status certificates
• Execution of church resignations
• Certificates for the use of names in marriage and after a divorce
• Support for the "Team OnlineRathaus" project

You can order certificates online via the citizen service portal (opens in a new tab).

You can book appointments for a church withdrawal in our appointment calendar (opens in a new tab).

General questions about certificates and leaving the church: urkundenwiesbadende


Births:

• Register or pre-register a birth
• Recognize paternity

General questions about registering births or appointments for acknowledging paternity: geburtenwiesbadende


Marriages:

• Registration of marriage
• Issuing certificates of no impediment to marriage

You can reserve wedding dates in our appointment calendar (opens in a new tab).

Due to renovation work in the Old Town Hall, the Small Ceremonial Hall in the New Town Hall can be booked as an alternative until further notice. We also offer wedding ceremonies at our special wedding venues.

General questions about marriages or appointments for marriage registration: heiratenwiesbadende


Deaths:

• Notarization of deaths
• Issuing of mortuary passports

General questions about the certification of deaths and deadlines: sterbefaellewiesbadende


Special notarizations:

• Subsequent notarization of a marriage, birth or death abroad
• Continuation of registers, e.g. divorce, acknowledgement of paternity, adoption, etc.
• Name declarations from abroad

General questions about special notarizations and appointments: fambuchwiesbadende


Change of name:

• Change of name for good cause (under public law)
• Subsequent name declarations by spouses and children
• Alignment of names
• Declaration on the order of first names
• Declaration on the gender entry and first names

Information on naming options can be found here (opens in a new tab)

General questions about naming and appointments: namenwiesbadende