Amt Darß/Fischland

If you are interested in purchasing municipal land, a municipal property, or other municipal assets, and these are being offered for sale by the municipality, you can contact the municipality here.

Many towns and municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania offer citizens the opportunity to purchase wood produced during municipal felling and maintenance work.

You do not have your birth certificate, but you need it for a marriage or other official act, for example? Then you can apply for a birth certificate to be issued.

On the basis of the certification made in the birth register, you can apply for a birth certificate for a home birth.

For buildings in redevelopment areas and urban development areas, you can apply for a certificate of modernization and repair measures carried out to preserve this building and their costs.

Anyone running for a seat on the district council or city or municipal council must meet the eligibility criteria. Proof of this must be provided when submitting nominations.

If you want to rent an apartment whose construction was subsidized with public funds, you need a certificate of eligibility for housing.

If you need to prove whether or not you have a criminal record, you can apply for a simple certificate of good conduct, an extended certificate of good conduct or a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority.

Would you like to apply for a certificate of no impediment? Find out more here.

If you wish to marry abroad, there may be a legal standard in the country where you intend to marry that requires you to present such a certificate.

If you cannot be issued a death certificate after reporting a death due to missing data, you can have the notification of death certified.

If your address changes, you must also have your address changed on your eID card.

If your address changes, you must also have your address changed on your eID card.

The registry office issues certificates and certified extracts from the registers.

If one of your family members has died, you can apply for a death certificate at the relevant registry office.

To operate a gaming arcade or similar business, you need a permit for the respective location.

If your total income has decreased, or your rent burden or number of household members has increased, then you can apply for a housing assistance increase.

To borrow media from libraries, you need a library card.

Here you can apply for the issue of a lifetime fishing license as well as replacement and exchange.

Some municipalities offer their own municipal volunteer card for civic engagement.

Do you need a marriage certificate? You can obtain your marriage certificate from the registry office where the marriage took place. The registry office will issue it from the marriage register.

If you need proof of birth to present to foreign authorities, you can apply for a multilingual birth certificate.

If you need to present a German death certificate in another European country, you can apply for a multilingual form to be issued by the registry office.

If you are a citizen of the European Union or belong to the European Economic Area, you can apply for an eID card to identify yourself online.

If you need proof of your registration in the population register, you can apply for a written registration certificate.

If you are under the age of 16, your parents or legal guardians can apply for an ID card for you.

Has your ID card been lost or expired and you need a new one? Then you can apply for a temporary ID card at the Citizens' Registration Office.

If your total income has decreased, or your rent burden or number of household members has increased, then you can apply for a housing assistance increase.

If you are moving house or making or expecting deliveries, you can apply for a temporary no-stopping zone.

In many countries outside the European Union (EU), you need a passport to enter the country. If you have German citizenship, you can apply for a German passport.

If you have a German passport and certain data changes, you must apply for a new passport.

The delivery time for a passport is usually at least 2 weeks. If you need a passport at short notice, you can apply for a passport using an express procedure.

Are you entitled to vote and would like to vote in a different polling station or take part in the election by postal vote? Then you must apply for a polling card.

You can apply for a resident parking permit to park in a resident parking area.

If you would like to purchase a plot of land, you can find out which municipal charges based on federal law are associated with this plot of land by applying to the relevant municipality for a residents' certificate.

The purpose of the sidewalk crossing is to provide easy access to a property from the street for vehicles. If you are planning a project that requires the curb to be lowered, you will need a permit for the sidewalk crossing.

If you need proof of your registration in the population register, you can apply for a simple registration certificate.

A temporary machine-readable passport will only be issued to you if the time for issuing an express passport (production time max. 72 hours) is too short and it can no longer be issued in time for the first use.

Some municipalities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern operate or support district heating networks to ensure a reliable and more environmentally friendly heat supply.

To avoid any interruption in housing allowance payments, you should apply for continued housing allowance payments two months before the end of the allowance period.

To avoid any interruption in housing allowance payments, you should apply for continued housing allowance payments two months before the end of the allowance period.

At the request of the parents, the Federal President takes over the honorary godparenthood for the seventh child of a family.

Here you can find out whether you are entitled to housing benefit and how to apply for it.

Here you can find out whether you are entitled to housing benefit and how to apply for it.

Teenagers and young adults in difficult life situations can receive help to become more independent and better able to cope in society.

The promotion of sport serves to support sports clubs as well as children and young people.

If you want to broker real estate or loan agreements commercially, you need a license to do so. You can find out more here.

A new real trade license cannot be applied for. An existing one can be renewed upon application.

Some municipalities offer senior citizens and early retirees a senior citizens' pass, usually based on their income.

Some municipalities offer citizens who are dependent on state social benefits, for example, a special pass to take advantage of discounts.

The coat of arms and logo of a municipality, town or district may only be used with the permission of the municipality concerned.

Voluntary one-off payment by local authorities to trainees or students who register their main residence for the first time for the purpose of training or studying.

Every German citizen over the age of 16 must have an ID card if they are registered in Germany.

If you change your surname after a divorce, your identity card will become invalid. In this case, you must apply for a new ID card if you do not have a valid passport document with the new name and are registered in Germany.

Have you got married and therefore changed your name? Then you must apply for a new identity card if you do not have a valid passport document with the new name.
If your children's surname has changed, their documents with the old name are also invalid.

If your surname has changed (e.g. due to marriage or divorce), you must apply for a new travel document immediately.

You can apply for a passport for your child if they have German citizenship.

The passport can also be issued for persons between the ages of 0 and 18. This is necessary for some destinations, as the identity card or the child's passport, which may still be valid, is not recognized in all countries.

If you wish to use a public green space for purposes other than general use, you can apply for a permit.

You can also use public roads and paths for purposes other than traffic and public use. To do so, you generally require a special use permit.

If your (building) project deviates from building regulations, you must apply for approval of the deviation. This also applies to deviations from regulations that are not examined in the planning permission procedure.

A fishing license is required for fishing (angling). A temporary fishing license for up to 28 days can be obtained without a skills test; this can also be extended within the calendar year of issue.

Have you been banned from exercising your trade due to unreliability? Then, as a rule, you can apply for the re-authorization of your commercial activity under certain conditions after one year.

If you wish to hold an auction, you must notify the relevant authorities.

Would you like to auction off third-party movable property, third-party land or third-party rights on a commercial basis? You need a permit for this. You can find out more here.

If you have had a child, you must submit details and proof of the birth, first name declaration and naming of your child to the registry office.

Were you, your child or another close family member in the ascending or descending line of descent born abroad? Then you can have the birth subsequently certified in the birth register at the registry office responsible for you.

If you or your child were born abroad, it may make sense to have your birth registered in the German birth register.

A certified printout from the register of births shows all the data that the registry office has recorded in connection with the birth as well as subsequent changes, such as adoption or a change of name.

Would you like to move your business to a new location, has your business name changed or do you want to offer additional goods or services in the future? In these and other cases, you must re-register your business.

Would you like to offer catering with alcohol on tap as part of a temporary event (e.g. funfair, town festival, shooting festival) or for another temporary occasion (e.g. canteens)? Then you need a temporary permit (authorization).

If you wish to take over a catering business requiring a permit from another person, you may be permitted to operate the catering business until the permit is revoked.

If your business requiring a permit is no longer to be managed by the deputy, you must notify the competent authority of the termination of the deputy's activity.

If you do not have German citizenship and wish to marry in Germany, you will need a certificate of no impediment to marriage from your home country. If you are not issued with one, you can apply for an exemption from presenting a certificate of no impediment to marriage.

Anyone registering or re-registering a trade that requires monitoring will have their reliability checked by the trade authority on the basis of a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority and information from the trade central register for submission to an authority.

• Two persons who wish to enter into marriage with each other are married within the framework of the civil marriage/marriage by a civil registrar.
• The marriage ceremony takes place at a place dedicated (prescribed) for this purpose by the competent authority.

• Two persons who wish to enter into marriage with each other are married within the framework of the civil marriage/marriage by a civil registrar.
• The marriage ceremony takes place at a place dedicated (prescribed) for this purpose by the competent authority.

• Two persons who wish to enter into marriage with each other are married within the framework of the civil marriage/marriage by a civil registrar.
• The marriage ceremony takes place at a place dedicated (prescribed) for this purpose by the competent authority.

Do you need a civil partnership certificate? You can obtain your civil partnership certificate from the registry office in whose area the civil partnership was established. The registry office will issue it from the civil partnership register.

• Two persons who wish to enter into marriage with each other are married within the framework of the civil marriage/marriage by a civil registrar.
• The marriage ceremony takes place at a place dedicated (prescribed) for this purpose by the competent authority.

• Two people who wish to marry each other are married by a civil registrar as part of a civil marriage ceremony.
• The marriage ceremony takes place at a place designated (prescribed) for this purpose by the competent authority.

Residents of the municipalities and districts are given the opportunity to ask questions and submit proposals or suggestions in a question and answer session before the start of the public part of each committee meeting.

If a German citizen or a German citizen without a permanent residence in Germany dies abroad, you can have the death subsequently certified at the competent German registry office.

You can apply for the subsequent certification of a death on a foreign seagoing vessel in a German death register at the competent German registry office.

If you have sole parental custody of your child, you can only give the child one or some of the names that make up your family name, the family name of the other parent or a double name made up of the names of both parents.

By leaving the church, the obligation to pay church tax no longer applies. The procedure for this is largely automated.

If you move out of an apartment and do not move into a new apartment in Germany, you must deregister with the registration office. However, you do not have to deregister if you move within Germany. In this case, it is sufficient to register with your new municipality.

Anyone who lives on an inland waterway vessel and moves out of this residence and does not move into a new residence in Germany must deregister. The owner of an ocean-going vessel that is entitled to fly the federal flag must deregister the captain and crew members of the vessel.

Do you want to discontinue your business, move to a location that falls under the jurisdiction of a municipality other than the one that was previously responsible, or do you want to change the legal form of your business? Then you must deregister your business.

You have the right to inspect a development plan. Please contact the local authority responsible for this.

You can request information about the content of a development plan from the responsible municipality.

Have you discovered explosive ordnance or are you not sure whether your find is ammunition? Please inform the police immediately by calling 110 or the local regulatory authority.

In the so-called district heating supply areas of your local authority and municipality, there is an obligation to connect to and use district heating. This obligation to connect and use district heating is regulated in the respective district heating statutes.

Deregistration of dog ownership is always necessary if you give up keeping the dog in your municipality of residence. You can obtain further information via the location search of the municipality responsible for you.

These regulations do not apply to all dogs to the same extent; for example, there are exceptions for service dogs, guide dogs for the blind and disabled as well as hunting and herding dogs.

In certain places, all dogs must be kept on a lead, and certain dogs are generally required to be kept on a lead. However, exceptions to these regulations are possible.

A permit is required to keep and lead a dangerous dog, as well as to use a dangerous dog for breeding.

If the dog owner's name changes, e.g. due to marriage or divorce, the competent authority must be informed of the new name.

If the electronic ID card (online ID function) is activated on your ID card and your address changes, you must have your address changed on the chip of your ID card.

If your address or personal data changes, you must notify us of the changed data.

If the operation of loud machinery and equipment outside the permitted times is absolutely necessary for important reasons, an exemption may be granted in individual cases.

As a citizen of the European Union living in Germany, you can vote in the European elections if you are registered on the electoral roll.

If you have German citizenship, are entitled to vote and are returning to Germany from abroad, you can have yourself entered on the electoral roll for the
European elections if the requirements for registration are not met ex officio.

As a German citizen, you can also register on the electoral roll for the European elections if you live abroad.

For the European elections, you will be entered on the electoral roll as a German citizen, either ex officio or on application.

You can find out how the result of a European election is determined here.

You can stand for election to the European elections yourself. This is linked to your eligibility, among other things.

They may be excluded from participation in the European elections.

If the electoral roll for the European elections contains incorrect information, you can have this corrected.

You can view the electoral roll for the European elections.

If you want to organize commercial shows of people in your business premises or make your business premises available for their event, you need a permit for this.

Events for which public roads, paths and squares are used more than is customary require a permit.

You want to start working life as a young person? Then you must have a medical examination before starting work.

The municipal right of first refusal enables the municipality to acquire land for urban development purposes in order to influence its future structural and other use.

As the developer, you are responsible for ensuring that the building site is free of explosive ordnance. If you apply for information on explosive ordnance contamination, it will be checked whether your property or your construction project is located within a contaminated area.

The temporary permit for a commercial event for the exhibition of persons can be extended upon application. You can find out more here.

If your permit for the commercial exhibition of persons is at risk of expiring, you can apply for an extension to the expiry date of the permit. You can find out more here.

If you are getting married or are already married, you can choose a joint married name.

As a displaced person or ethnic German resettler or their spouse or descendants, you have various options for changing your name(s).

A child can adopt the surname of a parent's new spouse by renaming it, or later change it back by renaming it again.

If you have more than one first name, you can have their order changed by making a declaration.

Some municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania offer municipal grants for cultural projects.

If a property that belongs to a communal hunting district or is attached to a communal hunting district is damaged by hoofed game, wild rabbits or pheasants, the hunting cooperative must compensate the injured party for the damage caused by the game.

If you want to set up gaming machines with the possibility of winning commercially, you need a permit in accordance with Section 33c of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act.

If you have found a new installation site as an operator of gaming machines, you will need a confirmation for the installation site for the installation of gaming machines with winning opportunities

The right to use a gravesite is regulated in accordance with the cemetery statutes and is subject to a fee. The gravesite remains the property of the cemetery operator.

You can apply to the cemetery administration to take over the right to use a grave from another person.

If you wish to erect or alter a gravestone or other structure in a cemetery, you need the permission of the respective cemetery administration.

You can have your first name changed under certain conditions.

If your gender identity differs from your officially registered gender entry, you can have your gender and first name details changed. To do this, you must submit a declaration to the registry office.

A referendum allows citizens to make important decisions on matters themselves.

You can find out how the European elections are conducted here.

Referendum is the means of putting a bill from a referendum petition to a vote after it has been rejected by the state parliament.

If the data in your identity card is no longer up to date, you must have this changed as soon as possible.

If your address changes, you must have the new address entered on your ID card.

If your identity card expires, you must apply for a new one if you are over 16 years old and do not have a valid passport document.

If anything changes with regard to your ID card or the data entered on it, you must report this immediately.

If you lose your identity card, you must report this.

If you have lost your identity card, you must report this. You must also apply for a new ID card if you are over 16 years old, do not have another valid passport document and are registered in Germany.

If you find your identity card that has been reported lost, you must report this.

If you register or deregister your place of residence with the registration office, you will receive an official confirmation of registration as proof.

As a private individual or company, you can participate in the preparation or amendment of a joint land use plan as part of the public participation process.

You have the right to inspect a land use plan.

You can participate in the creation or amendment of a land use plan.

You can request information on the content of a land use plan from the local authority responsible.

Report a lost library card immediately so that it can be blocked.

Nominations for local elections may be amended up to the deadline for submission. Election proposals may be withdrawn until they are approved. The responsible election committee decides on the approval of the nominations.

Before each election, the municipal electoral authority draws up a voters' register for each electoral district, in which all eligible voters are entered.

If data in the electoral roll is incorrect, an application for correction can be submitted to the municipal electoral authority.

inspect the electoral roll to check the accuracy and completeness of the data entered about them.

As a person subject to registration, you must notify the registration authority of any change of main residence within two weeks.

If you got married abroad, you can have your marriage subsequently entered in a German marriage register under certain conditions.

You need information on the subsequent certification of a marriage. You can find out more here.

Sports clubs can receive a subsidy for their club members.

Some local authorities offer funding for small sports clubs in need.

If you have a municipal volunteer card and are still involved in civic activities, you can apply for an extension when your volunteer card expires if the requirements are met.

If you have lost your municipal volunteer card, you must notify us immediately.

You can change the name of your child if you only exercise joint custody with the other parent after the birth.

A child was born in your facility? Then you must report the birth to the relevant registry office.

Do you receive housing benefit and your entitlement to housing benefit decreases? You must inform the housing benefit authority immediately.

If you have not received the Official Gazette properly, you can complain about the delivery.

The administrative authority may order a vehicle owner to keep a logbook for one or more vehicles registered to him or to be registered in the future.

If you wish to have an event scheduled, you must apply for this. There is no obligation to schedule an event. Scheduled events are exempt from certain requirements.

People of small stature can apply for a special permit to facilitate parking in public spaces.

Certain severely disabled people can be granted exemptions from the provisions of the StVO for stopping and parking by the responsible road traffic authorities upon application, regardless of whether they drive a vehicle themselves or have it driven by a third party.

If you run a craft or care service business, you can apply for a parking permit. With this, you are allowed to park in certain areas for the duration of your work assignment.

You can apply for an exemption from parking bans if you look after people in need of care as part of "family care" and are dependent on a motor vehicle that you have to park at the respective location (in the residents' parking area).

As a non-profit organization or social service, you can apply for an exemption from stopping and parking bans from the relevant road traffic authority.

As a business or freelancer, you can apply for an exemption from stopping and parking bans from the relevant road traffic authority.

People with impaired mobility can apply for a special permit to facilitate parking in public spaces.

Some municipalities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern offer free or discounted parking for e-cars with an e-license plate or e-badge.

In the event of changes such as a change of name due to marriage, registered civil partnership, divorce, dissolution of a civil partnership or other data, the passport must be amended or reissued.

In principle, no one may hold more than one passport. However, if you can prove a legitimate interest, you may be issued with a second passport.

It is not possible to renew a passport. If your passport has expired, you must apply for a new passport if it is still required.

You must report the recovery of your passport and present it to the passport authority.

Have you lost your passport? Then you must report this.

If you wish to make a declaration acknowledging paternity of a child and a declaration of consent by the mother, this can be publicly notarized at any registry office, youth welfare office or notary's office.

If you want to work commercially as a pawnbroker or pawnbroker, you need a license.

Upon application by the pawnbroker to the competent authority, the time limit may be extended for good cause.

The municipalities levy development charges for the initial construction of development facilities (in particular for the roads intended for construction) from the owners of the properties that are developed by the development facility.

The validity of the fishing license in M-V is dependent on the payment of an annual fishing tax. The payment of the fishing tax is valid for one calendar year.

If you are the operator of an accommodation establishment, you may have to pay an accommodation tax.

Property tax is a municipal tax levied on real property located within the municipality's territory.

Property tax is a municipal tax that is levied on property located in the municipal area.

As soon as your property is connected to the public wastewater disposal system or discharges into it, a wastewater charge is levied. The obligation to pay fees is regulated in the local wastewater fee statutes.

Municipalities that are recognized as health resorts and recreation centers may levy a tourist tax.

When your new ID card is ready at the authorities, you can collect it in person or have it collected by an authorized person. It is possible to have it sent to your home address in Germany and must be registered at the time of application.

Anyone may inspect the project and development plan.

Some public libraries in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern provide their users with an extensive range of media via their online catalog.

Public libraries are usually municipal institutions. Onleihe Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the largest joint digital offering of public libraries in the state.

If you have found or lost something, for example an ID card, keys, rucksack or valuables, you can report this to the relevant lost and found office.

Information on the local comparative rent in your area can be found in the rent index, if one is available for your city or municipality.

They can participate in the preparation or amendment of a regional land use plan.

You have the right to review the regional land-use plan.

Anyone moving into an apartment must register with the registration office within two weeks of moving in.

Every corpse must be buried. Regardless of whether it is buried in the ground, in a cremation, at sea or in a forest.

If you start a business, you must register it with the competent authority. The registration must be made at the same time as the start of the business.

If you move into a new home, you must register in person at the registration office responsible for you at your new place of residence within two weeks of moving in. You can also register your new home online under certain conditions.

If you want to get married, you must register the marriage in advance.

If you move into another residence in Germany in addition to your main residence, you must register this as a secondary residence with your local registration office within 2 weeks of moving in. You can also register your new home online under certain conditions.

Abandoned and free-roaming animals are considered lost property and must be reported to the owner, the owner or the responsible authority. The obligation to report a found animal is deemed to be fulfilled when the animal is handed in to the responsible animal shelter.

Would you like to report an administrative offense? Then you must report it to the competent authority or police station.

In the event of a current threat to public safety from animals, either the police (110) or the integrated regional control centers (112) must be informed immediately. Otherwise, the responsible regulatory authority must be informed.

You can report damage and defects in public spaces to the public administration of your municipality.

You have a right to know that the data a public authority processes about you, for example, is correct. Therefore, request the correction of your data if you notice that incorrect data about you is being processed.

Report road damage on city or township traffic areas to the proper authority....

Do youhave to stay in hospital for longer than three months and have no home in Germany? Then you must register your place of residence with the registration authorities.

If you are organizing a hiking camp and wish to announce this publicly and the arrival and departure of participants is to be carried out by you as the organizer or by persons working with you, you must notify us in advance.

Undeclared work is not a trivial offense:

• undeclared work eliminates regular jobs
• it causes considerable tax losses
• Entrepreneurs are threatened in their existence.

Litter is carelessly, and often deliberately, disposed of in the great outdoors. Due to its nature or composition, this waste can endanger the soil, groundwater, water or even the air.

Public bodies, companies and private individuals can apply for information on business registration data.

If you are the owner of a property on which drinking water is required, you must have the property connected to the supply system of the responsible municipality (local authority or special purpose association). This is associated with costs.

You can use the service portal to request the addresses of residents electronically in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Registration Act.
You can also request simple information from the residents' register in person or in writing from the relevant registration authority.

You can use the service portal to request the addresses of residents electronically in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Registration Act.
You can also request simple information from the residents' register in person or in writing from the relevant registration authority.

You would like to serve alcoholic beverages commercially? You need a liquor license to do so. You can find out more here.

You drive a watercraft and would like to get a berth for it in a harbor (sport boat and yacht harbor) or a marina?

Do you need your signature to be notarized, for example on a power of attorney? The official certification confirms that you have signed the document yourself.

Would you like to fell a municipally protected tree or carry out pruning? Then you need a corresponding exemption permit.

You can apply to have your resident parking permit extended.

To reissue your resident parking permit, contact the same authority that issued it to you.

To reissue your resident parking permit, contact the same authority that issued it to you.

The residents' petition is a means for residents to exert influence. Residents can use a residents' petition to request that the municipal council or district council deal with certain matters.

You would like to take over a restaurant serving alcohol from another person? In order to continue the restaurant operation without a time interruption, you can first apply for a temporary permit, which will later be replaced by the final permit.

You would like to offer goods for immediate sale occasionally at trade fairs, exhibitions, public festivals or for a special occasion? Then you need a permit for this from the competent body and do not need a travel trade card.

Anyone wishing to guard the lives or property of third parties on a commercial basis requires a permit from the competent authority.

If you wish to hold an auction, you must notify the relevant authorities. You can find out more here.

Have you had a child outside of a hospital or other obstetric facility (home birth)? Then you must report the birth to the relevant registry office.

If your child was stillborn and it is a miscarriage, you can report the birth to the registry office in whose jurisdiction the miscarriage occurred. Upon request, the registry office will issue a certificate.

Before you light a bonfire, you must either notify the authorities or obtain a permit, depending on the local regulations.

Only a few activities that do not require a travel authorization card must be reported. Before starting an activity that is not subject to a travel authorization card, please check whether you may have to report it to the responsible office.

The sidewalk crossing, also known as a property access road or kerb drop, is used to provide easy access to a property from the road for vehicles. You can have existing sidewalk crossings modified.

The municipal electoral authority draws up a voters' register for each electoral district before each election. You can only exercise your right to vote if you are entered in the electoral roll.

Election results are determined in the constituency by the electoral committee and subsequently the election result in the constituency by the district electoral committee and the election result in the state by the state electoral committee.

Participation in state parliamentary elections must be reported to the state electoral administration under certain conditions. Notification of participation by parties is reviewed by the state electoral committee.

inspect the electoral roll to check the accuracy and completeness of the data entered about them.

If a district electoral committee rejects a district nomination in whole or in part, any representative of the rejected nomination, the district returning officer and the state returning officer may lodge a complaint by 6 p.m. on the 45th day before the election.

The right to vote, the eligibility to vote and the grounds for exclusion from the right to vote and from eligibility to vote in state parliamentary elections must be established.

If data in the electoral roll is incorrect, an application for correction can be submitted to the municipal electoral authority.

• Persons who are married to each other can, under certain circumstances, also arrange their name after the marriage abroad, by declaration before a German registry office.
• The registry office will issue a certificate to this effect.

If you run a commercial business in Germany, you are subject to trade tax and may have to pay trade tax.

Official gazettes are published by local authorities to publicize statutes, ordinances and official notices required by law and to provide information on other official notices.

If you live in a registered civil partnership, you can choose a joint name (civil partnership name).

If a change of surname is not possible under civil law, a change of surname can be requested from the competent administrative authority if there is good cause.

If your marriage or civil partnership is dissolved, you can change your surname.

As the owner or operator of a telecommunications line, you require the consent of the landowner to lay or modify this infrastructure. If the property is a public highway, you must submit the application to the responsible highway authority.

Citizens entitled to vote who, on election day, lead the election proceedings as election assistants in the election committees and determine the provisional election results in the electoral district.

Would you like to defuse a road hazard? Then you can suggest the installation of a new traffic sign.

Have you noticed a road sign that you think is superfluous? Then you can suggest its removal.

Have you noticed a defective or damaged traffic sign on the road? Then you can report it.

If you want to carry out an activity that is not permitted in the travel trade, you can apply for an exemption permit under certain conditions.

You can change or extend the activities listed on the travel trade license with the competent authority.

You need a traveling trade card for a traveling trade. You can have a temporary traveling trade license extended by the competent authority.

Municipal properties can be allocated on the basis of heritable building rights.

The municipal solar register provides information on whether it is worth installing a solar system on your roof.

The municipal tree register is used to manage and protect trees and helps to ensure safety in public spaces.

A municipal green roof register will tell you whether a green roof on your building is suitable and sensible.

Every citizen who is entitled to vote can register as a poll worker.

You have a municipal volunteer card, but your application details have changed. Then you must inform us of this.

You can apply for a reduction in the wastewater charge for water volumes that are not discharged into the public wastewater system, for example, due to garden irrigation.

The offering of goods (offering for sale) and catering activities in the traveling trade are exempt from the Sunday and public holiday rest period. Further exemptions can be applied for.