Document: request a civil status certificate
There are life situations where additional civil certificates are needed.
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Basic information
The Bremen registry offices only issue these certificates if the marriage, civil partnership, birth or death took place in the respective registry office district of the Bremen-Mitte or Bremen-Nord registry office or was subsequently notarized and the deadline for the registry offices to keep civil status records has not yet expired.
The following deadlines apply:
- Birth register: 110 years
- Marriage register: 80 years
- Civil partnership register: 80 years
- Death register: 30 years
Information on older civil registers can be obtained from the Bremen State Archives.
We can issue these documents for you:
- Certified register printouts from all registers (e.g. for registering a marriage)
- as a certified copy if the register is kept on paper,
- as a register printout if the register is kept electronically
- Birth certificates (also multilingual),
- Death certificates (also multilingual),
- Marriage certificates (also multilingual),
- civil partnership certificates.
Would you like information about your date of birth? Then please apply for a birth certificate or a certified copy of your birth register.
Requirements
Entitled to file an application are
- Persons to whom the register entry refers (certified person
- spouses, civil partners)
- Ancestors and descendants (e.g. children, grandchildren)
- Siblings (applies only to birth and death certificates)
- Other persons who can substantiate a legal interest or if the persons entered in the register have been deceased for 30 years
- Authorities within the scope of their competence, stating the purpose of the request.
- You can also authorize someone to apply for the documents on your behalf.
- Proof of your identity is provided by presenting your identity card/passport.
Restrictions apply to civil status registers of
- Persons who have been adopted in lieu of a child (adoption)
- transsexuals and persons with variants of gender development
- Persons who are protected by a blocking notice in the civil status register.
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Procedure
You can order the certificate in writing by e-mail or by DE-Mail.
You can complete the form for requesting a certificate online and send it to the relevant registry office by e-mail/DE-Mail. It is of course still possible to send the printed, completed form by post.
A legible and valid copy of an identity document - identity card (both sides) or passport - must be enclosed with every written request for a certificate as proof of identity. In the case of a request by e-mail/DE-mail as a scanned attachment/photo.
Data not required for the document request, such as height and eye color, can be blacked out.
Our e-mail addresses are as follows:
For the registry office Bremen-Mitte: urkunden@inneres.bremen.de
For the registry office Bremen-Nord: standesamtbremen-nord@inneres.bremen.de
We would like to point out that copies of ID cards contain sensitive data that should only be sent in encrypted form when using e-mail as a means of transport. For this purpose, we also offer you the option of sending us the document request, including a scanned copy of your ID, by DE-Mail.
Please note:
Sending via DE-Mail requires that you yourself have a DE-Mail address, i.e. that you are authenticated within the DE-Mail network. Encrypted transmission is only guaranteed within the DE-Mail network.
It is not possible to send messages to the DE-Mail addresses of the registry offices from a conventional mail account.
Our DE-Mail addresses are as follows:
For the registry office Bremen-Mitte: EPS.050-SM@bremen.de-mail.de
For the registry office Bremen-Nord: EPS.050-SN@bremen.de-mail.de
For further information on DE-Mail, we recommend the publications of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) at
https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Oeffentliche-Verwaltung/Moderner-Staat/De-Mail/de-mail_node.html
Requests by post to the registry office Bremen-Mitte, Hollerallee 79, 28209 Bremen.
Requests by post to the registry office Bremen-Nord, Gerhard-Rohlfs-Str.62, 28757 Bremen
If you do not wish to send a copy/scan copy of your identity card or passport, the requested document can only be collected in person, as the registry office must be satisfied that the request for the document is justified and that the person making the request is the right person. Please arrange a collection appointment by calling 115.
For legal reasons, it is not possible to order certificates by telephone for dispatch.
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Necessary Documents
- Valid identity card or valid passport
- In case of power of attorney, the written power of attorney and the identity card or passport of the person giving the power of attorney.
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Competent Department
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Standesamt Bremen-Mitte
- +49 421 115
- +49 421 361 6360
- Hollerallee 79, 28209 Bremen
- standesamtmitte
@inneres. bremen. de
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Standesamt Bremen-Nord
- +49 421 115
- +49 421 361 79383
- Gerhard-Rohlfs-Str. 62, 28757 Bremen
- standesamtbremen-
nord @inneres. bremen. de
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Fees / Costs
15,00 EUR per document
8,00 EUR for each additional, identical document issued at the same time.If you request the certificate in writing, we will send you an invoice together with the certificate.
If you collect the certificate in person, the fees are payable in cash or by EC card.
Civil status certificates which are required for the purposes of statutory health, nursing care, accident and pension insurance, the granting of child benefit, parental allowance or education allowances are issued for a specific purpose and free of charge. -
Deadlines & processing time
How long does it take to process
The processing time depends on the order volume.
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The official information in German is complete and correct. 11.02.2026