Requesting a multilingual extract from the civil status register
If you require a multilingual extract from the civil status register, you can apply for this at the relevant registry office. Extracts are issued, for example, from birth, marriage and civil registers.
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Basic information
In Germany, data on birth, marriage, civil partnership and death is recorded in the civil status register in the form of civil status cases. You have to provide proof of a person's civil status in various situations, for example when children start school or in the event of inheritance.
You can apply for a multilingual extract from the civil status register for yourself or a relative. This applies to people in your immediate family, such as parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren, as well as spouses.
You can request the following register extracts in various languages from your local registry office:
- Birth register
- Marriage register
- Death register
The civil status also contains other important information on family and name-related matters. For this reason, all events that change a person's civil status are also recorded in the civil status registers as so-called subsequent certifications. Such events can be, for example, the recognition of paternity, adoption, dissolution of marriage, a change of name or a declaration of death.
Requirements
- You apply for a multilingual register extract for yourself or for
- your spouse
- your life partner
- Your ancestor (parents, grandparents)
- Your children or grandchildren
- You can provide proof of kinship, for example through a
- birth certificate
- marriage certificate
- civil partnership certificate
- Other persons who can credibly demonstrate a legal interest, for example by means of a certificate of inheritance or an extract from the land register, or if the persons entered in the register have been deceased for at least 30 years
- Siblings: If you are applying for a multilingual extract from the register of births or deaths, you must demonstrate a legitimate interest
- You are at least 16 years old
Restrictions apply to civil status registers of
- Persons whose gender has been changed in the register entry and whose first name has been entered in accordance with the Self-Determination Act.
- Persons who are protected by a blocking note in the civil status register.
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Procedure
You can apply for a multilingual extract from the register at the Bremen-Mitte and Bremen-Nord registry offices in writing by e-mail, DE-Mail or post.
For legal reasons, it is not possible to order documents by telephone.
Request by e-mail
- Fill out the form to request a certificate.
- Send a scanned attachment/photo as proof of your identity. This can be:
- Identity card (both sides)
- Passport
- You can black out data that is not required (e.g. height, eye color, etc.).
- Send the email to the email address of the relevant registry office.
- For the registry office Bremen-Mitte:
- urkunde@inneres.bremen.de
- For the registry office Bremen-Nord:
- Standesamtbremen-nord@inneres.bremen.de
- For the registry office Bremen-Mitte:
- You will then receive an invoice and an extract from the register.
Application by DE-Mail
We would like to point out that copies of identity documents contain sensitive data that should only be sent in encrypted form when using e-mail as a means of transportation. 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.
- Sending by 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:
- 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 the registry office Bremen-Mitte:
Request by post
- Fill out the form to request a certificate.
- Send a copy of proof of your identity. This can be:
- Identity card (both sides)
- Passport
- You may black out data that is not required (e.g. height, eye color, etc.).
- Send both together to the relevant registry office.
- You will then receive an invoice and an extract from the register.
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.
More information
For further information on DE-Mail, we recommend the publications of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) under "Further information".
Legal remedy:
- Instruction by the local court
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Necessary Documents
- Your identity card or passport (a copy if you apply in writing, online you must authenticate yourself electronically using your identity card with online ID function or with your electronic residence permit)
- if applied for or collected by a representative:
written power of attorney from the authorized person, and the identity card or passport of the representative (you must authenticate yourself electronically online using an identity card with online ID function or with your electronic residence permit)
- for other persons, including close relatives such as aunts and uncles:
proof of their legal interest, for example a letter from the probate court, a court judgment or an enforceable title
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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
bis 15,00 EUR per certificate
bis 8,00 EUR for each additional, identical certificate 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 must be paid in cash, by EC card, Maestro, Mastercard, Visa or VPay.
Civil status certificates that are required for the purposes of statutory health, long-term care, accident and pension insurance, the granting of child benefit, parental benefit or education allowances are for a specific purpose and free of charge. -
Deadlines & processing time
What deadlines must be paid attention to?
30 years bis 110 years Retention period
The period of 30 years for keeping the register of deaths by the registry office must not have expired. The retention period for birth entries is 110 years and for marriage entries 80 years.
Information on older registers can be obtained from the Bremen State Archives.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. 23.02.2026