Family name change based on the declaration of displaced persons, ethnic German repatriates, their spouses and descendants
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzAs a displaced person or ethnic German resettler, you, your spouse or your descendants can discard parts of your previous name if these are not common in Germany. You can also adopt the original form of a modified name. This applies to names that have been modified according to gender or relationship.
You can also adopt German-language forms of your first name or family name. If such German-language forms do not exist, you can also adopt new first names.
If you are married, you can also choose a joint surname or adopt a German translation of your surname.
You can submit the name declaration to the Federal Office of Administration in the distribution procedure or to the registry office. If it is a declaration in connection with the birth of a child, the registry office that keeps the register of births is responsible.
If you wish to make a declaration of a joint married name, the registry office that keeps the marriage register is responsible. In all other cases, the registry office at your place of residence is responsible.
- Acquisition of the name under German law. Your name or parts of your name are unknown under German law
- Expellee or ethnic German resettler or a spouse or descendant
- Identity card or passport
- Birth certificate with official translation
- registration certificate
- if available:
- late repatriate certificate
- Expellee identity card
Further documents may be required in your specific case. To find out, it is best to call your registry office in advance.
The name change declaration is free of charge. Fees may apply for the name change certificate.
You can call in an interpreter at your own expense.
Your responsible office:
Verbandsgemeinde Nahe-Glan - 2 Bürgerdienste
Address
55566 Bad Sobernheim
Building access
Address
55590 Meisenheim
Building access
Contact
Telephone
Telephone
Fax
Website
Opening hours
Contact person
Address
55566 Bad Sobernheim
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Nahe-Glan:
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a death certificate for a family member
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Certificate of Descent
- Certify birth abroad
- Change of surname due to the declaration on the name of spouses
- Change of surname due to the declaration on the naming of civil partners
- Change of surname for an important reason
- Church tax
- Family Book
- Family name change based on the declaration of displaced persons, ethnic German repatriates, their spouses and descendants
- Family name change child - by single parent
- Family name change child - declaration of connection
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Leaving the church declaration
- Name declaration in marriage in the absence of domestic civil status entry
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Register marriage
- Registration of a forced burial
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Show Death
- Show birth
- Show home birth
- Subsequent certification of a marriage contracted abroad
- Surname change child - redetermination of the birth name
- Surname change child - renaming
- resume one's birth name
Address
55566 Bad Sobernheim
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Nahe-Glan:
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a death certificate for a family member
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Certificate of Descent
- Certify birth abroad
- Change of surname due to the declaration on the name of spouses
- Change of surname due to the declaration on the naming of civil partners
- Change of surname for an important reason
- Church tax
- Family Book
- Family name change based on the declaration of displaced persons, ethnic German repatriates, their spouses and descendants
- Family name change child - by single parent
- Family name change child - declaration of connection
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Leaving the church declaration
- Name declaration in marriage in the absence of domestic civil status entry
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Register marriage
- Registration of a forced burial
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Show Death
- Show birth
- Show home birth
- Subsequent certification of a marriage contracted abroad
- Surname change child - redetermination of the birth name
- Surname change child - renaming
- resume one's birth name
Address
55566 Bad Sobernheim
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Nahe-Glan:
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a death certificate for a family member
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Certificate of Descent
- Certify birth abroad
- Change of surname due to the declaration on the name of spouses
- Change of surname due to the declaration on the naming of civil partners
- Change of surname for an important reason
- Church tax
- Family Book
- Family name change based on the declaration of displaced persons, ethnic German repatriates, their spouses and descendants
- Family name change child - by single parent
- Family name change child - declaration of connection
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Leaving the church declaration
- Name declaration in marriage in the absence of domestic civil status entry
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Register marriage
- Registration of a forced burial
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Show Death
- Show birth
- Show home birth
- Subsequent certification of a marriage contracted abroad
- Surname change child - redetermination of the birth name
- Surname change child - renaming
- resume one's birth name