Printout from the birth register
Source: Serviceportal Rheinland-PfalzA certified printout from the register of births will be issued to you on request by the relevant registry office. The printout shows all the data that the registry office has entered in connection with your birth. You will receive the document, including any subsequent certifications, as a printout from the electronic register. This printout is legally equivalent to the birth certificate and can be presented instead of it in an official context.
In addition to the birth details (including the time of birth and additional information about the parents), the printout also contains subsequent changes, such as adoption, changes to the paternity of the child or name changes.
The exact time (hour and minute) of your birth will usually also be provided by the registry office on request, without the need to issue a certificate.
Applying in person
- Go to the registry office where the birth was registered.
- Present your identity card or passport to prove your identity.
- You usually pay the fee in advance when applying at the registry office.
A person you trust can order and collect the certificate on your behalf; your representative will present their own identity card or passport in addition to a written power of attorney.
Application by post or fax
- Send an informal letter to the relevant registry office with a request for a certified printout from the register of births. Depending on the services offered by the city or municipality, you may also find application forms on the Internet.
- Your letter must contain the following information:
- Surname, first name
- Date and place of birth
- Surname, first name of parents
- if known: Registry office and notarization number
- Please enclose a certified copy of your identity card or passport with the letter.
- You will receive a notification of fees when the certificate is sent to you, unless you have already paid the fees.
As a rule, please contact the registry office that keeps the birth register with your birth entry.
Registry office of the place of birth
The personal data in the civil status registers are subject to data protection. Certified register printouts can therefore only be issued
- for persons to whom the entry relates
and their
- spouses,
- civil partners (within the meaning of the Civil Partnership Act),
- ancestors and descendants (such as parents or grandparents as well as children and grandchildren),
- Siblings, if they can prove a legitimate interest.
Other persons, including close relatives such as aunts and uncles, will only receive a certificate if they can credibly demonstrate a legal interest (examples: Letter from the probate court, court judgment or enforceable title).
Applicants must be at least 16 years old.
- Identity card, passport or eID (for written orders: certified copy)
- in case of application / collection by a representative: written power of attorney of the authorized person, their ID, passport or eID
- Proof of legal interest, if applicable
Storage Period: 110 YearsThe register can be printed out 110 years after the register has been created.
Instruction at the local court responsible for the registry office
The certified printout from the register of births replaces the former certificate of descent (abolished on 01.01.2009).
The certified printout from the register of births replaces the former certificate of descent (abolished on 01.01.2009).
17.03.2023
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Your responsible office:
Stadt Germersheim - Ordnungs- und Sozialverwaltung
Visitor address
76726 Germersheim
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Contact
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Opening hours
Monday to Thursday 08:30 - 12:00
Tuesday 13:45 - 16:00
Thursday 13:45 - 18:00
Friday 07:30 - 12:30
Contact person
Visitor address
76726 Germersheim
Address
76726 Germersheim
Telephone
Fax
Website
Position
Responsible for:
- Germersheim (verbandsfreie Gemeinde):
- 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
- Applying for a marriage certificate
- Leaving the church declaration
- Maternity recognition
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Printout from the birth register
- Recognition of paternity
- Register marriage
- Register of births Change of gender registration
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Requesting a change of surname
- Show birth
- Show Death
- Show home birth
- Subsequent certification of a marriage contracted abroad
Address
76726 Germersheim
Visitor address
76726 Germersheim
Telephone
Website
Position
Responsible for:
- Germersheim (verbandsfreie Gemeinde):
- 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
- Applying for a marriage certificate
- Leaving the church declaration
- Maternity recognition
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Printout from the birth register
- Recognition of paternity
- Register marriage
- Register of births Change of gender registration
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Requesting a change of surname
- Show birth
- Show Death
- Show home birth
- Subsequent certification of a marriage contracted abroad
Address
76726 Germersheim
Visitor address
76726 Germersheim
Telephone
Fax
Website
Position
Responsible for:
- Germersheim (verbandsfreie Gemeinde):
- 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
- Applying for a marriage certificate
- Leaving the church declaration
- Maternity recognition
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Printout from the birth register
- Recognition of paternity
- Register marriage
- Register of births Change of gender registration
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Requesting a change of surname
- Show birth
- Show Death
- Show home birth
- Subsequent certification of a marriage contracted abroad