***Please note that the Registry Office will be closed all day on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, due to an internal event. We will be available again as usual starting Wednesday, June 24, 2026.***

Due to a current staff shortage, processing times at the Registry Office are longer than usual.
Processing your request may currently take several weeks.

We therefore ask that you refrain from inquiring about the status of your request within the first six weeks.

In-Person Availability

We are happy to assist you in person, but we operate exclusively by appointment.

We ask that you always upload your documents via the “digital mailbox” (opens in a new tab) in compliance with data protection regulations.


Certificates and church resignations:

• Issuance of civil status certificates
• Processing of church withdrawals
• Certificates regarding the use of a surname during marriage and after a divorce
• Support for the “Team OnlineRathaus” project

General questions regarding certificates and church withdrawals: urkundenwiesbadende

If you would like to order certificates, click here (opens in a new tab).

You can schedule an appointment for a withdrawal from the church in our calendar (opens in a new tab).


Births:

• Register a birth or pre-register
• Acknowledging paternity

General questions regarding birth registration or appointments for acknowledgments of paternity: geburtenwiesbadende


Marriage: 

• Registration of marriage
• Issuance of certificates of no impediment

You can reserve wedding dates in our calendar (opens in a new tab).

Due to renovation work on the Old City Hall, the Small Ballroom in the New City Hall can be booked as an alternative until further notice. We also offer wedding ceremonies at our special wedding venues.

General questions regarding marriage or appointments for marriage registration: heiratenwiesbadende


Deaths:

• Registration of deaths
• Issuance of death certificates

General questions regarding the registration of a death and appointments: sterbefaellewiesbadende


Special registrations:

• Retroactive registration of a marriage, birth, or death that occurred abroad
• Updating of records, e.g., divorce, acknowledgment of paternity, adoption, etc.
• Name declarations from abroad

General questions regarding special registrations and appointments: fambuchwiesbadende


Use of a name:

• Name change for good cause (under public law)
• Retroactive name declarations by spouses and children
• Name harmonization
• Declaration regarding the order of first names
• Declaration regarding gender entry and first names

You can find information on name options here (opens in a new tab)

General questions regarding name usage and appointments: namenwiesbadende