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Harburg Residents鈥� Affairs

Apply for a replacement certificate for leaving the church

You can apply for a replacement certificate confirming your withdrawal from the church.

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Detailed description

If you have lost the certificate of your withdrawal from the church, you can apply for a replacement certificate.

 

Information

Prerequisites

  • They have already left the church.

Documents required

  • ID card or passport

Please note

If you left the church before March 1, 2024, please contact the registry office in Hamburg in the district where you were resident at the time of your resignation.


If you left the church after March 1, 2024, please contact the Hamburg Service locations in Altona, Barmbek-Uhlenhorst, City or Harburg.



If you no longer know where and when you left the church, you can contact the following institutions in Hamburg and find out the registration number as well as the date and place of your church exit:

  • For former Protestant church members: Registration office of the Hamburg-East church district, Tel.: +49 40 519000-240.
  • For former Catholic Church members: Catholic Church Office, Tel.: +49 40 24877-100.

Deadlines

The registry office retains the declaration of withdrawal from the church for 30 years. A certificate may not be issued for older documents.

Procedure

  • You apply for the replacement certificate in person at the responsible authority and submit the necessary documents.
  • The responsible authority will examine your application.
  • You will receive the replacement certificate.

Processing time

10 minutes

Fees

10.00 EUR

Payment methods available

  • Girocard
  • Cash payment

Payment information

automatic pay station

Legal remedies

No legal remedy is provided.

Legal basis

Law on withdrawal from religious societies under public law (RelGemAustrG)





Hamburg Church Tax Act (HmbKiStG)


Forms and downloads

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Address and contact information

Harburg Residents鈥� Affairs

You can use this service regardless of your place of residence in Hamburg at the following Hamburg Service locations for residents' affairs:

  • Altona
  • Barmbek-Uhlenhorst
  • City
  • Harburg

Mon-Fri 7am-7pm, visits are only possible by appointment. You can book an appointment online (https://www.黑料老司机/go/17584) or by phone at 040 115.
The main entrance to Harburger Rathausforum 3 is located at the rear of the building and can be reached via the inner courtyard of the building complex. To get to the inner courtyard, use the entrance on Knoopstrasse. The mailbox is located at Harburger Rathausplatz 1 (town hall). There are no customer parking spaces available.

If you would like to apply for an identity card, passport or children's passport, you can use an existing self-recording terminal (Speed Capture Terminal) to capture the necessary biometric data (digital photo, signature, fingerprints).


Please allow a few minutes more time before your appointment to collect your data.


Note: You will not receive a printout of the digital photo.


There is no need to bring a passport photo with you when using the self-registration terminal.


Use costs 6 euros.


Please speak to the clerk afterwards.



The existing self-recording terminal (Speed Capture Terminal) cannot be used for fishing licenses and driver's license applications. Please bring a passport photo (biometric) with you for these services.

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Last updated: 07.09.2025