Civic engagement and participation

Official journal

Official notices are published in the Official Journal

Voluntary support of asylum seekers

If you would like to offer refugees and asylum seekers active assistance with integration and care, you can contact volunteer agencies, volunteer centres and other coordination centres.

Report your bike ownerless

What to do in the case of abandoned bicycles that pose a danger?

Tree control and tree care

How do I report something for the tree register?

Youth welfare planning

Youth welfare planning implements the requirements of Book VIII of the Social Code.

Children's and youth advisory board

Find out here about the opportunities to get involved in local politics as a young person

Use of communal rooms for events

Here you can find out whether it is possible to use municipal public spaces for private, sporting, cultural, political or commercial events.

Report a vehicle ownerless

You can report motor vehicles that are no longer registered or unroadworthy to the local regulatory authority.

Kreismedienzentrum, Task

What are the tasks of a Kreismedienzentrum, where can I find it?

Information on local boards and local advisory councils

Are regional districts formed? How are they demarcated and who presides over them?

Media and press inquiries

The Press and Public Relations department answers media questions.

Senior Citizens' Office / Senior Citizens' Advisory Board

Has a municipal facility for senior citizens been established? What tasks does it perform?

Stumbling blocks

Find out whether "stumbling blocks" (memorials against national socialist injustice) have been erected in the commune.

Street

Find out here the legal background of the street names (award).

Road damage

Where and how can you report road damage?

Planting a memorial tree

Is it possible to plant a memorial tree in the municipality?

Citizens' advice

Who provides general advice on questions of daily life in the municipality?

Become a member of the volunteer fire department

How do I become a member of the volunteer fire department?

Website, municipal

How can I contact the internet editorial team of the municipal website?

Youth project, apply for project funding

Does the municipality provide funding for municipal youth projects?

Voluntary work Promotion

You can apply for a volunteer card with discounts from cooperation partners at the State Chancellery.

Applying for an extension of your residence permit to take part in the European Voluntary Service

If you have a residence permit to participate in a European Voluntary Service for a period of less than one year and you wish to continue the voluntary service, you can apply for an extension of your residence permit.

Apply for a polling card (postal vote)

Are you eligible to vote and would like to vote by post or vote in a different polling station? Then you must apply for a polling card.

Citizens' budget

About acitizens' budgetcitizens can implement their own projects for the common good, which can range from A for adventure playground to Z for future workshop.

Memorial Stone

Express your solidarity with the community by sponsoring a memorial stone.

Registering a meeting

Anyone wishing to hold a public assembly in the open air must, in principle, register it with the competent authority 48 hours before it is announced (= invitation of participants or call for participants via various media).

Do one's voluntary service

If you would like to get involved in the common good outside of work and school, you can complete a Federal Volunteer Service. You can do your Federal Volunteer Service in social...

Voluntary service

If you would like to carry out your youth voluntary service in another country, this section provides more information about your rights and obligations during a voluntary year abroad.

Traffic sign installation

Malfunction of traffic signs and traffic facilities Remedy

Have you noticed a defective or damaged traffic sign or traffic light? Then you can report this to the road traffic authority.

Participation in care and nursing facilities through the formation of a facility advisory board

As the facility manager, you must inform the supervisor for supportive housing forms if a residents' council has been elected.

Participation in care and nursing facilities in the absence of a facility advisory board Receipt

- As a facility manager, you must inform the supervisory authority for supportive housing if no residents' council has been elected. - As a service provider, you must apply...

Apply for participation in an amateur radio examination

You can apply to the Federal Network Agency to take the amateur radio examination.

Apply for the issue of an amateur radio examination certificate or an amateur radio certificate

If you pass the amateur radio examination, you can apply for an amateur radio examination certificate or an amateur radio certificate.

Applying for recognition of a foreign amateur radio examination certificate or amateur radio authorization

Would you like to obtain an amateur radio license in Germany and already have a foreign amateur radio license or amateur radio examination certificate? Then you can have these recognized by the Federal Network Agency under certain conditions.

Apply for admission to the amateur radio service

You can apply to the Federal Network Agency for authorization to participate in the amateur radio service.

Applying for the allocation or extension of the allocation period of a callsign for a remote-controlled or automatically operating amateur radio station

If you are authorized to participate in the amateur radio service, you can, under certain conditions, be assigned an additional callsign for a remote-controlled or automatically operating amateur radio station.

Requesting the allocation or extension of the allocation period of a club station call sign

If you are authorized to participate in the amateur radio service, you can, under certain conditions, be assigned an additional callsign for the operation of an amateur radio station as a club station.

Declare renunciation of amateur radio license or call sign allocations

You can declare your renunciation of your license to participate in the amateur radio service or one of your call sign allocations to the Federal Network Agency.

Notify the amateur radio administration of a change to your personal data

As a radio amateur with an assigned German amateur radio call sign, you must always inform the Federal Network Agency immediately of any changes to your personal data.

Report newly established amateur radio stations or the permanent relocation of your amateur radio stations

If you are an amateur radio operator with an assigned amateur radio call sign and you set up or permanently relocate your fixed amateur radio stations, you must report this to the Federal Network Agency.

Apply for a temporary exemption for special experimental and technical scientific studies with an amateur radio station

Under certain conditions, you can apply for exemptions for special experimental and technical/scientific studies with an amateur radio station.

Applying for a short-term license to participate in the amateur radio service

If you have a foreign amateur radio license and are only staying in Germany for a short time, you can apply to the Federal Network Agency for a short-term license to participate in the amateur radio service.

Submitting objections and comments on measures in the area of federal trunk roads

If you have objections and comments on a planned change or new construction of a highway or federal road, you can submit these to the authority responsible for the project as part of the planning approval procedure.

Raise objections to planned federal railroad construction projects and submit comments

Federal railroad operating facilities may only be built, modified or dismantled with the approval of the Federal Railway Authority. If your rights or interests are affected by the planned project, you can notify us.