Marriage - performing the ceremony

Eheschließung - Durchführung

Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.

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Requirements

• Notification (Anmeldung) and appointment (Termin) The marriage must be notified to the responsible Standesamt (registry office), and the examination of the requirements for marriage must be completed. The registry office (Standesamt) for the marriage within Germany can be freely chosen. A binding appointment confirmation is required. • Witnesses (Trauzeugen), if applicable The marriage may, on request, take place with one or a maximum of two witnesses (Trauzeugen) present. The witnesses must be of legal age and must be able to prove their identity with a valid identity card (Personalausweis) or passport. • Sworn interpreter (beeidigter Dolmetscher), if applicable www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/Recherche/ If the persons getting married or the witnesses do not have sufficient command of the German language, a sworn interpreter must be engaged at the initiative of the persons getting married.

Documents you need

• valid identity card or passport of the persons getting married and, if applicable, witnesses • sworn interpreter if one or both of the persons getting married do not speak German

Fees

• 40,00 Euro: Solemnizing the marriage at a Standesamt (registry office) other than the one responsible for the marriage registration (Anmeldung) • 80,00 Euro: Marriage ceremony outside office hours • 75,00 bis 150,00 Euro: Marriage ceremony outside the official premises • 12,00 Euro: Eheurkunde (marriage certificate) • 6,00 Euro: each additional marriage certificate • 12,00 Euro: certified copy from the Eheregister (marriage register) • 6,00 Euro: each additional certified copy from the marriage register • 12,00 Euro: international/multilingual marriage certificate • 6,00 Euro: each additional international/multilingual marriage certificate

Legal basis

• Personenstandsgesetz (PStG, Civil Status Act) § 14 - Marriage www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__14.html • Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB, Civil Code) §§ 1310, 1311, 1312 Responsibility, personal declaration, marriage ceremony www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/ • Personenstandsverordnung (PStV, Civil Status Ordinance) § 29 - Marriage www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstv/__29.html • Verordnung zur Ausführung des Personenstandsgesetzes im Land Berlin (PStGAVBln, Ordinance Implementing the Civil Status Act in the State of Berlin) § 9 - Fee assessment gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-PStGAVBE2019pP9

Who is responsible

All Standesämter (registry offices) in Berlin and elsewhere. The Standesamt (registry office) that issued a binding appointment confirmation.

Responsible for you

Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.

Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Standesamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf von Berlin - Heiratsbuch
Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Standesamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg von Berlin - Eheregister (2. Etage)
Bezirksamt Lichtenberg
Standesamt Lichtenberg / Eheregister
Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Standesamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Bezirksamt Mitte
Standesamt Mitte von Berlin
Bezirksamt Neukölln
Standesamt Neukölln
Bezirksamt Pankow
Bezirksamt Reinickendorf
Standesamt Reinickendorf - Ehe- und Lebenspartnerschaftsregister
Bezirksamt Spandau
Standesamt Spandau
Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Standesamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf / Eheregister
Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Standesamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg / Ehe- und Lebenspartnerschaftsregister
Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick
Standesamt Treptow-Köpenick

Original

German original

Service number 318968 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/318968/