Birth registration
Dear parents, the birth of your child is exciting. As Registry Office ("Standesamt"), we would like to give you all necessary information about registering your baby.
Dear parents, the birth of your child is exciting. As Registry Office ("Standesamt"), we would like to give you all necessary information about registering your baby.
Your child was born in Frankfurt am Main – where can you register the birth?
The Registry Office District Höchst ("Standesamtsbezirk Höchst") registers all babies born in the hospital "Klinikum Frankfurt Höchst" or in these districts:
Registry Office District Höchst ("Standesamtsbezirk Höchst")
Seilerbahn 2, 65929 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.:
E-Mail: standesamt.hoechst@stadt-frankfurt.deInternal Link
You need to register at the Registry Office District Central ("Standesamtsbezirk Mitte") if you gave birth in the other Frankfurt districts, including the following hospitals:
Registry Office District Central ("Standesamtsbezirk Mitte")
Berliner Straße 33-35, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: +
E-Mail: anmeldung.neugeborene@stadt-frankfurt.deInternal Link
You need to register your baby within 7 days after birth. You can do this at the hospital or by visiting the Registry Office ("Standesamt"). If you gave birth in a hospital, the hospital will inform the Registry Office for you.
The Registry Office works with hospitals to offer a special service. It works like this:
If you have given birth at home or in a birth centre, you have to register the birth yourself at the correct Registry Office. You must do this within one week. You will need to bring the birth announcement paperwork from the midwife, nurse, or physician who delivered your baby.
You only need to come in person if it is a matter of public certification, such as acknowledgement of paternity or naming.
If you have
already given birth to a child in Frankfurt am Main, we kindly ask you to
register the birth by post using the questionnaire Birth registration form (pdf , 520KB)Download Link (German only). You can
drop the questionnaire with the required documents into the letterbox provided
for this purpose in the entrance hall of the Registry Office District Central,
Bethmannstr. 3 (please do not drop it into the deadline letterbox). In Höchst,
please use the letterbox at Seilerbahn 2.
Please
clarify by e-mail or telephone whether a personal visit is required and make an
appointment if necessary.
To make an appointment or if you have any further questions, please contact the relevant Registry Office District:
Registry Office Central
E-Mail: anmeldung.neugeborene@stadt-frankfurt.deInternal Link
Phone:
Registry Office Höchst
E-Mail: standesamt.hoechst@stadt-frankfurt.deInternal Link
Phone:
Please note that the official language is German.
The announcement of your baby’s birth ("Geburtsanzeige") is the main document you need to register your child. This document is filled out by the hospital staff. It will have the following information on it:
You will also need the following documents to register your new baby at the Registry Office:
If you as parents are married:
If you as parents are not married:
Additionally, in the case of a:
single mother / single father:
divorced mother:
widowed mother / widowed father:
This is not a full list of everything you will need to register your baby. It just states the most common documents needed in most cases. Sometimes, other documents might be needed to register your child.
Please contact us for further information.
Since 01.01.2009, the fees are not the same across Germany. The Frankfurt Registry Office ("Standesamt") charges its fees by following Art. 3 No. 2 of the Law on the Implementation of the Personal Status Reform Act ("HAG PStG").