Request a death certificate in Bonn

If the death is already registered, order from the Standesamt Bonn online without an account, in writing to Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt, 53103 Bonn, or in person in the Loggia at the Stadthaus. For a new death, the notification comes first; after registration you get two free certificates for social insurance.

Yes, in Bonn via the form «Anforderung von Personenstandsurkunden». No user account is needed, payment in advance by e-payment. The city currently states two to three weeks for such orders. A new registration of a death is not possible via this form. If you come to the Loggia at the Stadthaus in person, you usually get the certificate at once.

10 euros per certificate. For pension insurers it is free of charge if you state the purpose. After a new registration there are two certificates for the statutory social insurance without a fee. Through Behördenfix a death certificate costs 39 euros, the city fee included.

The spouse or civil partner of the deceased and their ancestors and descendants. Other persons, the city names divorced spouses as an example, must show a legal interest. Someone with written authorisation and a copy of an official ID may also collect it. We also order only with your power of attorney and state your relationship to the deceased.

At the Stadtarchiv Bonn. The registry office keeps deaths for only 30 years. The archive holds the death registers of the former registry offices, for Bonn, Bad Godesberg and Vilich/Beuel up to 1989. Viewing in the reading room is free, a certification 3 euros per page, written information is subject to a fee.

At the registry office of the place of death, i.e. in Bonn at the registry office in the Loggia at the Stadthaus. The documents go in a sealed envelope marked «Eilt – Sterbefall» into the letterbox or by post: the medical death certificate in the original, certificates and IDs only as copies. Questions: geburten@bonn.de.