Order a birth certificate in Münster

At the Münster registry office 15 euros per certificate. Further copies requested in the same order cost 9 euros each, so three certificates cost 33 euros. The certificate is free of charge where a law provides for it, for example for statutory pension insurance or child benefit. The city charges the same 15 euros for a certified register extract. At Behördenfix you pay 39 euros, the fee is included.

Via the online form of the Münster registry office with online payment. At the end of the form you choose PayPal or VISA. To collect in person, book via the online booking. A certificate is only issued if the birth was registered at the Münster registry office.

In Stadthaus 1, Klemensstraße 10, 2nd floor, 48143 Münster; the certificate office is in room 2.057c. It is open Monday to Friday 8 to 12 hrs and additionally on Thursday 14 to 18 hrs, phone 0251 492-3441, -3442 or -3444. You need an appointment for a visit.

Under § 62 of the Personenstandsgesetz, the certificate is issued to you, your spouse or civil partner, your ancestors and your descendants. Siblings must credibly show a legitimate interest. According to the city, everyone else submits a written power of attorney. That is how we order too: with your power of attorney.

At the Stadtarchiv Münster. The registry office only keeps birth registers of the last 110 years; older registers were handed over to the city archive. The older registers of the registry offices incorporated in 1975 are there too. The archive makes copies from these registers; send your request directly there, not to the registry office.