Marriage in Aachen

Anyone can get married in Aachen.
There are these options:

• If you live in Aachen
  , the Aachen registry office is responsible for you.
  
  
• If you live elsewhere in Germany :
  Please go to the registry office in your place of residence first .
  Tell them you want to get married in Aachen.
  The registry office will then send the certificates to Aachen.
  
  
• If you live in another country:
  The Aachen registry office is also responsible for you in this case.

Most couples get married at the registry office in Aachen.
But there are also other options.
For example, you can get married at a special location.
Or in your part of town.

Attention:

• Some places are not barrier-free.
• In some places the wedding is more expensive.
• There are special dates for these locations.

Please ask the staff at the registry office.
The staff will explain this to you.

You can get married at these locations in Aachen

These places are barrier-free:

• Newspaper museum
  The address is:
  Pontstraße 13, 52062 Aachen
  
• White Hall
  in Aachen Town Hall
• Burg Frankenberg
  The address is:
  Goffartstraße 45
  52066 Aachen
• Bezirks-Amt Brand
  The address is:
  Paul-Küpper-Platz 1
  52078 Aachen
• Bezirks-Amt Eilendorf
  The address is:
  Heinrich-Thomas-Platz 1
  52080 Aachen
• Welsche Mühle in Haaren
  The address is:
  Mühlenstraße 19
  52080 Aachen

Attention:
These places are not barrier-free:

• Ballroom in the Couven Museum
  The address is:
  Hühnermarkt 17
  52062 Aachen
• Bezirks-Amt Kornelimünster
  The address is:
  Schulberg 20
  52076 Aachen
• Bezirks-Amt Laurensberg
  The address is:
  Rathausstraße 12
  52072 Aachen
• Schönau Castle in Richterich
  The address is:
  Schönauer Allee 20
  52072 Aachen

You can book an appointment.

Perhaps you would like to get married on a
special day.
Then you can reserve a date
for the wedding.
You can do this 1 year
before the wedding.

Attention:
This was not possible in the past.

You must call the registry office to make an appointment.
Here is the telephone number:
02 41 - 432 - 34 09

The appointment will then be written down for you.

You must register your wedding at the registry office later.
You can do this 6 months before the date.
Or a little later.

Attention:
The wedding date is only fixed for youat
after registration.

To register, you must make an appointmentat
in advance.

Please call the registry office.
Here is the telephone number:
02 41 - 432 - 34 09

Or write an e-mail.
Here is the e-mail address:
ehe@mail.aachen.de

You must bring
certificates with you to the appointment.

Ask the staff at the registry office on the phone.
The staff will tell you:
You must bring these certificates with you.

Please always bring
original certificates with you.
Please do not bring any copies.
We are not allowed to accept copies.

You may come from another country.
If so, your certificates are often not in German.
You will need to have the certificates translated into German.
There are translators for this .
These translators are recognized by the state.

Attention:
The translator must be recognized by the state.
Otherwise the certificates
will not be recognized here.

On this website you will find translators:
www.dolmetscher-uebersetzer.nrw.de

The appointment is at the registry office.
Here is the address:
Standes-Amt Aachen
Bendelstraße21, 52062 Aachen
on the 1st floor

There are 3 possibilities:

1. Both retain their own surname.
2. One takes the name of the other.
   Both therefore have the same surname.
   This is then the married name.
3. A double name.
   Here is an example:
   Mrs. Müller and Mr. Schmitz get married.
   The married name is Müller.
   Mrs. Müller is also called Müller after the wedding.
   Mr. Schmitz has a double name after the wedding.
   He is then called Schmitz-Müller
   
   

Attention:
If you or your partner are not German:
In other countries there are
different rules for the surname.

Please ask the staff at
from the registry office about this.
The staff will also explain to you
what the children's names are in the marriage.

You are German.
But you would like to get married in another country.
You need special certificates for this.

For example, you want to get married in Spain.
You need to know in advance
exactlywhich certificates you need for the wedding.

Please go to the Spanish consulate.
The consulate is something like a Spanish office in Germany.

The Spanish consulate will help you.

For many countries you need a special certificate
.
The certificate is called:
Ehe-Fähigkeits-Zeugnis.

The certificate of no impediment to marriage states:
There are no impediments to marriage.
You may marry.
You apply for the certificate of no impediment to marriage
at the registry office.
The registry office then checks
whether you may marry.

The registry office needs a lot of certificates from you
.
There is an information sheet so that you don't forget anything
.

The staff at the registry office
will be happy to help you.

You can come to the registry office for a consultation
.
Please call
in advance and make an appointment.
Here is the telephone number:
02 41 - 432 - 34 09

Or write an e-mail.
The e-mail address is
ehe@mail.aachen.de

Who doesn't get the certificate of no impediment to marriage?

Some people do not receive the
certificate of eligibility for marriage.
For example, if you are already married.
You have to get divorced first.
Only then can you remarry.

Or if the divorce was in another country.
Perhaps the divorce is not recognized in Germany.
Then the divorce must be recognized first.

If you have any questions:
The staff at the registry office will be happy to help.

You got married in another country.
When you are back in Aachen:
You can register the marriage
at the registry office.
You will then be entered in a list.
The list is called the marriage register.

The register lists all married couples
who live in Aachen.

You will then receive a German marriage certificate from
.
The certificate also contains the
names of both spouses.

If you would like to register your wedding at the
registry office:
Please call
in advance and make an appointment.
Here is the telephone number:
02 41 - 432 - 34 09

Or send us an e-mail.
The e-mail address is
standesamt@mail.aachen.de