The path to a civil marriage consists of 3 steps.

Step 1: Pre-registration

• Use the online pre-registration option.
  It shortens the processing time. The registry office receives the data you provide via the online pre-registration and can then provide you with information about the required documents.
• This information will be sent to you by e-mail and should reach you within a week at the latest.
  • Please be patient and refrain from sending status inquiries.
  • If you have not received a reply after one week, please contact ehe@inneres.bremen.de.
• You can then register for the marriage by making an appointment in advance.

If you do not wish to or cannot use the online pre-registration, the relevant information will be provided during opening hours at the registry offices (see under "Responsible offices"). Please make an appointment for this. For this preliminary meeting, it is initially sufficient if it is attended by one of the future spouses.

Step 2: Registration of the marriage

• You must make an appointment with the registry office to register the marriage.
• The required documents will be checked at this appointment.
• You will receive information, for example, about the name and the procedure for the day of the marriage.
• Once it has been established that the requirements for marriage have been met, the marriage registration is valid for 6 months.

In principle, both partners should attend the marriage registration appointment. If this is not possible, the person who is unable to attend can issue a power of attorney (declaration of accession). You can find the form in the forms under "Declaration of accession".

Step 3: Marriage ceremony

• There are 2 wedding rooms available for marriages in the historic building of the Bremen-Mitte registry office.
• In the Bremen-Nord registry office, weddings take place in the wedding room in the town hall on the top floor above the rooftops of Bremen-Nord in Gerhard-Rohlfs-Straße.

For marriages in both registry office districts, you can also choose an outdoor location. Further information on the individual outdoor locations can be found under "Further information".

For the registry office Bremen-Mitte

• Arberger Mühle
• botanika- The Green Science Center
• Fallturm- ZARM- Betriebsgesellschaft- mbH
• Lür-Kropp-Hof and Hochtiedshuus
• Bremen Town Hall
• Weser Stadium

For the registry office Bremen- North

• Blomendal Castle
• Schönebeck Castle
• Kahnschifferhaus

Please arrange appointments for marriages in the external locations in the Bremen-Mitte district directly with the selected external location.
Please contact the Bremen-Nord registry office to arrange appointments for marriages in the external locations in the Bremen-Nord district.

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