Wichtiger Hinweis
City administration closed "between the years"
Stand: 20.12.2024
The offices will be available for the last time this year on Monday, December 23. The city administration will be closed from December 24 through January 1. In some areas, there is a jour service (emergency service) for urgent matters.
Jour service (emergency service) for urgent matters
- Notarization of deaths on 27 and 30 December from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Michael-Vogel-Straße 4 building (telephone 09131 86-2022, e-mail sterbefall@stadt.erlangen.de)
- Funeral services/grave allocation with burials on December 27 and 30 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the building at Michael-Vogel-Straße 4 (phone 09131 86-2206, e-mail friedhof@stadt.erlangen.de)
- Veterinary and food monitoring on December 27 and 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Nägelsbachstraße 40, phone 09131 86-1725, e-mail veterinaeramt@stadt.erlangen.de)
- Integrated counseling center (youth and family counseling, drug and addiction counseling, counseling center for pregnancy issues): December 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. December 30 from 8:00 to 12:00 and from 13:00 to 16:00 (contact: phone 09131-86 2295, e-mail: familienberatung@stadt.erlangen.de)
- General and special social services (e.g. advice in family crises and emergencies) on December 27 from 8:00 to 12:00. On December 30 from 8:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 16:00 (contact: Phone 09131 86 2516, e-mail: sozialdienst.stadtjugendamt@stadt.erlangen.de)
Contacts for crises and emergencies
Counseling in crises and emergencies is also available outside of the General Social Service's office hours. In the evenings, at weekends and on public holidays, the Nuremberg Children and Youth Emergency Service can be contacted on 0911 23 13 333. Further services:
- Crisis services Bavaria (multilingual) - free telephone number 0800/6553000
- Advice center Frauenennotruf Erlangen - telephone number 09131/209720
- Autonomous women's shelter Erlangen - telephone number 09131/25872
Changed opening hours for cultural and educational institutions
The city's cultural and educational institutions also have changed opening hours between Christmas and the New Year:
- City library: closed on December 27, 28 and 30. The traveling library will take a Christmas break from December 23 to January 3. Read more here: www.stadtbibliothek-erlangen.de/aktuelles/weihnachtsferien
- schauspiel erlangen (theater): The theater box office will be closed from December 31 to January 6 inclusive. Tickets can still be ordered online at www.schaupiel-erlangen.de
- Stadtmuseum: closed on December 24/25 and 31 as well as January 1
- Kunstpalais: closed on December 24, 25, 26 and 30 as well as January 1
- Volkshochschule (vhs): closed from December 19 to January 6 inclusive. Registrations can be made online at any time at www.vhs-erlangen.de.
- Kunstmuseum: The museum is closed from December 23 to December 26 and from December 30 to January 1. More information can be found at https://kunstmuseumerlangen.de
- City Archive: Closed to users from December 24 to January 6.
Waste collection at Christmas and New Year
During the Christmas week, there will be no collection of residual waste from December 24 to 27. Emptying of the residual waste bins will be brought forward and will take place from December 20 to 23. There will be no collection of organic waste during the Christmas week. There will be no residual waste and organic waste collection on New Year's Day (January 1). The bins will be emptied during the week. During the drive-in and drive-out times, collection will take place from 6:00 am. Christmas trees will be collected on the day the organic waste bins are emptied in the week from January 13 to 17.
Use online services
The services will be available for the last time this year on Monday, December 23. The city administration will be closed from December 24 through January 1. However, you can use our online services via the service portal during this time. Thanks to numerous online applications, there is no need to visit us or the relevant office for more and more services. Click here for the service portal.
There is also a short report in the city newspaper "Rathausplatz 1" - December 2024 issue.
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