

Wichtiger Hinweis
Changed opening hours and availability, restrictions
- On Thursday and Friday, February 26 and 27, there will be longer waiting times at the citizen service on the first floor of the town hall (applying for ID cards, re-registration, driving license matters, certificates of good conduct, vehicle registration, resident parking permits and parking permits for the severely disabled). In addition, the issue of waiting stamps must be expected to end early on both days.
- Until further notice, the Education and Participation/ErlangenPass departments at the Social Welfare Office can only be reached by telephone during opening hours for the public. These are Mondays from 14:00 to 16:00 and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9:00 to 12:00. Applications and documents should preferably be submitted online, by post or by e-mail(but-erlangenpass@stadt.erlangen.de). It is necessary to provide a current telephone number.
- Due to a technical problem, no e-mails could be delivered to the City of Erlangen in the night from October 29 to 30, 2025. We also warn against receiving dubious emails. Read more here.
Welcome to the service portal
Here you will find up-to-date information on municipal benefits, services and applicable legislation. Thanks to numerous online applications, there is no need to visit us or the relevant office for more and more services.
For almost all offices, you must make an appointment before visiting.
You do not need an appointment:
- You do not need an appointment for the citizens' service on the first floor of the town hall(applying for ID cards, re-registration, driving license matters, certificates of good conduct, vehicle registration, resident parking permits and parking permits for the severely disabled). You can book an appointment for individual services. If there is a high volume of visitors, the Citizens' Service reserves the right not to issue any numbers or tickets for the waiting area up to 120 minutes before closing time. In this case, please deal with your request on another day. If you would like to apply for an ID card, there is a photo booth on the first floor of the town hall. You can make an appointment to exchange your driver's license online. You can check the current waiting time for the Citizens' Service here.
- To visit the welcome desk of the Immigration Office on the 2nd floor of the Town Hall.
When you come to us
Access to the town hall is only possible via the main entrance on Rathausplatz. Only municipal employees and delivery services have access to the town hall from the east side ("Rathaushintereingang"). Dogs are generally not permitted. Exceptions are only possible if a dog is required for health and educational reasons (e.g. assistance or school dogs) or if the dog owner has been requested by the city to present their dog at the office.
All services by life situation
Information for your visit to the town hall
Citizens' office on the first floor of the town hall
Current waiting time at the citizens' office
Current waiting time in the service area of the Citizens' Registration Office on the first floor of the town hall: With the online waiting time display, you can leave the waiting area if you have to wait a long time and track your waiting status on your smartphone, for example.
Passport and identification
You can carry out passport and ID matters at the on-site citizen service on the first floor of the town hall. Here you can obtain passports, identity cards, children's passports, temporary documents, etc.
Vehicle registration
You can carry out vehicle registration matters at the on-site citizen service on the first floor of the town hall. For example, vehicle registration, correction of vehicle documents, vehicle deregistration, re-registration, etc.
Driving license system
You can carry out driving license matters digitally at the Citizens' Service or on site on the first floor of the town hall. For example, all common driving licenses or exchanging your old driving license, etc.
Reporting system
You can carry out registration matters digitally at the Citizens' Service or on site on the first floor of the town hall. For example, you can apply for a certificate of good conduct, official certification or information from the population register.
Population register
Current waiting time at the citizens' office
Current waiting time in the service area of the Citizens' Registration Office on the first floor of the town hall: With the online waiting time display, you can leave the waiting area if you have to wait a long time and track your waiting status on your smartphone, for example.
Passport and identification
You can carry out passport and ID matters at the on-site citizen service on the first floor of the town hall. Here you can obtain passports, identity cards, children's passports, temporary documents, etc.
Vehicle registration
You can carry out vehicle registration matters at the on-site citizen service on the first floor of the town hall. For example, vehicle registration, correction of vehicle documents, vehicle deregistration, re-registration, etc.
Driving license system
You can carry out driving license matters digitally at the Citizens' Service or on site on the first floor of the town hall. For example, all common driving licenses or exchanging your old driving license, etc.
Reporting system
You can carry out registration matters digitally at the Citizens' Service or on site on the first floor of the town hall. For example, you can apply for a certificate of good conduct, official certification or information from the population register.
Population register
Report defects
A playground is dirty? Have you seen a pothole? A streetlight doesn't work? Don't keep these and other defects to yourself. Please let us know and we will take care of it. You can report defects via our defect reporter.
Official announcements & tenders
Current tenders
Overview of municipal tenders & contract awards of the city of Erlangen. Submit your offer.
Official announcements (Official Gazette)
Official announcements and invitations to tender are published in the official gazette "Die amtlichen Seiten".
Current tenders
Overview of municipal tenders & contract awards of the city of Erlangen. Submit your offer.
Official announcements (Official Gazette)
Official announcements and invitations to tender are published in the official gazette "Die amtlichen Seiten".
Contact us
Web technology & online services
The Web Technology & Online Services team is responsible for the technical support and management of the City of Erlangen's digital communication and information services.
Our topics:
- municipal website erlangen.de
- intranet
- Bavarian portal
- learning platform
- Google entries
- domains
- and others
Please contact us by e-mail.
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Öffnungszeiten
On-site appointments are only possible by individual arrangement.