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Service portal - Building & living

In urban agglomerations, building and housing are particularly commonplace issues. Whether housing, commerce, industry or infrastructure: the tasks and services of the City of Erlangen are diverse. It is therefore important that people looking to build, tenants, homeowners and local companies can obtain information quickly and unbureaucratically. Here you will find everything you need to know about regulations for building, renting and owning your own home.

Service A-Z

Service, VHS

Adult Education Center; Adoption of Rules of Use

Municipalities and counties may adopt rules of use or bylaws for the adult education center in their jurisdiction.
Service, publicly subsidized rental housing, Affordable Housing, Allocation of Public Housing Units, Housing Eligibility Certificate, Affordable Housing, People looking for an apartment, Welfare

Affordable housing; Listings by Landlords

The landlord of a subsidized (social) rental apartment is subject to certain obligations; for example, he may only rent it to prospective tenants who have been referred by the appropriate agency or who present a housing eligibility certificate.

Leistung mit Onlineverfahren
Service, Online Service

Air Quality Protection; Application for a Permit to Construct and Operate a Facility

The construction, operation, and substantial modification of certain facilities that may cause harmful environmental impacts require a permit under environmental protection laws.
Leistung mit Onlineverfahren
Service, Online Service, Certificate of Descent, Registration, Exhibition, Birth Certificate, Parents, Delivery, Premature Birth, Birth, Birth Registration, Birth Announcement, Birth Registration, Birthday, International Birth Certificate, International Birth Certificate, Child, Child Registration, Stork, Mother, Young Talent, Son, Registry Office, Civil Registry Matter, Civil Registry Matters, daughter, Certificate, Father, birth registry , Birth Certificate Transcript

Birth Certificate; Application

You can request a birth certificate from the civil registry office that maintains the birth registry (usually at the place of birth).

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Service, Online Service, Registering a Child with the Civil Registry Office, Register a Child, Register a Child, Birth registration, register a birth, registration of a birth,, Register a birth, report a birth, Report a Birth, Birth Announcement, Birth Notice, Register a Birth, Report a Birth, Birth Registration, Birth Announcement, Birth Registration, Birth Certificate

Birth; Notice

The birth of a child must be reported to the registry office with jurisdiction over the place of birth. 

Service, Cable TV, Public sewer system, public road network, Telephone network, Water supply network, gas supply network, electricity supply network

Building area; information on development

Development is the responsibility of the municipality unless it is the responsibility of another party in accordance with other statutory provisions or obligations under public law.

Leistung mit Onlineverfahren
Service, Online service, Inspection of files, City archive, Archive material, Access to city archives

Building files; request for inspection

Building files from ongoing building supervisory procedures or completed (archived) procedural files can be inspected by persons authorized to receive information.
Service, Provide building land, Provision of building land, Selling building land

Building land; provision by municipality

Municipalities can provide building land for residential and commercial purposes.
Leistung mit Onlineverfahren
Service, Online Service, Church Development, Design Bylaws, Bylaws, Urban Design

Building Law; Adoption of Local Building Regulations

Through local building codes, the municipality or city can regulate, in particular, the design of buildings (e.g., roof shape, materials, etc.), advertising structures, and properties (e.g., fences, bans on rock gardens, etc.).
Service, Completion certificate, Building application Bavaria, Building, Building permit, Building permit Bavaria, Building permit procedure, Building projects requiring planning permission, apply for, New building

Building permit procedure; information on the processing status

If you have applied for a building permit, you can find out about the processing status online.

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Service, Online service, Bulky waste, Waste, Garbage, Collection dates, Waste calendar, Waste ABC, Street cleaning, Garbage, Scrap, Electric, Rubble, Waste charges, Materials, Electronic waste, Second-hand, Gift exchange

Bulky waste; registration

Every household in Erlangen has the opportunity to have their bulky waste collected directly from their home once a year. In addition, private households can deliver their bulky waste in normal household quantities directly to the waste transfer station free of charge.
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Service, Online Service, Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery, Mortuary; Adoption of Rules of Use

Municipalities must provide the necessary burial facilities, in particular cemeteries and mortuaries. This does not apply if there is no public need for such facilities. This is particularly the case when a church cemetery sufficiently meets the demand.

Latest news

View of a bus on the City Line.

Limited Bus Service on November 14

On this day, Erlangen’s city bus routes will run only once an hour, based on a schedule with reduced frequency. This also affects CityLine 299, which operates within the free downtown zone. The normal schedule applies to all NightLiners and Line 298.

A church with a square in front of it and a few people.

"Life in Erlangen 2026" Public Survey

The City of Erlangen’s Statistics Office is conducting its 15th population survey and celebrating 25 years of “Life in Erlangen.” Anyone interested can participate in our large-scale population survey through December 31, 2026.

Two employees clearing snow in front of the Werner-von-Siemens-Straße bus stop

City Winter Road Maintenance Ready for the First Snowflakes

There are 74 vehicles available. The service area includes, among other things, a total of 290 kilometers of major urban thoroughfares, 199 kilometers of sidewalks and bike paths, and 425 bus stops.

A passport.

Christmas Vacation Abroad: Check Your Travel Documents

The processing time for a passport is currently about six weeks. For an ID card, it currently takes three weeks.

What else is there?

Helping to shape Erlangen

Plans and projects

"Axis of Science" Center for the Humanities

In the coming years, the “Axis of Science” will take shape in downtown Erlangen along Fahrstraße and Sieboldstraße, between the Kollegienhaus and the “Himbeerpalast.” Various new educational institutions, residential units, and commercial spaces will be built there.
Plans and projects

A73 Highway Overpass

Together with the Free State of Bavaria and the federal government’s Autobahn GmbH, the city of Erlangen is seeking solutions to improve noise protection in the urban area along the A 73 federal highway. Residents of the adjacent residential areas would benefit most from a potential enclosure of the highway.
Plans and projects

Construction of a New Lock at Kriegenbrunn

The damage to the Kriegenbrunn lock cannot be fully repaired. Therefore, the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) is planning and constructing a new lock at the same location, incorporating the latest engineering technology.
Plans and projects

Creation of a memorial to the victims of euthanasia

In collaboration with various project partners, a place of remembrance and the future is to be established on the grounds of the former Erlangen Sanatorium and Nursing Home (HuPfla).
Plans and projects

Development of the "Siemens Mitte" Neighborhood

A new, vibrant, inner-city neighborhood is taking shape on the former Siemens site in Erlangen-Mitte along Werner-von-Siemens-Straße. This neighborhood combines residential, commercial, retail, and recreational spaces, creating sustainable added value for the citizens of Erlangen.