Standesamtsunterlagen
Standesamtsunterlagen are the records maintained by civil registry offices (Standesämter) in Germany and some other German-speaking
The contents typically include birth registers (Geburtsregister), marriage registers (Heiratsregister), death registers (Sterberegister), and associated documents
Access to Standesamtsunterlagen is regulated by privacy and data-protection rules. For living individuals, access is generally
Requesting these documents typically involves contacting the local Standesamt or, for archived material, the relevant state
Historically, civil status records replaced church registers for official documentation in many German states, forming a