Zivilstandsregistern
Zivilstandsregister, sometimes called civil status registers, are official registries used in German-speaking countries to record a person’s vital events for legal and administrative purposes. They typically cover events such as births, marriages, registered partnerships, divorces, deaths, and changes of name or status (for example adoptions). In many jurisdictions, local civil registry offices (for example, Standesamt or Zivilstandsamt) are responsible for recording these events, with varying degrees of centralization at cantonal or national levels.
The registers serve as the legal basis for evidence of civil status and are used to issue
What is recorded typically includes names, dates and places of the events, parental information, nationality or
Zivilstandsregister differ from or coexist with Standesregister in terminology depending on the country or region, but