Apply for a replacement certificate of leaving the church

Documents required

• ID card or passport

Please note

• If you left the church before March 1, 2024, please contact the registry office in the district in which you were resident at the time of your resignation to have the replacement certificate issued. You can find an overview of Hamburg's registry offices under Links. The retention period for the declaration of resignation from the church at the registry office is 30 years.
• If you no longer know where the exit took place, you can contact the following numbers/institutions:
  • For former Protestant church members:
    Reporting system Church district Hamburg-East,
    Phone: +49 40 519000-240.
  • For former Catholic Church members:
    Catholic Church Office, Tel.: +49 40 24877-100.
    From there you will receive a registration number as well as the date and place of your church exit.
• If you left the church after March 1, 2024, please contact the Hamburg Service locations in Altona, Barmbek-Uhlenhorst, City or Harburg to have the replacement certificate issued.

Deadlines

no

Fees

• 10,00 EUR


• For written orders (post, fax, e-mail), the fees will be charged cash on delivery (plus postage costs).