The registry office will issue you with certificates and certified printouts from the civil partnership register on request. If your civil partnership was concluded abroad, this civil status must be certified once in Germany by the registry office.

You, your civil partner and your direct ancestors and descendants can apply to the registry office for a civil partnership certificate. Under certain conditions and upon application, other persons may also be issued with your civil partnership certificate.

The civil partnership certificate proves the establishment of a civil partnership and contains the following information:

• Place and date of the establishment of the partnership
• First name and surname at the time the partnership was established
• Place and date of birth of both persons
• Gender of the civil partners
• Details of religious affiliation

What happens if your civil status data or that of the other person changes, for example due to a change of name or dissolution of the civil partnership?

Then the relevant registry office will supplement the civil partnership entry with a subsequent certification. Upon request, it will then issue you with a new civil partnership certificate.