Office hours of the Chemnitz city administration offices
We recommend making an appointment in advance for all offices. This is possible for some areas online or via the public authority telephone number.
> Online appointment booking:
- Citizen service/registration office
- Vehicle registration authority
- Driving licence authority
- Public order office: Central fines office
- Public order office: Trade licence authority
- Public order office: Weapons law/explosives law
- Office for Health and Prevention: health counselling for sex workers
> Appointment booking portal Youth Welfare Office
- Notarisation (acknowledgement of paternity, joint parental custody, maintenance)
> Appointments for school entrance examinations
Appointments can be made for the following areas by dialling 115:
- Registration office
- Vehicle registration authority
- Driving licence authority
Appointments at the offices for which no office hours are specified are only possible by appointment using the telephone numbers and e-mail addresses provided.
Appointments by appointment only:
Please refer to the notice board or call 0371 488-5800 for the times of the medical services at the Office for Health and Prevention.
Appointments by appointment only:
Central application acceptance, preliminary examination
Monument protection authority:
Office of the Expert Committee (GAA)
Office of the Apportionment Committee (GUA) and special authority
Making appointments for services of the registration office, the vehicle registration office and the driving licence office:
Contact the office:
Consultations during the following office hours are possible without an appointment with longer waiting times:
Motor vehicle registration office
Mondays & Fridays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Driving licence authority
Mondays & Fridays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Registration office
Mondays & Fridays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Registry office
Chemnitz registry office currently only available by appointment
Due to illness, spontaneous appointments at the Chemnitz registry office can no longer be made with immediate effect. Appointments that have already been made are not affected by this and can be kept subject to individual cancellations.
Regular office hours:
Mondays & Thursdays: 8.30 am to 12 noon
Tuesdays: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Lost property office
Tuesdays: 8.30 am to 12 noon
Thursdays: 8.30 to 11.30 a.m. and 12.30 to 6 p.m.
Foreigners and Citizenship Office
> Opening hours of the citizen service centres
Appointments by appointment only:
Consultation hours for tree protection:
Every Thursday (except public holidays) from 8.30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Tel. 0371 488-6776
Appointments by appointment:
> Online appointment booking for notarisations
(acknowledgement of paternity, joint parental custody, maintenance)
Consultation hours without appointment in the customer portal*:
Thursdays:
8.30 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 6 pm
*The customer portal is located on the ground floor of the Moritzhof at Bahnhofstraße 53.
Personal consultations by appointment only!
Department for reminders, enforcement:
Tax department:
- 0371 488-2101 or according to the last letter or notice
- a21(at)stadt-chemnitz.de or gewerbesteuer(at)stadt-chemnitz.de
Telephone availability of all departments
| Monday | 09.00 - 12.00 |
| Tuesday | 09.00 - 12.00 14.00 - 17.00 |
| Wednesday | 09.00 - 12.00 (cancelled from 01.07.2025) |
| Thursday | 09.00 - 12.00 14.00 - 17.00 |
| Friday | 09.00 - 12.00 |
Personal consultations by appointment only!
Administration of cultural operations & cultural management:
City Archive
Monday | 08.30 - 12.00 |
| Tuesday | 08.30 - 12.00 |
| Wednesday | by appointment |
| Thursdays | 08.30 - 12.00 14.00 - 18.00 |
| Friday | 08.30 - 12.00 |
Personal consultations are possible without an appointment, but we recommend making an appointment by telephone.
Consultation hours without appointment for all departments:
Mondays & Fridays: 8.30 am to 12 noon
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Department of Police Law, Regulatory Law, Markets:
Department Central Fines Office
> Online appointment for services of the Central Fines Office
Personal consultations by appointment only!
Personal consultations by appointment only!
To make an appointment, please contact the telephone number given on the pages of the respective service area.
Personal consultations by appointment only!
Property management and property transactions departments:
Personal consultations by appointment only!
Personal consultations by appointment only!
Traffic department
- tiefbauamt.verkehrsbehoerde(at)stadt-chemnitz.de
- bewohnerparkausweis(at)stadt-chemnitz.de (for applications and enquiries about residents' parking permits)