Ersatzbescheinigung, Austritt aus einer Religionsgemeinschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (Kirchenaustritt)

Law on withdrawal from religious societies under public law (RelGemAustrG)
https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-RelGemAustrGHArahmen
Hamburg Church Tax Act (HmbKiStG)
https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-KiStGHAV2P2/part/X

You can apply for a replacement certificate confirming your withdrawal from the church.

If you have lost the certificate of your withdrawal from the church, you can apply for a replacement certificate.

• ID card or passport

• They have already left the church.

10.00 EUR

• You apply for the replacement certificate in person at the responsible authority and submit the necessary documents.
• The responsible authority will examine your application.
• You will receive the replacement certificate.

10 minutes

The registry office retains the declaration of withdrawal from the church for 30 years. A certificate may not be issued for older documents.

If you left the church before March 1, 2024, please contact the registry office in Hamburg in the district where you were resident at the time of your resignation.
If you left the church after March 1, 2024, please contact the Hamburg Service locations in Altona, Barmbek-Uhlenhorst, City or Harburg.

If you no longer know where and when you left the church, you can contact the following institutions in Hamburg and find out the registration number as well as the date and place of your church exit:

• For former Protestant church members: Registration office of the Hamburg-East church district, Tel.: +49 40 519000-240.
• For former Catholic Church members: Catholic Church Office, Tel.: +49 40 24877-100.

No legal remedy is provided.

• Anyone who has lost their certificate of leaving the church can apply for a replacement certificate.

Hamburg services