Life situations
Elections and Civic Participation
The right to vote is one of the basic rights of citizens in a democracy. In Germany, you have the possibility to influence all political levels due to free and fair elections based on the secret ballot and universal suffrage.
Alongside the possibility to participate actively or passively in elections, there are also additional forms of political participation available at municipal and at state level.
To the procedures and services
- Apply for a polling card
- Become a poll worker
- Electoral roll (local elections) - apply for entry or correction
- Electoral roll (local elections) - apply for registration when moving house
- Electoral roll (mayoral election) - apply for entry or correction
- Electoral roll (mayoral election) - apply for registration as a returnee
- Information from the civil register - group information to parties or groups of voters
- Plakatierung an Straßen - Genehmigung (Sondernutzungserlaubnis) beantragen
- Register of voters (Bundestag election) - applying for registration of Germans living abroad
- Register of voters (European elections) - Apply for registration of EU citizens living in Germany
- Register of voters (European elections) - applying for registration of Germans living abroad
- Register of voters (European elections) - applying for registration of Germans living in Germany
- Submit a citizens' petition
- Submit a residents' petition
- Volksbegehren - Zulassung beantragen
- Voters' register (Bundestag election) - applying for registration of Germans living in Germany
- Wählerverzeichnis (Kommunalwahl) - Eintragung als Rückkehrer beantragen
- Wählerverzeichnis (Landtagswahl) - Eintragung beantragen
Contact
Bürger- und Standesamt (Bürgeramt)
eMail buergeramt@heidenheim.de
Telefon (0 73 21) 3 27-33 42
Fax (0 73 21) 3 23-33 32