A visit without an appointment is currently not possible!
Important:
The following service can now be requested online:
Antrag zum Ersterwerb eines Führerscheins (ekom21.de)
Please ensure that you send us all the required documents. It helps if you protect the documents in your envelope with an additional transparent cover.
The following services can now be requested via mail:
- Issuance of first driving licence - Classes A,A1,A2, B or BE
- Learner’s Permit (BF 17) – Driving licence for 17-year-olds
- Extension of driving Licence - Classes A,A1,A2,B or BE
- Extension of driving Licence - Classes B196 or B196
- Extension of driving Licence - Classes C,CE,C1,C1E,D,DE,D1 or D1E
- Registration of the professional driver qualification (commercial use)
- Extension of your current german driving licence
- Replacement driving licence - in the case of loss
- Replacement driving licence - when the name has changed or removing a visual aid
- Exchange of driving licence (switching from old german paper licence to card licence)
- International driving licence
- Application for a new driving licence (after withdrawal or waiving of previous licence)
- First issuance or extension of driving licence that includes passenger transportation
An interview is therefore not required. For more details, please refer to the respective information in the checklist.
For all other services you need an appointment.
Here you can make an appointment.
If you have any further questions or concerns, we are happy to help you by phone on the authority number 115 or via email fahrerlaubnisbehoerde@. de. darmstadt
Feel free to apply online:
Antrag zum Ersterwerb eines Führerscheins (ekom21.de)
Or you can send the application by mail:
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted online and by mail!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Important:
An express application for the Learner's Permit (BF 17) is unfortunately not possible, because the Driving Licence Department Darmstadt may has to request a request for card driving licence from local driving registry for the accompanying adult driver from other Driving Licence Departments - in this point the Driving Licence Department Darmstadt depends on the reaction time of the other authorities.
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Please note:
Your last driving licence was the pink or grey paper type?
If it was not issued by the City of Darmstadt, you need a card copy of it from the issuing office.
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
in case of name change:
in case of removing a visual aid:
Please note:
Your last driving licence was the pink or grey paper type?
If it was not issued by the City of Darmstadt, you need a card copy of it from the issuing office.
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Extension of C/CE classes, in addition:
Extension of D/DE classes, in addition:
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Extension of C/CE classes, in addition:
Extension of D/DE classes, in addition:
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Important:
Do you still have a grey or pink paper driving licence?
Then you must exchange the paper license for a card licence. Please take note of the required documents under ‘Exchange of driving licence’
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Switching from an old german paper licence to card licence
Important:
If your current driving licence was not issued by the City of Darmstadt, you need a card copy of it from the issuing office.
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
(after withdrawal or waiving of previous licence)
Issuance of new licence in classes C, C1, CE, C1E, D, D1, DE or D1E, additionally:
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Important:
Driving licences for bus and truck drivers will require additional documents. Please contact the driving licence department via telephone for this information.
Please note:
For this service you need an appointment for a personal interview! Here you can make an appointment.
Do you still possess a soon-to-expire foreign driving licence from an EU or EWR country?
Then you may exchange your foreign driving licence for a German one. The following documents are required:
Please note:
For this service you need an appointment for a personal interview! Here you can make an appointment.
If you possess a grey or pink paper driving licence and now require the card type in order to present it to another driving licence department:
A personal appointment is not necessary in this case!
Please send us an e-mail with the following information or use our quick service function:
We will then pass on your information directly to your designated Driving Licence Department!
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send us all the listed documents in a bundled form to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Persons interested in becoming taxi drivers must take and pass the local knowledge exam of the city or municipality where they will be driving.
Further information on the local knowledge exam may be obtained by contacting: fahrerlaubnisbehoerde@darmstadt.de
Please note:
Because of the current Corona virus situation, the local knowledge exam is now taking place in an alternative form.
We are currently offering the exam on an individual oral basis!
To register please click here.
Do you want to apply for a taxi or rental car concession within the legal city limits of Darmstadt – the City of Science?
Then please contact us at: fahrerlaubnisbehoerde@darmstadt.de.
Do you wish to make changes to the taxi or rental car concession that you currently run, such as a change in the designated motor vehicle or a change to the business location?
Then please contact us at: fahrerlaubnisbehoerde@. de darmstadt
We will then contact you without delay!
Please note:
It is recommended that you include the following scanned documents with your e-mail:
For change in designated vehicle:
For change in business location:
Please note:
Applications for this service can be submitted via post!
An on-site visit is not required.
Please send all the listed documents to:Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde
Postfach 11 10 61
64225 Darmstadt
Is your business located in Darmstadt and you need an exemption from the prohibition of commercial driving on Sundays and holidays or commercial holiday trips?
Then please send us a completed and signed application form, including the following documents to: fahrerlaubnisbehoerde@. de darmstadt
Application for long-term exemption requires following additional documents: