Permission to acquire and possess weapons and ammunition Issue for traditional shooters and for the maintenance of customs

    If you need weapons or ammunition as traditional shooters for the maintenance of customs, you must apply for a permit.

    Description

    If you need weapons and ammunition as a traditional shooter for the maintenance of customs, a need for their acquisition and possession is recognized. The permit is limited to single-shot long guns and up to three repeating long guns as well as the ammunition intended for them. As proof, you need a certificate from the Bräuumsschützenvereinigung that you need these weapons to maintain the customs. An indication of customs is a long-standing tradition and practice. The use of weapons must only be a necessary component of the maintenance of customs and not the predominant purpose.

    Online services

    There is currently no online service available for this location.

    Contact point

    County or district-free city

    Contact person

    Main-Taunus-Kreis - Amt für öffentliche Sicherheit und Ordnung

    Address

    address

    Am Kreishaus 1-5

    65719 Hofheim am Taunus

    Save contact

    Elevator available

    Wheelchair access

    Opening hours

    Montag
    vormittags: 08:00 - 12:00 Uhr
    nachmittags: nach Vereinbarung

    Dienstag
    vormittags: 08:00 - 12:00 Uhr
    nachmittags: 13:30 - 16:30 Uhr*

    Mittwoch
    vormittags: 08:00 - 12:00 Uhr
    nachmittags: nach Vereinbarung

    Donnerstag
    vormittags: nach Vereinbarung
    nachmittags: 13:30 - 17:30 Uhr*

    Freitag
    vormittags: 08:00 - 12:00 Uhr

    * Besondere Öffnungszeiten - Bereich Allgemeine und Humanitäre Aufenthaltsrechte

    Dienstag 13:30 – 16:30 Uhr

    Donnerstag 13:30 -17:30 Uhr

    nur mit Terminvereinbarungen über die (Telefon-)Rufnummer 115 (ohne Vorwahl) oder

    online unter:

    https://onlinetermin.mtk.org/qmaticwebbooking/#/preselect/branch/6e2377dedb49f2593139afc7f9e12abcb813995ff7e7ae3a86278d40749d266d

    Contact

    telephone: 06192 201-0

    fax: 06192 201-1722

    e-mail: ordnungswesen@mtk.org

    Internet

    Forms

    Version

    Technisch geändert on 02.12.2025

    Language version

    de

    Sprache: de

    Required documents

    • Proof of your expertise,
    • Proof of your needs by proof of the Bräuumsschützenvereinigung,
    • Proof that your weapons and/or ammunition are kept safe.

    Forms

    no

    Prerequisites

    • You are at least 18 years old.
    • They are reliable in the sense of the Weapons Act.
    • They are personally suitable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
    • They are competent within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
    • They have a need within the meaning of § 16 of the Weapons Act.

    Procedure

    You can obtain permission as follows:

    • You submit an application and submit the necessary documents,
    • the required documents are checked, if necessary you must submit further required documents,
    • Your age, reliability, personal suitability, expertise and needs are examined (§ 4 paragraph 1 numbers 1 to 4 WaffG),
    • the decision on weapons law is made.

    Deadlines

    Notification Acquisition and transfer: within 2 weeks

    Costs

    • Administration fee: EUR 51 plus at least EUR 22 surcharge for reliability and suitability test to be carried out

    Area of validity

    Hesse

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Hessian Ministry of the Interior and Sport on 11.04.2022

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 29.11.2021

    Technisch geändert on 08.07.2024

    Keywords

    Munitionssammlung, Waffensammler, Waffenrecht, waffenrechtliche Erlaubnis, Waffenbesitzkarte

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de

    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017

    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en

    Sprachbezeichnung nativ:

    English

    Technisch erstellt on 07.07.2021

    Technisch geändert on 26.11.2019