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.

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    Waffenrecht allgemein

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    Online services

    There is currently no online service available for this location.

    Contact point

    County or district-free city

    Contact person

    Wetteraukreis - Allgemeine Ordnungsangelegenheiten

    Address

    postal address

    Post office box 11 40

    63652 Büdingen

    address

    Berliner Straße 31

    63654 Büdingen

    Save contact

    No elevator available

    No wheelchair access

    Opening hours

    Montag           07:30 – 12:30 Uhr

    Dienstag         07:30 – 12:30 Uhr

    Mittwoch         07:30 – 12:30 Uhr

    Donnerstag     07:30 – 12:30 Uhr

    Freitag            07:30 – 12:30 Uhr

    Nachmittags ausschließlich mit Terminvereinbarung

    Contact

    telephone: 06042 989-2527

    fax: 06042 989-492550

    e-mail: Waffen-Jagd@wetteraukreis.de

    e-mail: gewerberecht@wetteraukreis.de

    Internet

    Keywords

    Gewerbebehörde für Makler und Bewacher, Sprengstoffbehörde, Untere Fischereibehörde, Untere Jagdbehörde, Untere Waffenbehörde

    Version

    Technisch geändert on 19.08.2025

    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