Departments and administrative bodies
The district administration’s administrative bodies are grouped together as departments.
Department I
Department I – District Administrator Michael Cyriax
Personnel, organisation, digitalisation and IT, finance, law, investments, fire safety and rescue services, construction and real estate
10 – Main office
Organisational development, digitalisation and IT, central services, economics and tourism, volunteer work, data protection
11 – Personnel office
Human resources management, equal opportunities office
14 – Audit office
Audits of the district administration and towns and local communities belonging to the district
20 – Finance and accounting
Budget, financial accounting, billing, enforcement, cash management, housing, insurances
30 – Legal department
Legal matters, opposition board, elections, land register matters, local authorities, commercial interests
38 – Office for fire protection and rescue services
Fire-fighting, fire and industrial protection, rescue service, control centre, emergency services, civil protection
66 – Building construction and real estate
Newly constructed buildings, building maintenance, facility management, meeting service, janitorial services, real estate, property matters
Department II
Department II - District councillor Madlen Overdick
Security, order, foreign nationals, integration, health, construction, environmental and climate protection, waste management
33 - Public safety and order office
Foreign nationals, asylum matters, citizenship, civil status, trade, hunting and fisheries commission, forestry, weapons matters, integration
53 - Local health authority
Medical supervision, health protection, environmental health, paediatric, dental, social psychiatric and medical service, care for disabled people, coordination office for people with disabilities, TB care, AIDS counselling, non-medical practitioner matters
63 - Office for construction and the environment
Construction supervision, local planning, protection of historic buildings and monuments, environmental protection and emission control, climate protection/energy competence centre, local lower nature conservation authority, lower water and soil protection authority, land reclamation, local and regional planning, chimney sweep, waste management, mixed orchards
Department III
Department III – District councillor Johannes Baron
Transport, district roads, mobility, public transport, local job centre, social affairs and basic income support
36 – Road traffic department
Driving licenses, motor vehicle registration, district roads, road traffic matters, local mobility
50 – Local job centre
Job-Offensive, basic security benefits for job seekers, services to help people integrate into work, employment promotion
55 – Office for social affairs
Security in old age and in reduced earning capacity, help with subsistence, help for care, homecare, integration assistance, coordination centre for people with disabilities, housing benefit, settlement administration, general senior citizen assistance, care authority, care support base, insurance office, social planning
Department IV
Department IV – District councillor Axel Fink
Schools & culture, youth, care and educational advice, consumer protection, veterinary services
39 - Office for consumer protection and veterinary services
Consumer protection, animal welfare, food control, inspection of animals to be slaughtered and meat, animal disease control
40 – Office for schools, youth welfare and culture
Schools development plan, after-school care, school administration, maintenance, social services, day care for children, child guidance office, culture