Zentrales Melderegister
Zentrales Melderegister is a central government database that records the registered addresses of everyone living in Austria.
Zentrales Melderegister operates in the National population register segment.
Zentrales Melderegister: Disambiguation
Zentrales Melderegister is not a publicly searchable directory. Zentrales Melderegister is not the Meldezettel form itself. Zentrales Melderegister is not a credit registry. Zentrales Melderegister is not a criminal record database.
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Zentrales Melderegister: Core Facts
- Operator
- Bundesministerium für Inneres (BMI) (source)
- Went live
- 1 March 2002 (source)
- Legal basis
- Meldegesetz 1991 (MeldeG), Section 16a (source)
- Data recorded
- Identity data (name, date of birth, nationality) and address data (Hauptwohnsitz, Nebenwohnsitz) (source)
- Data feed
- Fed by municipal Meldebehörden, registry offices and citizenship authorities across Austria (source)
- Access
- Restricted to authorized bodies such as district authorities and police (source)
- Query method
- Automated electronic queries by licensed providers, or written requests at any Meldebehörde (source)
- Central inquiry office
- Zentrale Meldeauskunft, run by Magistratsabteilung 62 in Vienna for the whole country (source)
- Verified
- 2026-09-26
Compare: Magistratsabteilung 62MeldezettelMeldegesetz 1991MeldebestätigungAnmeldebescheinigung
Zentrales Melderegister: Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Zentrales Melderegister used for?
The Zentrales Melderegister is the starting point for most e-government processes in Austria, since public authorities check it to confirm a person's current registered address.
Can I look up someone else's address in the Zentrales Melderegister?
Access to the Zentrales Melderegister is restricted to authorized bodies such as courts, police and licensed data providers; the public cannot browse it directly.
How far back does the Zentrales Melderegister go?
The Zentrales Melderegister has held records since 1 March 2002; earlier registrations are only confirmable through the specific municipality that originally recorded them.
Who maintains the Zentrales Melderegister?
The Zentrales Melderegister is operated by the Bundesministerium für Inneres, with data entered by local registration authorities across Austria's municipalities.
Zentrales Melderegister: Related entities
Zentrales Melderegister: Where this entity is mentioned
Zentrales Melderegister: Further reading
- https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/de/lexicon/Z/Seite.991731
- https://www.manz.at/produkte/zentrales-melderegister-zmr
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