Moving to Neubrandenburg: Costs Process & Districts

The Innenstadt (city centre) is the historic old town within the Brick Gothic town fortifications with their four gates. To the east lies the Katharinenviertel, with around 3,200 inhabitants (2018) the smallest quarter. The Oststadt, with around 15,300 inhabitants (2018), is the largest district; the Datzeviertel with the Datzeberg lies on a hill north of the city centre.

Around 8,700 people (2018) live in the Stadtgebiet West, partly in renovated prefabricated blocks and partly in detached houses and blocks of flats; then there are the Reitbahnviertel, Lindenbergviertel and other areas. For the move, the specific address counts – a prefabricated block without a lift needs more movers than a house on the edge of town. Our private move service adapts to this.

Neubrandenburg is one of the four regional centres (Oberzentren) of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with a catchment area of around 420,000 people. It has been a university town since 1988; the Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences has its campus in the Stadtgebiet West. The city is also known for its concert church and philharmonic orchestra and for Lake Tollense close to the centre in the Mecklenburg lake district. We do not quote specific rents.

After moving in, you register within two weeks – online via the city's online service or with an appointment at the citizens' office on Friedrich-Engels-Ring. If you are arriving for the start of the semester, you should fix the moving day early. For routes from Berlin you will find everything under Long-distance moves.

If you are planning to move, you naturally want to know what to expect. As a rule: the more rooms, the greater the effort. For a 1-room flat prices start from €375, for 2 rooms from €584. A 3-room flat comes to from €905, a 4-room flat from €1,309. For a house or villa there is no flat-rate price scheme – here we prepare an individual quote. For a long-distance move we charge from €3.95 per kilometre. Arrange a free survey now to receive a binding quote.

Several factors determine the costs: the volume of your furniture, the distance covered (from €3.95/km) and the floor of your flat. If there is no lift, the effort increases. For a smooth process we also recommend a parking restriction zone, while furniture assembly and a part load can be booked as options.

We plan moves from Berlin (Stromstraße 21) for private and business customers. The locations overview lists places with their own pages, and details on long routes are under long-distance moves. We also plan moves in the opposite direction, to Berlin, with a survey and a fixed price.

In its online service "Verkehr", the City of Neubrandenburg lists the approval of a parking restriction under § 45 (1) to (3) of the Road Traffic Regulations (StVO). It is explicitly intended for cases in which parking spaces have to be kept clear temporarily because of a furniture move or delivery traffic. You submit the application via an online form from the city. According to the city's website, the required documents must be attached to every application, and a fee is charged for processing. The page states neither the amount nor a fixed application deadline; so make enquiries early.

Legal background: under § 45 StVO, the road traffic authorities decide where traffic signs are to be put up. So the signs are ordered by the authority.

Questions are answered by the Public Order, Traffic and Trade department at Friedrich-Engels-Ring 53 ([email protected], secretariat 0395 555-2269). Office hours according to the city: Mondays 9 am to 12 noon, Tuesdays 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 6 pm, Thursdays 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm; closed on Wednesdays and Fridays.

According to the city, its P15 ticket allows a 15-minute stop in public parking areas in the city centre. Signposted no-parking areas are excluded. It therefore does not replace a parking restriction zone for a move. How we organise parking restrictions is explained on our page on the parking restriction zone.

The city's citizens' office (Bürgerbüro) is at Friedrich-Engels-Ring 53, 17033 Neubrandenburg (telephone 0395 555-1111). According to the city, consultations are by appointment only. Appointments can be booked up to 30 days in advance or from 8 am on the day itself. It is open on Mondays and Thursdays from 8 am to 4 pm, on Tuesdays from 8 am to 6 pm and on Fridays from 8 am to 12 noon; the office is closed on Wednesdays.

• Registration for people moving in from elsewhere and change of address for a move within Neubrandenburg are listed by the city as separate services.
• Online: according to the city, registering your residence is possible via an online service, free of charge and without visiting an office.
• Deadline: under § 17 of the Federal Registration Act (BMG), you must register within two weeks of moving in. Under § 19, the landlord confirmation (Wohnungsgeberbestätigung) must be issued within the same period.

Before moving day, it is worth looking at the city's "Aktuelle Baumaßnahmen" (current roadworks) page, where full closures and diversions are published. Check it shortly beforehand for the lorry's approach. More about registration deadlines can be found in the article Re-registering after a move: deadlines; what we offer for moves within the city is described under Moving company Neubrandenburg.