Municipal Office
The seat of the administration of a municipality / locality is called the municipal office , in larger towns or cities in Austria and Germany also the town hall . In Switzerland, the term municipality or city administration is common. Cantonal municipal offices are subordinate to the municipalities. There are regional differences in the designation. The term community center is also used in Switzerland . The municipal office is the seat of the mayor or the mayor .
Austria
In cities, the designation is Stadtamt or Magistrat . The building itself is often referred to as the town hall in larger municipalities as well as in cities. In communities that consist of several districts or cadastral communities , the municipal office is usually located in the main town . In order to give the population in the other parts of the village easy access to the local administration, branch offices can also be set up.
Switzerland
In Switzerland, the municipal office (in contrast to the municipality or city administration) is a contact point for organizational and financial matters between the cantons and the municipalities. The municipal office is responsible for financial equalization and offers budget and auditing services . The cantonal civil status and naturalization tasks are also the responsibility of the municipal office. After the district councils, it is the supervisory body in the second distance in organization, budget management, accounting and handling of the guardianship system in the municipalities. The term community center is also used regionally .
Ecclesiastical
The seat of the church administration in the parish is also occasionally referred to as the parish office ; the name parish center or parish hall is more common here .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal Office. In: Digital dictionary of the German language . Retrieved August 30, 2019
- ↑ Municipal office at Wortschatz Uni Leipzig ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 29, 2012
- ↑ Municipal Office in Saxony, accessed on January 29, 2012
- ^ Municipal Office in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, accessed on January 29, 2012
