Which pension office is responsible for me?
In 2007, for example, the entire pension offices in North Rhine-Westphalia were dissolved and divided up among different municipalities, so that the injured party is always taken care of. Read here which pension office is responsible for you.
The pension office and how it came about
- In the early years, the task of the pension offices was to compensate the numerous war victims. Thousands of injured victims came from the Franco-German war alone and wanted to be compensated by the state. As a result, a law on compensation for war victims was passed in 1871, and the pension offices were able to start their work.
- The number of victims rose considerably as a result of the First World War, whereupon in 1920 the Reichsversorgungsgesetz was enacted to compensate and compensate the victims in various ways to help. The pension office was born and could start its work. The Second World War came and with it thousands more new victims, whereupon the Federal Supply Act with the state's own regulations was passed in 1950. The responsibility of each pension office was now officially a matter for the state.
Which pension office is responsible?
- The Wuppertal pension office was decisive for North Rhine-Westphalia until 2007, but then responsibility was divided up between the various municipalities by the state government. In Thuringia, too, the area of ​​responsibility has been transferred to municipalities, while in the other federal states the respective state and district offices are responsible. So if you want to get in touch with the pension office, you should definitely contact your local city administration. This will not only tell you the appropriate office, but will also issue you with ID cards about your disability if you submit an official letter from the pension office.
- The conversion of the pension office to the communal facilities was quite controversial, because the opposition saw great difficulties for the communes. The districts and urban districts were responsible for the parental allowance and the tasks according to the Disabled Persons Act. So if you want information and help in matters of severe disability, you have to contact an independent city contact the city administration and for the districts to the respective district administration, but here, too, the city administrations offer Assistance.
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