Burgenlandkreis: housing benefit office (Wohngeldstelle)

Burgenlandkreis is made up of 33 towns and municipalities. Sachsen-Anhalt has 33 housing benefit offices: the districts, the independent cities and larger towns. Your local council can tell you which office is responsible for where you live. The table shows, for each municipality, the office that is usually responsible and the rent level (Mietenstufe).

Land Sachsen-Anhalt: Wohngeld – address, opening hours and online application. All housing benefit offices in Sachsen-Anhalt offer the online first application.

Municipality	Usually responsible	Rent level 2026	from 2027 (draft)
An der Poststraße	Stadtverwaltung An der Poststraße or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Bad Bibra, Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Bad Bibra or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Balgstädt	Stadtverwaltung Balgstädt or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Droyßig	Stadtverwaltung Droyßig or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Eckartsberga, Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Eckartsberga or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Elsteraue	Stadtverwaltung Elsteraue or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Finne	Stadtverwaltung Finne or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Finneland	Stadtverwaltung Finneland or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Freyburg (Unstrut), Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Freyburg or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Gleina	Stadtverwaltung Gleina or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Goseck	Stadtverwaltung Goseck or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Gutenborn	Stadtverwaltung Gutenborn or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Hohenmölsen, Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Hohenmölsen or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Kaiserpfalz	Stadtverwaltung Kaiserpfalz or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Karsdorf	Stadtverwaltung Karsdorf or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Kretzschau	Stadtverwaltung Kretzschau or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Lanitz-Hassel-Tal	Stadtverwaltung Lanitz-Hassel-Tal or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Laucha an der Unstrut, Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Laucha an der Unstrut or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Lützen, Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Lützen or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Meineweh	Stadtverwaltung Meineweh or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Mertendorf	Stadtverwaltung Mertendorf or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Molauer Land	Stadtverwaltung Molauer Land or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Naumburg (Saale), Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Naumburg or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	III	II
Nebra (Unstrut), Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Nebra or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Osterfeld, Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Osterfeld or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Schnaudertal	Stadtverwaltung Schnaudertal or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Schönburg	Stadtverwaltung Schönburg or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Stößen, Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Stößen or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Teuchern, Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Teuchern or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Weißenfels, Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Weißenfels or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	III	I
Wethau	Stadtverwaltung Wethau or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Wetterzeube	Stadtverwaltung Wetterzeube or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I
Zeitz, Stadt	Stadtverwaltung Zeitz or Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis – please check with your local council	II	I

Applying for housing benefit: Burgenlandkreis

The application is free of charge. You apply in writing using the official Sachsen-Anhalt form or, where available, online. Housing benefit is paid from the month in which the office receives your application. Application form for Sachsen-Anhalt · Which documents do I need?

How much housing benefit could your household get? Calculate now – or fill in the form with our assistant. Your housing benefit office makes the decision.

Which office is responsible: general rule under state law, given without guarantee; what counts is the information from your local council. Rent levels: Anlage zu § 1 Abs. 3 WoGV; from 2027, BT-Drs. 21/8284 (draft). Municipality directory © Destatis, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung 2.0.