house of the family

General Information

The family home in Burghausen is a place for the whole city family. The Haus der Familie was founded on the initiative of family advisor Doris Graf in 2009. In September 2021, the municipal facility moved to the heart of Burghauser Neustadt, between Bürgerplatz and Stadtpark.

The Haus der Familie serves as a social signpost for the citizens, it is an open meeting place for young and old and offers enough space for all people who want to get involved as part of the city family and exchange ideas with others. In addition, children and young people, Burghausen parents, adults, senior citizens and new residents will find a variety of options, leisure activities and advice here.

The Bürgerinsel eV is an important partner in the family home. The association is the central point of contact, advice and mediation for all citizens in Burghausen who are looking for advice and help. The Bürgerinsel also promotes volunteer work, neighborly cooperation and a senior-friendly environment.

The German Child Protection Association District Association Burghausen-Altötting eV has its office in the family home. Children, young people and parents will always find an open ear and support here. The Child Protection Association runs the “Kunterbunt” mini-daycare center in the family home. The new day-care center offers space for twelve children between the ages of two and six and is the first day-care center of its kind in the district of Altötting.

The advice and educational offerings of the city of Burghausen, which citizens can find in the Burghausen Family House, is extremely varied. It includes

• Mayor's Office Hours
• Family department of the city of Burghausen
• Pension advice from the Burghauser social welfare office
• Consultation hours of the Burghauser social officer
• Consultation hours of the Burghauser Integration Advisory Board
• Consultation hours of the Burghauser Disability Officer
• Early musical education at the music school in Burghausen
• Reading bear of the Burghausen City Library
• "Restl-Festl" cooking with the FÖJlerin from the Burghausen environmental office

The in-house counseling, educational and leisure time offers of the family house include

• Kita place requirement registration online
• Social guide and information from the information center in the family home
• support for citizen participation
• Use of space (also for supervised use)
• Exhibitions in the foyer
• Co-working space for collaborative work
• German workshop: free German courses and conversation meeting
• literacy meeting
• Lecture Series "Questions of Life"
• Ukraine Helper Group Burghausen
• Social projects for low-income Burghausen citizens
• "Burghauser children's calendar"
• Children's birthday parties in the Kindernest/Bürgerhaus
• Toy rental by the city of Burghausen
• Cooking together
• Collection point for stamps and empty ink cartridges

In addition, the family home is home to numerous organizations that offer a wide range of services:

• Bürgerinsel eV
• Child Protection Association
• Mini day care center "Kunterbunt"
• BRK integration and migration advice for refugees
• BRK integration guide and volunteer coordinator
• Debt counseling by the Diakonie
• Counseling for people with acquired brain damage and their relatives, Netzwerk 18
• Pregnancy counseling Donum Vitae eV
• Parental advice and baby massage KoKi network early childhood, district office Altötting
• Offers on baby food, Office of Nutrition
• Child care in the Kindernest, Caritas
• Parent talk of the BRK social workshop
• Parent-child group, AWO social educational service
• Chill out – group for children from families with addiction problems, AWO/addiction outpatient clinic
• music garden
• Rainbow painting school, guitar lessons, Russian language course, women's breakfast, yoga for women, international club
• Hungarian language courses for children and young people, Hungarian Institute
• Arabic language course for children and teenagers
• Reading hour of the asylum helper group
• Children's meeting with Beate Englisch
• Movement courses: Yoga, Feldenkrais, back school
• Depression support group

The Haus der Familie thus fulfills its core function as the central meeting point of the city of Burghausen: fun, education and advice for everyone in the city. Burghausen's family adviser Doris Graf is happy about "the cooperation of the many facilities that use the family home. About the positive cooperation between the organizations and associations and the resulting synergy effects” – for families in Burghausen, senior citizens, for people with disabilities and for children and young people.