Welcome to the website of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Hannover Medical School and the Oldenburg branch.

Forensic medicine is the medical-forensic science in the service of people and the truth.
Our tasks include the investigation and assessment of unexplained deaths, bodily injuries to the living, medical treatment errors, poisoning, family relationships and biological traces.

A detailed description of our tasks can be found in our list of services. The standard-compliant activities (accredited area) can be found in the document "Annex to the certificate". If you cannot find the information you require on these pages, please do not hesitate to contact us by telephone or e-mail.

You can reach us by telephone from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 0511 532-4570 (Hanover) and 0441 97385-0 (Oldenburg).