Emergency Assistance

Emergency Calls

Fire service (24h)
Tel.: 112
Ambulance service (24h)
Tel.: 112
Police (24h)
Tel.: 110
Toxicology information / Tox. emergency centre (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 1805 / 044100
(12 cent /Min.)
Doctor on emergency call
Everyday 7pm - 7am
We + Fr 1pm - 7am
Sa / Su 7am - 7pm
Holidays 7am - 7pm
Tel.: +49 / 1805 / 044100
(12 cent /Min.)
Dentist on emergency
Daily 6pm - 8am
We 1pm - 8am
Tel.: +49 / 1805 / 986717
(12 cent/Min.)

Fault Report Offices

Power (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 186 - 11
Electrical emergencies (engineers)
Mo-Th 4.30pm - 8.00am
Fr 2.00pm - Mo 8.00am
Holidays 24h
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 320 08 - 88
Gas supplies (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 851 13-33
Water supplies (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 851 13-66
Waste water (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 851 13-99
Street lamps, traffic lights (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 88 66 766

Loss of EC / credit cards

EC card (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 69 - 74 09 87
American Express (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 69 - 97 97 10 00
Eurocard / Mastercard (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 69 - 79 33 19 10
Visa (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 130 - 81 49 10
EC and credit cards (general access refuse) (24h)
Tel. 116 116
www.sperr-ev.de

Further aid agencies

AIDS advice
Mo,Tu,Th,Fr 9.00am -1.00pm
Mo,Tu,Th 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 88 53 410
or +49 / 201 / 88 53 210
AIDS-Hilfe Essen e.V.
Mo,Tu,Th,Fr 9.00am -12.00pm
Tu 3.00pm - 7.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 1053700
+49 / 700 / 44533201
Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 87 00 10
www.asb-ruhr.org
Anti-Racism-Telephone
Mo - Fr 2.00pm - 7.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 23 20 60
http://www.antirassismus-telefon.de
Alcoholics Anonymous
Mo - Fr 6.00pm - 10.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 77 94 31
German Red Cross (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 8474-0
website
DGB - Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (German Trade Union Federation) Essen / Mülheim / Oberhausen
Mo - Th 8.00am - 4.30pm
Fr 8.00am - 3.00pm
Lunch 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 81 07 10
Distel e.V
Mo - Fr 9.00am - 3.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 776 777
website
DLRG (German Lifesavers)
irregular opening hrs, ansafone
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 78 41 68
Frauenhaus (Women's Refuge) Essen (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 66 86 86
Health telephone (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 1 80 / 553 77 36
Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe (St. John's Accident Service) (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 89 64 60
Child and youth emergency telephone
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 26 50 50
Kinderschutzbund (Association for the protection and welfare of children) (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 20 20 12
Obdachloseninitiative e.V. (Aid for the homeless)
Mo & Th 9.00am - 1.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 810 91 60
Self-assistance groups / Wiese e.V.
Mo,Tu,Fr 10.00am - 1.00pm
We 2.00pm - 7.00pm
Th 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 20 76 76
Telephone for those at risk from addiction (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 40 38 4
Samaritans / protestant (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 8 00 / 111 0 111
Samaritans / catholic (24h)
Tel.: + 49 / 8 00 / 111 0 222
Tierschutzverein e.V. (Animal protection society) (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 32 62 62
Consumer Advice Centre Essen
Mo + We 9.00am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Tu by arrangement
Th 11.00am -1.00pm and 2.00pm - 8.00pm
Fr. 9.00am - 2.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 225320
(Mo + We 9.00am - 11.00am
and 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Th 11.00am - 1.00pm
and 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Fr. 9.00am - 11.00am)
Branch Düsseldorf
Verein Schuldnerhilfe (Advice for people in debt)
Mo - Fr 9.00am - 12.00pm
Mo, We 2.00pm- 4.00pm
Tu 2.00pm -3.00pm
Th 2.00pm -5.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 82 72 60
Weißer Ring (Advice for victims of crime)
Ansafone, calls are returned
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 67 31 05

Hospitals

Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus

Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus Rüttenscheid
Alfried-Krupp-Str. 21

Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus Steele
Hellweg 100


Tel.: +49 / 201 / 434-1


Tel.: +49 / 201 / 805-0
further information
Elisabeth-Krankenhaus
Klara-Kopp-Weg 1
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 897-0
further information
Fachklinik Kamillushaus
Heidhauser Str. 273
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 84 06-0
further information
Fachklinik Rhein-Ruhr
Auf der Rötsch 2
Tel.: +49 / 2054 / 88-0
further information
Katholische Kliniken Essen-Nord-West

Marienhospital Altenessen
Hospitalst. 24

St. Vincenz Krankenhaus
Von-Bergmann-Str. 2

Philippusstift Katholisches Krankenhaus
Hülsmannstr. 17


Tel.: +49 / 201 / 6400-1310

Tel.: +49 / 201 / 6400-1340

Tel.: +49 / 201 / 6400-1370
further information
Katholische Klinken Ruhrhalbinsel

St. Josef Krankenhaus
Heidbergweg 22


Tel.: +49 / 201 / 455-0
further information
Klinik Essen-Mitte

Ev. Huyssens-Stiftung
Henricistr. 92

Knappschaftskrankenhaus
Am Deimelsberg 34 a


Tel.: +49 / 201 / 174-0


Tel.: +49 / 201 / 805-3
further information
Kliniken Essen-Süd

Katholisches Krankenhaus St. Josef
Propsteistr. 2

Evangelisches Krankenhaus Essen-Werden
Pattbergstr. 1-3


Tel.: +49 / 201 / 174-0


Tell.: +49 / 201 / 805-3
further information
LVR Klinikum
Virchowstraße 174
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 7227-0
further information
Ruhrlandklinik Essen-Heidhausen
Tüschener Weg 40
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 433-01
further information
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Hufelandstraße 55
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 723-0
further information

Other

ADAC - Breakdown assistance (24h)
Tel.: +49 / 1 80 / 2 22 22 22
ADAC - Traffic service (24h)
Tel.: 0 11 69
Lost property office / Public Order Office
Mo,Tu,Th 8.30am - 12.30pm, 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Fr 8.30am-12.30pm, 1.30pm- 2.30pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 88 32 107
Lost property office / EVAG
Mo - Fr 8.00am-7.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 826 23 50
Lost property office / Deutsche Bahn
Mo - Fr 8.00am-4.00pm
Tel.:+49 /201 / 182 43 64
Environment telephone
Mo - Fr 8.30am - 12.00pm
Mo - Th 2.00pm -3.00pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 88 59 999
Environment-related medical advice
Mo - Th 8.30am - 12.30pm, 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Fr 8.30am - 12.30pm
Tel.: +49 / 201 / 88 53 414