

But the border from taking a break to camping is quite vague. T aking a break is permitted in Germany, as is protection from the weather.

Please leave the place the way you would like it to have been when you got there. So don't try to stay in one place too long.Įnvironmental pollution is one of the reasons wild camping is forbidden in Germany. The longer you stay at a pitch, the more likely you are to be caught by someone. The later you set up your camp, and the sooner you leave, the less chance there is of being discovered by other people.Īlone or in a small group, you make little noise, but the more people you camp with, the louder it gets, and the faster you attract attention. Fire-related offenses often result in high penalties and claims for damages. Camping in a planted canola field can, for example, be damage to property and obligate you to pay compensation!Īrson is the deliberate or negligent (illicit) setting on fire of an object not intended for this purpose. With a cornfield or an ornamental meadow, however, it is different. When setting up a tent on a meadow or in the forest for a short time, there is usually no damage. In any case, the following applies: the perpetrator must compensate for or remedy the damage. Only intentional damage to property is punishable. The owner can then ask you to go and dispose of any existing rubbish or replace any damage. Who only tents on an undefined meadow of a farmer does not commit trespass (unless he is asked to leave and does not do so). Pacified property is a recognizably demarcated area (in case of doubt: meadows protected by hedges, fences, walls or more). Who deliberately penetrates against the will of the entitled one into his satisfied possessions commits the trespass.
