Erlaubnisse für übermäßige Straßennutzung - Ausnahmegenehmigung für Rennen oder Volkswanderungen auf öffentlichen Straßen beantragen

If you want to conduct road races or popular walks, then you must apply for permission for this in advance.

The respective responsible road traffic authorities can issue permits for excessive road use according to § 29 StVO within the framework of the General Administrative Regulation for the StVO.
This legal basis stipulates a permit requirement for events that use the road more than is customary and for vehicles that exceed the generally permissible limits set by law.

• Completed application with route map and route description,
• maps,
• proof of insurance,
• Route acceptance report/route appraisal,
• Declaration on the Federal Highway Act

The costs for the procedure are calculated according to the currently valid schedule of fees for road traffic measures (GebOSt) and are variable depending on the scope of services provided by the authority (Geb.Nr. 263 - 10.20 EUR to 2301.00 EUR).

The application is to be submitted in writing or online with the above-mentioned attachments to the responsible licensing authority. The authority will then hear all public interest groups and, after evaluating the comments, decide on the possibility of granting the desired exemption for races or public walks on public roads.

The application must be submitted at least 6 weeks before the start of the event.

The hearing period is 14 days.

• Anyone wishing to hold races on public roads requires a permit in accordance with § 29 Para. 2 StVO (permits for excessive road use).
• Point of contact: The respective responsible road traffic authorities.

To the road traffic authority in whose territory the event originates, but to the state administration office if the event extends to the territories of more than three road traffic authorities or the territory of another state.

If the event touches more than one country, the supreme state authority in whose country the event starts is responsible.

To be read in detail:

§ Section 44 (3) StVO (subject matter jurisdiction).

Permission according to § 29 paragraph 2 and according to § 30 paragraph 2 is granted by the road traffic authority, but by the higher administrative authority if the event extends beyond the district of a road traffic authority, and by the highest state authority if the event extends beyond the administrative district of a higher administrative authority. If the event affects more than one Land, the supreme Land authority in whose Land the event begins shall be responsible. In accordance with Land law, the responsibility of the supreme Land authorities and the higher administrative authorities may be transferred to another body in individual cases or in general.

§ Section 44 (1) StVO

The road traffic authorities shall be responsible for implementing this Ordinance (StVO), unless otherwise specified. In accordance with Land law, the responsibility of the supreme Land authorities and the higher administrative authorities may be transferred to another body in individual cases or in general.

§ Section 47(1) of the StVO (local competence)

The permits pursuant to Section 29 (2) and Section 30 (2) shall be issued for an event commencing abroad by the authority having subject-matter jurisdiction pursuant to Section 44 (3) in whose territory the border crossing point is located. This authority is also responsible if traffic otherwise subject to permission and licensing begins abroad. Permission in accordance with Section 29(3) shall be granted by the road traffic authority in whose district the traffic requiring permission begins, or by the road traffic authority in whose district the company carrying out the transport has its registered office or a branch office for which there is an obligation to be entered in the commercial, cooperative or partnership register. If the registered office is located abroad, the authority in whose district the permit is used for the first time is responsible.

§ Section 2 (4) of the Thuringian Ordinance on the Transfer of Authorizations and on Responsibilities in the Field of Road Traffic Law (StVRZustÜV).

The competent authority in accordance with Section 44 (3) of the Road Traffic Act for the granting of permits in accordance with Section 29 (2) of the Road Traffic Act is the road traffic authority named in Paragraph 3, Sentence 1, No. 2 in each case, in whose area the event has its starting point, but the State Administration Office if the event extends to the areas of more than three road traffic authorities or the area of another state.