Abbrennen eines Lagerfeuers/eines Brauchtumsfeuers (bspw. Osterfeuer) beantragen

Federal law and local statute law

§ Section 28 of the Closed Substance Cycle Waste Management Act (KrWG)

§ Section 4 (1) of the Waste Compost and Incineration Ordinance (AbfKompVbrV)

§ Section 7 (1) of the State Immission Control Act (LImschG)

§ Section 1 in conjunction with No. 2.4.2 Annex 2

§ Section 23 Forest Act of the State of Brandenburg (LWaldG)

Before you light a traditional bonfire (e.g. Easter bonfire) or a campfire, you must first obtain an exemption. Contact the regulatory authority in your municipality.

In principle, the burning and burning of materials outdoors is prohibited if this could endanger or cause a nuisance to the neighborhood or the general public. This also includes bonfires and traditional bonfires.

You must therefore obtain an exemption for a traditional bonfire (e.g. Easter bonfire) or a campfire before lighting it. The specific formal requirements for the application vary, so you should contact your municipality. You should wait to hear back from the authorities.

Only natural, dry wood such as logs, short branches and brushwood may be used for a campfire or traditional fire. Freshly cut wood is not suitable. Wood waste from painted wood or wood treated with wood preservatives, demolition wood contaminated with tar or roofing felt, plywood, chipboard etc. may also not be burned.

Plant waste from your household or garden (e.g. lawn cuttings and leaves, fresh tree and shrub cuttings) may also not be incinerated. This is because incineration is also waste disposal, which may only take place in appropriate and approved disposal facilities. Garden waste must be handed over to the public waste disposal authority if it cannot be composted in your own garden.

It is also not permitted to light or maintain a fire in a forest or at a distance of less than 50 meters from the edge of the forest.

It should also be noted that no long period of time should elapse between piling up the fuel and lighting it, as such piles are often used as shelter for animals (e.g. toads, hedgehogs). If this cannot be guaranteed, other measures (guarding, shifting before ignition, close inspection of the pile immediately before ignition) should be taken to ensure that living creatures are protected from burning.

If the requirements for an exception to the burning ban are met, the competent regulatory authority may grant an exception to the ban upon your request. However, there is no entitlement to an exemption from the burning ban.

Depending on the respective regulations of the municipality, please inquire there.

The bonfire or traditional bonfire must not endanger or cause a nuisance to the neighborhood or the general public. In addition, air pollution may only be expected for a short period of time.

Only natural, dry wood (e.g. logs, short branches and brushwood) may be used for the campfire or traditional bonfire. Treated wood (painted, varnished, etc.) may not be used. In addition, no household or garden waste may be burned.

An organizer must be appointed who is responsible for compliance with the regulations (e.g. fire safety, registration of the event). In addition, the fire must always be supervised.

Special regulations may apply in the vicinity of particularly fire-prone buildings (e.g. thatched houses), in forests or at a distance of less than 50 meters from the edge of the forest.

Please ask the local authority about the other requirements.

If the requirements are met, the competent regulatory authority may grant an exception to the ban upon your request. There is no entitlement to an exemption from the burning ban.

Framework fee from 10 - 77 Euro

As a rule, only an informal application is required to register a traditional bonfire/campfire. As this is handled differently in the municipalities, please enquire with your municipality about the formalities and the documents to be provided.

Depending on the respective regulations of the municipality, please inquire there.

The wood used for the fire must not contain any environmentally harmful components. Suitable wood is natural; as a rule of thumb, only use wood that can be chopped and used for mulching or composting.
Impregnated, varnished, painted or coated wood as well as chipboard, blockboard, glued wood etc. are not suitable.

Waste from households and gardens such as bulky waste, leaves, green waste or hazardous waste must also not be allowed to enter the fire.

Fire residues should be spread over a large area on suitable surfaces. They should not be left collected at the site of the fire, as they impair soil fertility in excess. In case of doubt, they should be disposed of via the waste disposal system. In any case, ask the local authority about the relevant regulations.

Objection in the event of a ban or non-granting of an exception

• Application to burn a campfire/exception to the ban on outdoor burning
• Only use natural and dry wood (not freshly cut, painted, treated with protective agents, impregnated, varnished, painted, coated wood, no chipboard, blockboard, glued wood or contaminated wood, etc.) Fresh tree and shrub cuttings, leaves and garden waste in general may not be used as fire material, as this constitutes illegal disposal of garden waste.
• better use than burning: Wood could also be chopped up and used for mulching or composting
• Wood fires that do not exceed one meter in diameter and height
  meters in diameter and height and where the flame height does not exceed one meter can be carried out under certain conditions without an official exemption from the ban on burning (namely if a danger or nuisance to the general public or the neighborhood can be ruled out).
• For the disposal of garden waste, waste regulations take precedence. Formalities for exempting the lighting of bonfires are governed by the respective municipal regulations
• Local regulatory authority

Your responsible municipality