The thick pile can cost you a hefty chunk of money…
Every dog owner knows the situation: you take your four-legged friend for a walk, he arches his back and goes about his business. But masters (or mistresses) don’t always have the right bag with them. The heap remains.
Residents, cities and municipalities have long had this stink. Because: You then have to take care of the disposal of the legacies in the name of the clean cause. That’s why the municipalities have been collecting hefty fines from dog owners for years if they are caught deliberately overlooking the potential land mines.
The information portal Fraudstest.com has now analyzed exclusively for BILD in which cities dog owners are left with a particularly large pile of fines.
For the analysis, the respective fines for Dog excrement queried in the 30 largest German cities. Not all cities were able to issue a binding document, including Bremen, Hanover, Wuppertal, Bielefeld, Bonn, Münster, Mönchengladbach and Kiel.
Basically have to dog owner pay between five and a thousand (!) euros if you don’t dispose of your dog’s legacies and simply leave them lying by the side of the road. On average, 48.30 euros are due.
You have to plan at least that much
There are minimum and maximum amounts for the fines imposed by the regulatory authorities. The reason: “First offenders” often get away with a financial slap on the wrist.
But not everywhere! Wiesbaden is the leader when it comes to the minimum fines: At least 100 euros are due for a bunch of fines. In Stuttgart, Munich and Düsseldorf it is 75 euros per mine.
It is comparatively cheap in the direct vicinity of Wiesbaden. In the best-case scenario, dog owners in Frankfurt am Main only have to shell out five euros. The same applies to Essen (NRW).
| City | Minimum fine amount |
|---|---|
| Wiesbaden | 100 Euro |
| Mannheim | 75 Euro |
| München | 75 Euro |
| Düsseldorf | 75 Euro |
| Stuttgart | 75 Euro |
| Gelsenkirchen | 55 Euro |
| Aachen | 55 Euro |
| Duisburg | 55 Euro |
| Augsburg | 50 Euro |
| Braunschweig | 50 Euro |
| Dortmund | 50 Euro |
| Karlsruhe | 50 Euro |
| Köln | 45 Euro |
| Nuremberg | 35 Euro |
| Berlin | 35 Euro |
| Bochum | 35 Euro |
| Hamburg | 35 Euro |
| Leipzig | 35 Euro |
| Chemnitz | 20 Euro |
| Essen | 5 Euro |
| Frankfurt/Main | 5 Euro |
| Dresden | – |
That’s the maximum cost of the heap left behind
If you get caught repeatedly, you’re in the right shit. Although Frankfurters usually only have to pay five euros for the first offense, repeat offenders can be fined with up to 1000 euros. So much threatens in the Saxon state capital Dresden.
Nurembergers get off comparatively cheaply. You will be asked to pay a maximum of 55 euros.
| City | Maximum amount of the fine |
|---|---|
| Frankfurt/Main | 1000 Euro |
| Dresden | 1000 Euro |
| Köln | 500 Euro |
| Essen | 500 Euro |
| Mannheim | 250 Euro |
| Hamburg | 200 Euro |
| Chemnitz | 200 Euro |
| Wiesbaden | 150 Euro |
| Karlsruhe | 150 Euro |
| Nuremberg | 55 Euro |
| München | – |
| Düsseldorf | – |
| Stuttgart | – |
| Gelsenkirchen | – |
| Aachen | – |
| Duisburg | – |
| Augsburg | – |
| Braunschweig | – |
| Dortmund | – |
| Berlin | – |
