At the beginning of October, the federal states had decided on an accommodation ban for holidaymakers from domestic areas with high numbers of corona infections – however, massive criticism followed, and some federal states had already overturned the ban. The proposal was due to be discussed again on October 14, but there was no agreement. Conclusion: The topic was postponed to November 8th, until then the patchwork of the ban on accommodation remains. The German Tourism Association (DRV) expressed disappointment: “It is a bitter setback for Germany as a travel destination that the bans on accommodation in many federal states initially continue to exist,” said Managing Director Norbert Kunz, including among others WORLD reported.
More than every second municipality in Germany has now been declared a risk area. According to the Robert Koch Institute, 251 of 412 rural and urban districts have exceeded the critical limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days. 91 municipalities are above an incidence of 100, eight municipalities even have a value of over 200.
Bayern: Rottal-Inn (260.1), Berchtesgadener Land (237), Weiden id OPf. (205.9)
The only federal state without risk areas is Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The corona risk areas in Germany:
Corona risk area in Baden-Württemberg: Alb Donau district, Baden-Baden, Böblingen district, Calw district, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Emmendingen district, Enzkreis, Esslingen district, Freiburg, Freudenstadt district, Göppingen district, Heidenheim district, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Heilbronn district, Hohenlohekreis, Karlsruhe district, Lindau district, Ludwigsburg district, Lörrach district, Mannheim, Main-Tauber district, Main-Tauber district, Neckar-Odenwald district, Ortenaukreis, Ostalbkreis, Pforzheim, Rastatt district, Rottweil district, Reutlingen district, Rhine-Neckar district, Rems-Murr district, Rottweil district, Schwäbisch Hall district, Schwarzwald-Baar district, Tuttlingen district, Tübingen district, Stuttgart, Ulm
Corona-Risikogebiet in Bayern: Aschaffenburg, district of Aschaffenburg, district of Aichach-Friedberg, district of Ansbach, Augsburg, district of Augsburg, district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, district of Berchtesgadener Land, Bayreuth, district of Bayreuth, district of Cham, Coburg, district of Coburg, district of Dachau, district of Donau-Ries, district Ebersberg, Eichstätt district, Erding district, Forchheim district, Fürstenfeldbruck district, Fürth, Fürth district, Freising district, Günzburg district, Haßberge district, Hof district, Ingolstadt, Kaufbeuren, Kempten, Kitzingen district, Kronach district, Landsberg am Lech district, Landshut district , Lichtenfels district, Memmingen, Miltenberg district, Miesbach district, Mühldorf am Inn district, Munich, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate district, Neustadt ad Waldnaab district, Neu-Ulm district, Nuremberg, Nürnberger Land, Neckar-Odenwald district , Oberallgäu district, Ostallgäu district, Passau, Passau district, Pfaffenhof district en an der Ilm, Regen district, Regensburg, Regensburg district, Rosenheim, Rosenheim district, Rottal-Inn district, Starnberg district, Schwandorf district, Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt district, Straubing, Straubing-Bogen district, Tirschenreuth district, Weiden in the Upper Palatinate, Weilheim-Schongau district, Unterallgäu, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, Wunsiedel i. Fichtel Mountains, Würzburg, Würzburg district
Corona risk areas in Berlin: All of Berlin
Corona risk area in Brandenburg: Cottbus, Brandenburg an der Havel, Elbe-Elster district, Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
Corona risk area in Bremen: All of Bremen
Corona risk areas in Hamburg: All of Hamburg
Corona risk areas in Hessen: Bergstrasse district, Darmstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg district, Lahn-Dill district, Frankfurt am Main, Fulda district, Gießen district, Groß Gerau district, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district, Hochtaunuskreis, Kassel, Kassel district, Lahn-Dill district, Limburg district -Weilburg, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Marburg-Biedenkopf District, Odenwaldkreis, Offenbach, Offenbach District, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Vogelbergskreis, Waldeck- Frankenberg, Wetteraukreis, Wiesbaden
Corona risk areas in Lower Saxony: District of Cloppenburg, Delmenhorst, District of Diepholz, District of Emsland, District of Grafschaft-Bentheim, District of Hildesheim, District of Oldenburg, Osnabrück, District of Osnabrück, District of Osterholz, District of Schaumburg, District of Vechta, District of Verden
Corona risk areas in North Rhine-Westphalia: City region Aachen, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Bottrop, Borken district, Coesfeld district, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düren district, Düsseldorf, Ennepe-Ruhr district, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Gütersloh district, Hagen, Hamm, Herford district, Herne, Hochsauerland district, Höxter district, Kleve district, Cologne, Krefeld, Leverkusen, Lippe district, Mettmann district, Märkischer Kreis, Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Mönchengladbach, Münster, Oberbergischer Kreis, Oberhausen, Olpe district, Recklinghausen district, Remscheid, Rhein-Erft district, Rhine Neuss district, Rhein-Sieg district, Rheinisch-Bergischer district, Siegen-Wittgenstein district, Solingen, Steinfurt district, Unna district, Warendorf district, Wesel district, Wuppertal
Corona risk areas in Rhineland Palatinate: Ahrweiler district, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Mainz, Birkenfeld district, Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Cochem-Zell district, Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm, Germersheim district, Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern district, Koblenz, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen district, Neuwied district , Rhein-Hunsrück district, Südliche-Weinstrasse district, Südwestpfalz district, Trier, Trier-Saarburg district, Vulkaneifel district, Westerwaldkreis, Worms
Corona risk areas in Saarland: Merzig Wadern district, Neunkirchen district, Saarbrücken regional association, Saarlouis district, Saarpfalz district, St. Wendel district
Corona risk areas in Saxony: District of Bautzen, Chemnitz, Dresden, Ore Mountains District, District of Görlitz, District of North Saxony, District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains, Vogtland District, District of Zwickau
Corona risk areas in Saxony-Anhalt: Burgenlandkreis, District of Jerichower Land
Corona risk areas in Schleswig-Holstein: District of Dithmarschen, District of Pinneberg
Corona risk areas in Thuringia: Altenburger Land, Eichsfeld district, Erfurt, Jena, Saale-Holzland district, Sömmerda district, Unstrut-Hainich district
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The ban on accommodation actually applies nationwide – however, in addition to Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bremen, Thuringia and Berlin did not participate from the start. The ban also expired on October 16 in Bavaria and on October 19 in Hesse. Baden-Württemberg, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Thuringia, Saarland, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony have already overturned the ban on accommodation.
Only in two federal states are overnight stays in hotels for people from corona risk areas only possible if they can show a negative corona test: Hamburg and Saxony-Anhalt. The test cannot be older than 48 hours. The regulation does not apply to visits to relatives or friends.
The Constitutional Court has overturned the ban on accommodation in Baden-Würteemberg.
The controversial ban on accommodation was overturned last Friday (October 16).
After the entire city had exceeded the critical seven-day incidence of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, all of Berlin is considered a risk area. However, the state itself is against a ban on overnight stays for guests from domestic risk areas. The governing mayor Michael Müller spoke out publicly against such a ban.
The Berlin administrative court has loudly announced the curfew in the capital decided by the Senate because of the corona pandemic IMAGE tipped on Friday (October 16). Accordingly, there are now eleven Berlin bars that had previously submitted an urgent application against the curfew, allowed to be open after 11 p.m.
The ban on accommodation no longer applies in Brandenburg either, the Higher Administrative Court decided after two urgent applications in Berlin-Brandenburg, such as the “daily News“Reported.
The general ban on Corona accommodation does not apply in Bremen. People from risk areas within Germany are also allowed to stay in hotels here.
Overnight guests must confirm in writing that they have not stayed in a domestic risk area in the previous 14 days. Guests from such areas can stay overnight if they present a negative test result, which must not be older than 48 hours. In the event of violations, the owners of accommodation establishments face a fine of 500 to 1000 euros.
In Hamburg there is also a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., and alcoholic beverages cannot be sold during this period.
Travelers from domestic risk areas are allowed to spend the night in Hessen without having to show a negative Corona test.
After two urgent applications from hotel companies, the ban on accommodation in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was overturned by the court.
Entry within Germany is not restricted. There are also no quarantine requirements for German risk areas.
The general ban on overnight stays for guests from domestic risk areas was declared illegal on Thursday (October 15) by the Lower Saxony Higher Administrative Court with immediate effect.
For the time being, there are no accommodation bans for holidaymakers from inner-German corona hotspots. NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) spoke out publicly against such a regulation. For this, however, travelers should note the curfew, which applies in NRW from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
The ban on accommodation no longer applies in Rhainland-Palatinate.
Travelers from risk areas who want to spend the night in Saarland no longer have to show a negative corona test.
No quarantine is currently being ordered for travelers from domestic risk areas. From Saturday, October 17th, the ban on accommodation no longer applies here.
Travelers from risk areas are not allowed to spend the night in hotels etc. in Saxony-Anhalt for tourist purposes. However, if the guest can present a negative corona test, entry is permitted.
In Schleswig-Holstein, the ban on accommodation has been repealed.
In Thuringia there are currently no restrictions for domestic German travelers.
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