Lkw-Fahrverbot · Germany · Calendar 2026

Lkw-Fahrverbote (truck driving bans) Germany 2026

Every Sunday and on the public holidays under StVO § 30 Abs. 4 (German Road Traffic Regulations) from 00:00 to 22:00; plus the Saturdays in July and August on the routes of the Ferienreiseverordnung (Holiday Travel Ordinance).

Translation This page is a translation. The official German text is binding: StVO § 30. All times are local time in Austria and Germany (CET/CEST). German version of this page →

Public holidays and route-specific driving bans 2026

apart from the usual Saturdays and Sundays

Lkw-Fahrverbote Germany 2026
When	What	Time	Where	Legal basis
Thu 01/01	New Year’s Day: nationwide public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	nationwide	StVO § 30
Fri 03/04	Good Friday: nationwide public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	nationwide	StVO § 30
Mon 06/04	Easter Monday: nationwide public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	nationwide	StVO § 30
Fri 01/05	Labour Day: nationwide public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	nationwide	StVO § 30
Thu 14/05	Ascension Day: nationwide public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	nationwide	StVO § 30
Mon 25/05	Whit Monday: nationwide public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	nationwide	StVO § 30
Thu 04/06	Corpus Christi: public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	only in Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland	StVO § 30
Sat 04/07 – Sat 29/08	Holiday traffic: every Saturday (9 Saturdays)	07:00–20:00	only on the routes of the Ferienreiseverordnung (Holiday Travel Ordinance)	FerReiseV § 1
Sat 03/10	Day of German Unity: nationwide public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	nationwide	StVO § 30
Sat 31/10	Reformation Day: public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	only in Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thüringen	StVO § 30
Sun 01/11	All Saints’ Day: public holiday driving ban (falls on a Sunday)	00:00–22:00	only in Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland	StVO § 30
Fri 25/12	Christmas Day (1st day of Christmas): nationwide public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	nationwide	StVO § 30
Sat 26/12	St Stephen’s Day (2nd day of Christmas): nationwide public holiday driving ban	00:00–22:00	nationwide	StVO § 30

Exceptions (selection)

Combined rail–road freight transport up to 200 km to or from the nearest suitable railway station; port–road up to 150 km (Nr. 1, 1a).
Fresh milk and dairy products, fresh meat and meat products, fresh and live fish, perishable fruit and vegetables (Nr. 2).
Certain animal by-products (Nr. 3), live bees (Nr. 5), recovery, towing and breakdown assistance after an accident or emergency (Nr. 4), the related empty journeys (Nr. 6).
Vehicles under the Bundesleistungsgesetz (Federal Requisitioning Act), the Bundeswehr and allied forces for military needs (Nr. 7–9).

Full list in StVO § 30 Abs. 3. Exemption permits issued by the federal states are not shown here.

Source and status

Source StVO § 30 Abs. 3 und 4 (Sonn- und Feiertagsfahrverbot) · gesetze-im-internet.de (nichtamtliche Fassung) · last amended by Art. 4 V v. 30.1.2026 · accessed 05/10/2026 · checked on 06/10/2026

Source Ferienreiseverordnung § 1 (Samstagsfahrverbot im Juli und August) · gesetze-im-internet.de (nichtamtliche Fassung) · last amended by Art. 1 V v. 17.6.2026 · accessed 05/10/2026 · checked on 06/10/2026

Calculated each time the page is opened, Vienna local time. Reproductions of legal texts are unofficial; the official promulgation is authoritative.