Display of a public event

If you wish to hold a public event, you must notify the responsible municipality, administrative association, or designated municipality in writing at least one week in advance. For regularly recurring public events of the same nature, a single notification is sufficient.

You need a permit in the following cases:

• the required written notice was not submitted by the deadline—at least one week before the event—
• the event is a motorsports event, or
• the event takes place at facilities not designated for that purpose and more than 1,000 visitors are expected to be admitted at the same time.

Please note that your event notification to the municipality, administrative association, or designated municipality does not replace any necessary notifications or permits required by other authorities.

The advertisement shall contain at least the following information:

• Type, place and time of the event
• Number of expected participants

A fee is charged for the issuance of a decision or a permit.

The amount of the administrative fees is determined in accordance with the Thuringian General Administrative Cost Regulation (ThürAllgVwKostO) and may vary on a case-by-case basis.

The public event must be notified in writing at least one week in advance.

Please find out whether the responsible municipality has stipulated any special regulations in a regulatory ordinance or municipal bylaws.

Objection; action before the competent administrative court; application for interim relief

Form: yes

Online procedure: possible

Written form required: yes

The notification or approval of a public event does not replace further required notifications or approvals of other specialized laws, for example:

• traffic regulations according to the German Road Traffic Act (StVO)
• permits under road law in accordance with the Thuringian Road Act
• Reduction of closing times in accordance with the Thuringian Restaurant Act
• special permits according to the Thuringian Sunday and Public Holiday Act
• according to the law for the protection of minors;
• Registration with GEMA
• according to the trade regulations - GewO
• according to the Thuringian Fire and Disaster Protection Act (for example, in the case of traditional fires)

In individual cases, the responsible authorities may issue orders regarding the event, impose conditions or prohibit the event in order to avert danger.

The locally responsible municipality, administrative community or fulfilling municipality and, in the case of a motor sport event, the locally responsible district office.

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Thüringer Ministerium für Inneres und Kommunales

24.06.2022

The event notification must be submitted to the municipality or city council on whose municipal territory your event is to take place. If necessary, the responsibility also lies with an administrative community or a fulfilling municipality. Please enquire about this with the locally responsible municipality.

If you would like to hold a motor sport event, please also contact the responsible district office after notifying the municipality in order to apply for the necessary permit there. A separate permit application is only not required if you want to hold the motorsport event on the territory of an independent city.