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What may I do in Elmstein?

Parkthe vehicle, on the public road
YES, WITH LIMITS
the national rule · the local rule has not been read
Sleep insidewithout putting anything outside
NOT ON RECORD
no rule read
Camplevelling legs, awning, table
NOT ON RECORD
no rule read
5 km
this municipalityprotected areaneighbouring municipalities, in their own colour: they can be tapped
Why, and on what paper
UNVERIFIED
Elmstein has its own rule, which has been located, but its articles have not been extracted. No verdict is published without the text.

Which text each answer comes from

Park · yes, with limits
Strassenverkehrs-Ordnung (StVO) vom 6. Maerz 2013; Bussgeldkatalog-Verordnung (BKatV), Anlage (Bussgeldkatalog) § 12 Abs. 3a y Abs. 3b StVO (definicion de Parken en § 12 Abs. 2); BKatV Anlage lfd. Nr. 56 y 57 · verified on 2026-08-09
The area designated by by-law that has been read is in Eppingen, Stadt, about 76 km away. The nearest municipality with its own rule read is Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Stadt, about 17 km away.
The municipality, in figures

The municipality

Elmstein is a medium-sized municipality measuring 13 by 10 kilometres. With 2.418 inhabitants it is of medium density (32 per square kilometre). Within its boundaries there are 2 protected areas, including Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald. There, the rules on permitted uses are set by each area's own plan. It borders 30 municipalities, and the answer may change on crossing any of those lines.

Superficie76 km²
Population2.418
Densidad32 hab/km²
Area13 × 10 km
Costano, inland municipality
Protected areas2
Neighbouring municipalities30
This municipality touches: Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald, Pfälzerwald.
2 protected areas within
Elmstein touches 2 Natura 2000 sites.
  • Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald
  • Pfälzerwald
Inside them: in a Naturschutzgebiet the fine goes up to €2,500.
Calculated by intersecting the municipality's polygon with the 27,172 Natura 2000 sites of the European Environment Agency. The site covers part of the municipality.
All the layers that apply

Why — the layers that apply here

protected zone
2 areas: Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald · Pfälzerwald
Protected-area designation: the rule of the protected area applies here in addition to the municipal one, and it usually makes the penalty harsher.
country
Germany
Rule located, but its articles have not been verified: its content is not published until it has been read.
Neighbouring municipalities

Near here

Waldleiningen · national ruleunverifiedEsthal · national ruleunverifiedHainfeld · national ruleunverifiedWeidenthal · national ruleunverifiedHochspeyer · national ruleunverifiedFrankeneck · national ruleunverifiedTrippstadt · national ruleunverifiedSiebeldingen · national ruleunverifiedFrankenstein · national ruleunverifiedNeidenfels · national ruleunverified
Adjoining municipalities with their rule. This site does not say where other people have slept: that is a different product.
Signage on site and the local authority prevail. This reproduces the written rule as of the date indicated: it is neither legal advice nor an authorisation.