Freiburg low-emission zone: lifted
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The preset is a diesel with a yellow sticker. Change the date: before April 2025 it could not have entered, today it can.
May I drive into Freiburg?
Yes, zone lifted
Freiburg zone lifted on 22 April 2025.
| Zone | Freiburg |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Green only since | 1 January 2013 |
| Status | lifted on 22 April 2025 |
Sources: Federal Environment Agency list · rpf.baden-wuerttemberg.de
Freiburg im Breisgau lifted its low-emission zone in 2025. The basis is the fourth update of the Freiburg clean-air plan, drawn up by the Freiburg regional council and dated 22 April 2025. According to the regional council, there have been no traffic restrictions since then. The City of Freiburg, as road traffic authority, is responsible for removing the signs; we found no separate date for that, and the German Environment Agency also lists 22 April 2025. Freiburg’s zone was one of the older ones in Baden-Württemberg: stage one applied from 1 January 2010, the yellow stage from 2012, and from 1 January 2013 only vehicles with a green sticker could enter. With the lifting, Freiburg follows many other cities in the state, including Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Ulm and Tübingen. For visitors, for instance in a motorhome on the way into the Black Forest, this means no sticker is needed in Freiburg any more. If you continue to Stuttgart, you still need one there, and older diesels must also observe the diesel ban. In the Freiburg region the Schramberg zone has been lifted as well.
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Dates of the Freiburg zone
| Stage | from |
|---|---|
| Stage 1: red, yellow, green allowed | 1 January 2010 |
| Stage 2: yellow and green allowed | 1 January 2012 |
| Stage 3: green only | 1 January 2013 |
| Lifted | 22 April 2025 |
Source
The information comes from the Freiburg regional council, which drew up the plan. The German Environment Agency’s lifting date matches the date of the plan update. The Baden-Württemberg Transport Ministry summarises the status of all zones in the state; our Baden-Württemberg page shows it with dates.
Travelling in Baden-Württemberg
By motorhome or car you can drive around Freiburg, the Black Forest and Lake Constance without a sticker today. The requirement only still applies in Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg and Pforzheim. The route check shows it for your journey.