Only at the turn of the year (on December 31 and January 1) may you, as a private individual over the age of 18, set off fireworks of category F2 ("New Year's Eve fireworks") without a permit.
If you would like to set off private fireworks outside of New Year's Eve, you need an exceptional permit for this. You have no legal claim to the granting of an exceptional permit.
Even with such an exceptional permit, you may not purchase and burn fireworks of category F3, F4, stage fireworks of category T2 or other pyrotechnic objects of category P2. The same applies to the fireworks of category F2 listed in § 20 paragraph 4 of the First Ordinance on Explosives Law, such as rockets with more than 20 g net explosive mass.
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Apply for your exemption from the burning ban conveniently online.
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