Why are Germans forbidden to spend the night in summer cottages in Germany?

Our people just love to spend time at their dacha. It is understandable: clean air, silence, here you have berries and vegetables, barbecue, starry quiet nights and peace, which was so lacking in the middle of the working week.

But in Germany, the attitude towards the dacha in terms of psychological comfort is similar, but only the Germans are extremely infringed on their rights in the opinion of our compatriot. It turns out that the Germans are forbidden to spend the night at their dachas.

The Germans, like the Russians, are very fond of relaxing in their summer cottages, but in Germany there are many restrictions and prohibitions. How is their dacha different from ours and why is it forbidden to spend the night there, what is the reason for such a strange restriction?

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Kleingarten - this is what summer cottages are called in Germany. In translation, it sounds pretty cute - a small garden. Any German can rent land by paying a certain amount once a year. But not every German can afford to own a dacha, since land here is a particularly expensive pleasure.

Summer residents prefer to plant fruit trees on their plots, grow greens, horticultural crops, and some vegetables. The site itself, in most cases, is located within the city or inside it, where urban development is prohibited.

Rules and prohibitions

German law dictates some restrictions and rules for staying on sites.

Any restrictions are specified in the lease agreement.

For example, you can’t use the services of hired workers, grow food for sale, finish building the second floor in the house, use noisy tools from 13:00 to 15:00 and after 19:00, run gas, turn on loud music, install a greenhouse and a stationary toilet, and raise the floor of the house from ground level by more than 25 centimeters. Strange, right? Not a cottage, but some kind of prison!

When erecting a greenhouse, swimming pool or greenhouse in a summer cottage, the summer resident must necessarily coordinate these structures.

But most of all, it is surprising that the Germans are forbidden to spend the night at their dachas. What else is the news? After all, we are used to spending maximum time at our dacha, enjoying peace and quiet. But in Germany, things are not so simple.

It turns out that overnight stays are prohibited for security reasons. The fact is that fire alarms are not installed in the houses on the plots, and therefore a person may simply not notice a fire, which will lead to rather sad consequences.

By the way, if the violator is caught hot (in his own bed or something ?!), then he will have to pay a rather impressive fine.

If a person breaks the law several times, then he can be expelled from the garden partnership forever - a special garden commission is watching for these.

That's what they are - these Germans. With its oddities, quirks, a completely different way of thinking and attitude to the summer cottage.