Beseitigung oder Veränderung geschützter Landschaftsbestandteile (zum Beispiel Alleen) beantragen

If you want to cut down a specially protected tree, you need a special permit.

Trees produce vital oxygen, improve the climate, filter dust and pollutants and provide humidity and air movement. They provide a habitat for a wide variety of animals, enliven and structure the cityscape or townscape and dampen noise. To ensure that trees are preserved, they require special protection - especially in densely populated areas.

If you wish to fell a tree, a permit may be required. You may have to pay compensation for the felled tree. A felling permit is particularly necessary if trees are subject to special protection.

If a tree is protected as a "protected landscape feature" in a built-up area or within an avenue, you must apply for a special permit to fell it.

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, trees in avenues and single-sided rows of trees are protected by law. In addition, the municipalities or the lower nature conservation authorities can also declare trees and copses to be protected landscape features.

• informal application
• Information on the location of the tree
• Declaration of consent from the owner, if you are not the owner yourself

The lower nature conservation authority or the large conservation area administration can exempt these trees from protection if this is necessary for reasons of overriding public interest or if this avoids an unreasonable burden. The municipality is responsible for trees that are protected by municipal statutes.

If you want to cut down, prune or otherwise damage a protected tree, you must apply for an exemption in advance. To do this, submit an application to the lower nature conservation authority responsible for you or the national park office or biosphere reserve office and give reasons for your plan. The municipality is responsible for trees that have been protected by a municipal statute.

The authority will then check whether the requirements for an exemption have been met. Once the procedure has been completed, you will either receive an exemption or a rejection notice.

If you cut down, prune or damage the tree without an exemption, an administrative offense procedure may be initiated against you (fine of up to EUR 100,000.00).

The pruning or felling of trees may only take place after the exemption has been granted.

• Contradiction

• Prohibition of the removal or alteration of protected landscape features (e.g. avenues) Exemption permit
• Special permission is required to fell specially protected trees ("protected landscape features")
• Responsible: Municipalities

• Responsible: Lower nature conservation authorities or large protected area administration or municipalities

Lower nature conservation authority of the districts or independent cities or large protected area administration (biosphere reserve offices, national park offices), municipalities if applicable