🟢 Augsburg Environmental Zone: Green Sticker or €100 (2026)
Augsburg, Germany · Umweltzone
Augsburg — one of Germany's oldest cities, a Roman foundation and Renaissance banking power, with a UNESCO-listed water-management system of canals and fountains and the Fuggerei, the world's oldest social housing complex still in use — has a green-sticker Umweltzone requiring a green Umweltplakette or an EUR 100 fine. The centre is walkable and tram-served. Park in a garage and explore on foot.
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Augsburg is one of Germany’s oldest cities — a Roman foundation and Renaissance banking power, with a UNESCO water-management system of canals and grand fountains, and the Fuggerei, the world’s oldest social housing, still charging under a euro a year since 1521. Its centre runs a green-sticker Umweltzone: green Umweltplakette or an EUR 100 fine.
This page covers driving around Augsburg. For the emission classes and zone boundary, see the Augsburg emission zone details.
Green sticker, then park and walk
Get the Umweltplakette (around EUR 10-12, permanent — German rentals carry one); without it the fine is EUR 100. Park in a garage or Park & Ride and walk the centre — the Fuggerei, the canals and the fountains of MaximilianstraĂźe. Germany’s limits: 50 km/h urban, 0.05% alcohol (zero under 21 or first two years).
When the car helps
Keep it for the Romantic Road — the medieval Bavarian towns toward Füssen and the castles — driven out from a Park & Ride. Munich is a short train ride.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Augsburg's Umweltzone requires a green Umweltplakette on the windscreen for every car, including foreign-registered ones, or an EUR 100 fine. The sticker costs around EUR 10-12 from TUV, DEKRA or a garage and is permanent; German rentals carry one. Get it before driving into the central zone.
The Fuggerei is the world's oldest social housing settlement still in use, founded in 1521 by the wealthy Fugger banking family — a walled village of small houses where needy Augsburg citizens still pay a symbolic annual rent of less than one euro, plus prayers for the founders. It's a remarkable, peaceful place to visit, within the walkable centre, and a highlight of the city alongside its Renaissance architecture.
Augsburg's historic water-management system — a network of canals, water towers, monumental fountains and waterworks developed over centuries — is a UNESCO World Heritage site, reflecting the city's long mastery of clean water supply and hydropower. The canals thread through the old town, and the grand fountains along Maximilianstraße are highlights, best appreciated on foot.
Use a central garage or a Park & Ride on the tram network and ride in. The historic centre around the town hall, the cathedral and MaximilianstraĂźe is walkable, with trams covering the wider city. Augsburg sits on the Romantic Road and is an easy stop; parking once and walking the centre is the simplest approach.
Not for the city — the walkable centre and trams cover it, and it's a short train ride from Munich. A car helps for the Romantic Road — the medieval towns of Bavaria and the route toward Füssen and the castles — driven out from a Park & Ride rather than used in the centre.
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