SouthWest Germany and COVID 19:

Current rules and guidance

Current rules and guidance

All persons (who are not fully vaccinated or have recently recovered from Covid) entering Germany who spent time within the 10 days prior to entry in a high-risk area, are obligated to already get tested before departing on their journey to Germany. Before setting off, they must present a negative test result or appropriate medical certificate. The swab specimen must have been taken at the earliest 48 hours before entry. Children under the age of 12 do not need a test.

All persons need to register online when arriving in Germany using this link: www.einreiseanmeldung.de.    
This Digital Registration will automatically transfer your travel and contact details to the local health authority, where you'll be staying, so you can be contacted there.

Travellers over 6 years coming from a high-risk area, are obliged to proceed directly to their own home or other suitable accommodation and self-isolate there for 10 days. During this period, it is forbidden to receive visits from anyone outside your own household. The competent authority (usually the public health office) monitors the quarantine obligation.

According to the current national regulations, quarantine can end after 5 days if a Coronavirus test carried out on the fifth day after entry to SouthWest Germany (or later) is negative. However, children between six and twelfe years can end the quarantine five days after entry - even without a test.

The quarantine obligation does not apply to individuals who enter Germany with a medical certificate confirming that they were infected with the coronavirus at the time of entry for at least 28 days and not more than three months ago and confirmed by molecular biological testing using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR test), or to individuals who can prove that they have been vaccinated for at least 14 days by means of vaccination documentation.

A completed vaccination cycle is any vaccination against COVID-19 disease carried out with a vaccine, which has been approved in the European Union, in line with the recommended sequence of shots.

Note: The decisive aspect is not (only) where you departed from, but all the locations you visited over the previous 10 days.

Travellers older than six years old from an area of variants of concern, are obliged to proceed directly to their own home or other suitable accommodation and self-isolate there for 14 days. During this period, it is forbidden to receive visits from anyone outside your own household. The competent authority (usually the public health office) monitors the quarantine obligation.

There is one case in which the quarantine can be lifted earlier in the case of areas of variants of concern:

  1. 1. The affected area of virus variants of concern is downgraded during the period of isolation in Germany (i.e. it is classified as a high-incidence area). In this case, the regulations for high-incidence areas or basic risk areas apply for ending the quarantine period.

Note: The decisive aspect is not (only) where you departed from, but all the locations you visited over the previous 10 days.

  • All travellers who have reached the age of twelve (without a completed vaccination or a medical certificate confirming that they were infected with the coronavirus at the time of entry for at least 28 days and not more than six months ago) and who are entering Germany (no matter from which country) must present a negative Corona test (PCR tests or antigen tests) before departure.
  • Molecular biological tests (PCR tests) are currently accepted from all European Union countries, as well as from the countries mentioned on this website: https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Tests.html
  • The test has to be in German, English or French.
  • A completed vaccination cycle is any vaccination against COVID-19 disease carried out with a vaccine, which has been approved in the European Union, in line with the recommended sequence of shots.
  • The proof of vaccine must be available in physical or digital form in German, English, French, Italian or Spanish.
  • In indoor areas where there is an obligation to wear a mask, individuals over the age of 18 should wear an FFP2 mask or similar – such as a KN95, N95, KF94 or KF95 mask.

Here you will find more information in different languages: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/service/aktuelle-infos-zu-corona/corona-information-in-other-languages/

A message from us at SouthWest Germany’s tourism office:

If you have specific questions about the effects of the corona pandemic on your holiday planning, please send us an email: ausland@tourismus-bw.de

In order to deal with enquiries as quickly as possible, we need to know your location for the last 10 days before the start of your trip as well as your destination in Baden-Württemberg.

Please understand, however, that we cannot give you any information that is legally binding.
 

Information as of: April 8th, 2022