<p>There's quite a good summary of the rules on the website of the federal transport department (BMVI):</p>

<p><a href="https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Publikationen/LF/flyer-die-neue-drohnen-verordnung.pdf?__blob=publicationFile" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Publikationen/LF/flyer-die-neue-drohnen-verordnung.pdf?__blob=publicationFile</a></p>

<p>It appears, that there are these restrictions:</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>For everything &lt; 250g</strong> no additional restrictions apply. It's still not allowed to fly at certain places (parliament, airports, ...) and you must stay below 100 m and you must always be able to see the drone.</li>
<li><strong>For everything > 250g</strong> you need to label your drone with your name and address</li>
<li><strong>For everything > 2kg</strong> you need to participate in some governmental training and have a proof of ability</li>
<li><strong>For everything > 5kg</strong> you need special permission from the state aviation department (Landesluftfahrtbehörde).</li>
</ul>

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<p>I'm in Germany and I want to buy a drone. Are there any weight-dependent flight restrictions?</p>

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How does weight factor into legal allowance in Germany?
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# How does weight factor into legal allowance in Germany?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-14)

I'm in Germany and I want to buy a drone. Are there any weight-dependent flight restrictions?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: While I know that 'it is easy to Google this' isn't a very valid close-reason (because one aim of an SE site can be to become to top Google result for other Googlers), I do think questions should show some research effort, and not just put all of that in a self-answer. That makes this question lack detail or clarity to me.  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2020-04-14. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

There's quite a good summary of the rules on the website of the federal transport department (BMVI):

<https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Publikationen/LF/flyer-die-neue-drohnen-verordnung.pdf?__blob=publicationFile>

It appears, that there are these restrictions:

* **For everything < 250g** no additional restrictions apply. It's still not allowed to fly at certain places (parliament, airports, ...) and you must stay below 100 m and you must always be able to see the drone.
* **For everything > 250g** you need to label your drone with your name and address
* **For everything > 2kg** you need to participate in some governmental training and have a proof of ability
* **For everything > 5kg** you need special permission from the state aviation department (Landesluftfahrtbehörde).


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