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Dog tax Chemnitz 2026
What a dog costs in Chemnitz per year: current rates, reductions and a calculator for several dogs and listed dogs.
📜 From the official city source🔄 Checked on 22 Oct 2026🔒 No sign-up
Your dog tax
Dog tax in Chemnitz at a glance
- First dog
- €100
- Second dog
- €135
- Each further dog
- €165
- First listed dog
- €750
- Further listed dogs
- €750
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- 1 Jul 2026
- Reductions and exemptions
- Shelter dog from a partner animal shelter of the city: exempt for 24 months (shelter dogs over 8 years also exempt); guide dogs for the blind and dogs for deaf or helpless people exempt; half rate for therapy, school, rescue and service dogs with a test; no separate reduction for recipients of social benefits
- Notes
- Listed dogs (dangerous dogs) €750 per dog (no difference between first and additional). Kennel tax (Zwingersteuer) €176. valid_from = status of the bylaw version (4th amendment, since 1 July 2026); whether the rates themselves were changed is not apparent from the text.
- Source
- Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Chemnitz (dog tax bylaw of the City of Chemnitz), as of July 2026 (Ortsrecht 22.100) ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
How Chemnitz compares
42 of 51cities with euro rates charge more than Chemnitz for the first dog.
€131is the average for the first dog in the 50 largest German cities.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Chemnitz?
In Chemnitz the first dog costs €100 a year. The second dog costs €135, each further dog €165.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Chemnitz?
For a dangerous or listed dog, Chemnitz charges €750 a year.
Is there a reduction in Chemnitz?
Shelter dog from a partner animal shelter of the city: exempt for 24 months (shelter dogs over 8 years also exempt); guide dogs for the blind and dogs for deaf or helpless people exempt; half rate for therapy, school, rescue and service dogs with a test;
Sources and method
- 📚Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Chemnitz (dog tax bylaw of the City of Chemnitz), as of July 2026 (Ortsrecht 22.100) Open source ↗
- 📚All values checked on 22 Oct 2026. We check the list every year at the turn of the year. Anything not verified is marked as unknown.
