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Dog tax Oldenburg 2026
What a dog costs in Oldenburg per year: current rates, reductions and a calculator for several dogs and listed dogs.
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Your dog tax
Dog tax in Oldenburg at a glance
- First dog
- €108
- Second dog
- €132
- Each further dog
- €168
- Listed dogs
- no higher tax, the normal rate applies
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- 7 Jan 2012
- Reductions and exemptions
- Halved on application: 1 guard dog for buildings more than 200 m from the nearest inhabited building; 1 dog of SGB II/SGB XII recipients or people with comparable income. Exemption for, among others, guide dogs for the blind, assistance dogs for helpless people, rescue and medical dogs, service dogs, dogs temporarily housed in animal shelters.
- Notes
- Reading version of the bylaw of 25 November 1997, as of the amending bylaw of 19 December 2011 (in force 7 January 2012). The bylaw contains no higher tax rate for listed dogs (dangerous dogs) (secondary source hundefinanzen.de confirms: no higher rate, rates unchanged since, as of July 2026). The city's information page (osiris) could not be retrieved; no more recent amendment found online.
- Source
- Satzung der Stadt Oldenburg (Oldb) über die Erhebung einer Hundesteuer (dog tax bylaw of the City of Oldenburg) (reading version, as of 19 December 2011) ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
How Oldenburg compares
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Oldenburg?
In Oldenburg the first dog costs €108 a year. The second dog costs €132, each further dog €168.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Oldenburg?
According to the source, Oldenburg does not charge a higher tax for listed dogs. The normal rate applies.
Is there a reduction in Oldenburg?
Halved on application: 1 guard dog for buildings more than 200 m from the nearest inhabited building; 1 dog of SGB II/SGB XII recipients or people with comparable income.
Sources and method
- 📚Satzung der Stadt Oldenburg (Oldb) über die Erhebung einer Hundesteuer (dog tax bylaw of the City of Oldenburg) (reading version, as of 19 December 2011) 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.
