New opening date for parking zones in Tempelhof-Schöneberg!

New opening date for parking zones in Tempelhof-Schöneberg!

Berlin, Deutschland - The district office Tempelhof-Schöneberg has announced a new opening date for parking zones 90 and 91. These zones are on 1. August 2025 officially opened. They are located around the garden city of Tempelhof and aim to regulate and improve the parking space situation in this area. Parking permissions already requested remain up to 31. July 2027 valid and apply to all issued residents' park ID cards as well as exemptions, regardless of the end date. The corresponding general orders also regulate the validity of these permits.

For drivers who have not yet made a written application for a vignette, it is recommended to make up for this as soon as possible. The Office for Citizens' Services and the Road Traffic Authority are also in the process of processing all outstanding applications for parking cards and special permits. Further information on the applications can be found on the website of the district office, including links for the application (berlin.de).

in parallel to the new parking zones, Berlin is also planning to adapt the fees for resident parking cards. Economic Senator Franziska Giffey (SPD) originally called for fees of 360 euros per year , but was able to agree with the SPD faction to 160 euros per year. The ruling mayor Kai Wegner and the CDU also support this fee increase. These changes potentially affect tens of thousands of residents in numerous districts in which residential parking cards are common, such as Pankow, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Mitte.

Despite these changes, there are also districts such as Lichtenberg, Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Treptow-Köpenick and Reinickendorf, which have no parking zones and therefore do not incur any costs for parking cards. A resident parking card in Berlin currently costs 20.40 euros for two years (10.20 euros per year), while the average costs in Berlin are around 37 euros annually. A comparison with other cities shows that Hamburg, for example, demands 130 euros per year for a resident parking card, which makes the Berlin fees appear higher (Berliner Kurier) .