Low Emission Zone Aachen

Do I need an environmental badge to drive in the low emission zone in Aachen? What type of environmental badge is required in the environmental zone Aachen? Please read below.

Required type of environmental badge in Aachen

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Aachen

Vehicles allowed only with a valid environmental badge

Private car

class M1

Needs an eco badge

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Company vehicle

< 3,5t (N1)

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Commercial vehicle

> 3,5t (lorry, bus, coach)

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Motorcycle, moped

class L

Allowed without an eco badge

Where to place the environmental sticker

The environmental badge should be placed in the bottom-right corner of the windscreen.

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About Green Zones in Aachen

Green Zone in Aachen, Germany

For the first time, the low-emissions zone came into force in Aachen in February 2016. In this transition period, different conditions applied to diesel cars than to petrol cars. From 1.5. 2018, German and foreign drivers can only enter with a valid green sticker placed on the car’s windscreen.

Which types of vehicles are affected?

The obligation to own the environmental badge applies to both German and foreign passenger cars (M1); motorhomes (M1); heavy campers (M1); minibuses (M2); buses (M3); small transporters (N1); transporters (N2); trucks (N2); and heavy goods vehicles (N3).

Driving in Aachen

Are you going to Aachen by car?

From 1.5. 2018, all drivers need a green plaque to enter Aachen. Entrance is therefore allowed only to vehicles that produce a minimum level of air pollution that falls under the Euro 4 (diesel) or Euro 1 (petrol) emissions classes.
Failure to comply with these rules is punished in Germany with a fine of 100 €.
Aachen falls into the large low-emissions zone of the Rhineland, as do other large German cities such as Dortmund, Herten, Bochum and Oberhausen. The Aachen environmental zone itself includes the entire city, with the exception of highway 544, which ends at the Europa-Platz roundabout.

Furthermore, the green environmental badge allows you to enter most large German cities, including Berlin, Hannover, Leipzig and Cologne.

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The date of introduction of environmental zones
in Aachen

Date	Conditions
From 1.5. 2018	entry allowed only to vehicles with a green environmental badge

Pavlina Pavlina is an author at EnvironmentalBadge.com and our expert on European low-emission zones, with many years’ experience assessing vehicles for environmental badges.

Last update 25.11.2025

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