"Dogs must be kept on a leash in facilities (e.g. parks, gardens and green spaces* in accordance with Section 1 (2) of the Ordinance on the Prevention of Danger), at markets, parades, events, festivals and on the streets specified in the Annex (to Section 5 (2)). Dogs - with the exception of guide dogs - may not be taken to sports facilities, outdoor swimming pools, playgrounds, football pitches and adventure playgrounds. The leash requirement does not apply in areas designated as exercise areas for dogs."

Note: A list of streets where dogs must be kept on a lead (Section 5 (2) of the Hazard Prevention Ordinance) can be found in the annex to the Hazard Prevention OrdinancePDF-File146,86 kB

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Dogs must be kept on a lead in the forest and other open countryside from April 1 to July 15 - i.e. during the general breeding, setting and rearing season for wild animals. These regulations are intended to protect newly born fawns or breeding birds from free-roaming dogs. Even a playing dog can disturb wild animals and frighten them so much that they no longer look after their offspring.

Exception: This does not apply to dogs used for
authorized hunting, as rescue and herding dogs or used by the police or federal police as service dogs. Guide dogs are also an exception.

Dogs must be kept on a leash from January 1st to June 30th of each year in "protected areas" (municipal ordinance on leash requirement for dogs within protected areas in fields and forests)

Protected areas are all wooded areas, all copses in the fields and all landscape conservation areas.

Dogs, regardless of their breed, must be kept on a lead if they show increased aggression and their danger to public safety has been determined by the authorities in individual cases. The keeping of a dangerous dog requires a permit in accordance with the Lower Saxony Law on the Keeping of Dogs.

Female dogs in heat must always be kept on a lead in public(Ordinance on the Maintenance of Public Safety in the City of Salzgitter).

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However, there is no general obligation to keep dogs on a lead in the city area:

There is no general leash requirement in the area of the city of Salzgitter. This means that a dog only has to be kept on a lead if this is specifically required due to the location (for example within the inner city areas of the districts of Lebenstedt and Salzgitter-Bad, at markets and sports facilities or in landscape and nature conservation areas), the time of year or the official individual case classification (see above) of the dangerousness of the dog (see above).

Such an exception to the principle of dogs being kept off the lead comes into force every year on April 1st for areas of open countryside (see "Open countryside" above). This means that dogs must be kept on a leash until July 15 in forests, agricultural areas and meadows as well as the associated paths, but also within the urban context on undeveloped properties that can be regarded as open countryside due to their character.

Dogs must be kept on a lead all year round in parks and green spaces.

Dog owners who would still like to let their pets run around in a natural environment are welcome to use the four exercise areas at SalzgitterseHazard Prevention OrdinancePDF-File146,86 kB

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Dogs must be kept on a lead in the forest and other open countryside from April 1 to July 15 - i.e. during the general breeding, setting and rearing season for wild animals. These regulations are intended to protect newly born fawns or breeding birds from free-roaming dogs. Even a playing dog can disturb wild animals and frighten them so much that they no longer look after their offspring.

Exception: This does not apply to dogs used for
authorized hunting, as rescue and herding dogs or used by the police or federal police as service dogs. Guide dogs are also an exception.

Dogs must be kept on a leash from January 1st to June 30th of each year in "protected areas" (municipal ordinance on leash requirement for dogs within protected areas in fields and forests)

Protected areas are all wooded areas, all copses in the fields and all landscape conservation areas.

Dogs, regardless of their breed, must be kept on a lead if they show increased aggression and their danger to public safety has been determined by the authorities in individual cases. The keeping of a dangerous dog requires a permit in accordance with the Lower Saxony Law on the Keeping of Dogs.

Female dogs in heat must always be kept on a lead in public(Ordinance on the Maintenance of Public Safety in the City of SalzgitterPDF-File146,86 kB

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However, there is no general obligation to keep dogs on a lead in the city area:

There is no general leash requirement in the area of the city of Salzgitter. This means that a dog only has to be kept on a lead if this is specifically required due to the location (for example within the inner city areas of the districts of Lebenstedt and Salzgitter-Bad, at markets and sports facilities or in landscape and nature conservation areas), the time of year or the official individual case classification (see above) of the dangerousness of the dog (see above).

Such an exception to the principle of dogs being kept off the lead comes into force every year on April 1st for areas of open countryside (see "Open countryside" above). This means that dogs must be kept on a leash until July 15 in forests, agricultural areas and meadows as well as the associated paths, but also within the urban context on undeveloped properties that can be regarded as open countryside due to their character.

Dogs must be kept on a lead all year round in parks and green spaces.

Dog owners who would still like to let their pets run around in a natural environment are welcome to use the four exercise areas at Salzgittersee and the dog bathing beach on the island in Salzgittersee (see above).