Parking

Resident parking is a form of parking space management to provide residents with better parking options in areas with considerable general parking pressure. The legal basis is the Road Traffic Act § 45 (1b) and the associated General Administrative Regulation.

Resident parking only makes sense in areas where the simultaneous demand from different uses (e.g. retail, commercial, large service, sports or leisure facilities) exceeds the available parking spaces.

Areas with pure resident demand and too few parking spaces are not suitable for resident parking. Here, all residents willing to park would be entitled to a resident parking permit but would have practically no advantage.

The resident parking permit to be applied for at the Citizen Services team entitles the holder to park within the respective parking zone. However, it does not guarantee a free parking space.

It is possible to signpost residents-only parking spaces (separation system) or to allow the free use of paid parking spaces (mixed system).

You can apply for a resident parking permit

• who has their main residence in the corresponding resident parking zone and
• can prove that they do not have a private parking space and
• is registered as the owner of a vehicle or has a vehicle that can be proven to be in permanent use.

The parking permit is subject to a fee and is valid for one year.

Jena does not have a public P&R system (parking ticket = local transport ticket). Nevertheless, conveniently located parking lots on the outskirts or parking lots with inexpensive day tickets (Seidelparkplatz, Wiesenstraße, Am Gries) can be used accordingly. Bus and train tickets can be purchased from ticket machines or in the vehicles.

• Ticket and fare information from VMT-Thüringen
• Get in.Check in.FAIRTIQ

The Seidelparkplatz and Am Gries parking lots are also within walking distance of the city center.

It is possible to purchase a day ticket atthe Seidelparkplatz, Wiesenstraße and Am Griesparking lots . The parking fee is a maximum of €4.50 per day in accordance with the parking fee regulations. It is also possible to rent a long-term parking space at Gries and other locations in the city:

• Link to the municipal real estate company in Jena: "Renting parking spaces"

There are parking spaces for hikers at Otto-Schott-Platz, Lobdeburgweg, Am Steinkreuz (Ziegenhain) with 100 spaces and at Windberg not far from the Fuchsturm (Jena-Ost) with 75 spaces. The occupancy of the parking lots Am Steinkreuz and Windberg can be viewed under "Parking lots and parking garages".

Only holders of a blue EU parking permit / alternatively an orange parking permit (only valid in Germany) may park in parking spaces for people with disabilities. The disability card is not sufficient. The blue or orange parking permit will be issued upon application by the Citizens' Service upon proof of the requirements.

• Applying for a parking permit for severely disabled persons

If you park illegally in a disabled parking space, you may be fined or even have your vehicle towed away.

Electric vehicles may park free of charge in appropriately marked parking spaces, even if they are not being charged at the same time. This applies to the Schlossgasse, Ernst-Haeckel-Straße, Am Anger, Eichplatz and Rathausgasse parking lots. The prerequisite is that the vehicle is marked with an "E" on the license plate. The respective maximum parking time in the parking lots also applies to electric cars, the respective arrival time must therefore be displayed using a parking disk.

There are several parking spaces designated for two-wheelers in the city, e.g.

• Talstraße between Melanchthonstraße and Wittenbergstraße

• Carl-Zeiss-Platz

• Paradiesstraße

• Saalbahnhofstraße

• Behind the church on the corner of Weigelstraße

The exact parking regulations for motorhomes are laid down in StVO § 12 Paragraph 3b and depend, among other things, on the permissible total weight of the vehicle. Parking spaces with additional sign 1010-67 are reserved exclusively for motorhomes.

One motorhome parking space is located in Winzerla / Schrödingerstraße next to house number 94 (own complete parking row).

Three parking spaces are available for coaches at Bibliotheksweg and Wiesenstraße. There is no additional infrastructure (WC, washroom, etc.) at these locations.

There are no publicly designated truck parking spaces available in the city of Jena.