Bath & shower

Bathhouse placement rules on a plot

Germany · Auxiliary · usually permanent

A sauna/bathhouse normally needs the ~3 m boundary setback: with habitable use (and often a stove) it is not a privileged boundary building. A wood-fired stove needs chimney/fire-safety approval — confirm with the chimney sweep and local authority.

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Placement rules

A bathhouse has both outbuilding setbacks and a sanitary distance to the dwelling.

Boundary setback

Setbacks from plot boundaries and neighbouring buildings.

Setback to boundary Typically about 3 m (depth = factor × wall height; factor varies by state) Local rules

Boundary privilege excluded A garden building with fireplace/habitable space cannot sit in the required setback zone Local rules

Fire safety

Fire-safety distances between buildings and open-fire rules.

Fire gap between houses

Wood-fired stove Chimney/fire-safety approval required — confirm with chimney sweep & local authority Local rules

Important limitation

The catalog is a planning aid, not a legal opinion. Before construction, check the land plot category, local land-use and development rules, easements, utility protection zones and neighbour buildings.

App

Garden planner app for phone and computer

An icon on the home screen — back to your plot in one tap
Full screen without the address bar — more room for the plan
The same projects on phone and computer — cloud autosave

gardmi Garden site planner · free

You are already in the app — gardmi is installed.