Freising district office allows emergency operation for shut down wood stoves - but there are rules

Created: 08/19/2022, 19:00

Under certain conditions, private wood furnaces that have been shut down may be put back into operation for a limited period in an emergency.

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The Freising district office has issued a decree for the temporary re-commissioning of wood-burning stoves.

But rules have to be observed.

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– The use of wood is an important contribution to saving fossil fuels.

"Due to a possible gas shortage in the upcoming heating season, private wood furnaces that have been shut down in Bavaria can be put back into operation for a limited period of time under certain conditions," says Robert Stangl, press spokesman for the Freising district office.

The district office issued a corresponding general decree on August 18th, which applies to the period from September 1st, 2022 to August 31st, 2023.

This allows exceptions to be granted and time-consuming individual decisions to be avoided.

Older wood furnaces such as one-room furnaces (e.g. fireplaces or tiled stoves that only heat one room) or central heating systems that have already been taken out of operation due to the renovation deadlines of the 1st Federal Immission Control Ordinance (1st BImSchV) but have not yet been dismantled, can be used for be used again for a transitional period in an emergency.

The prerequisite is that they completely or partially replace the operation of an existing gas heating system.

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Forms must be filled out

According to Stangl, the temporary approval is based on the forms prepared by the state guild association for the Bavarian chimney sweep trade for the provision of a heating system for solid fuels for emergency operation ("Instruction sheet and declaration on the decommissioning of a single-room firing system for solid fuels" and "Instruction sheet and declaration on the decommissioning of a central heating system for solid fuels").

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The operator must notify the Freising District Office of the start of operations informally and submit a copy of the relevant form to the Freising District Office, Immissionsschutz (Landshuter Straße 31, 85356 Freising or by e-mail to

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At the same time, the authorized district chimney sweep must be informed about the start of operation.

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Good to know

Further information on the emergency operation of decommissioned wood stoves can be found in the general decree.

This is posted together with the two forms on the homepage of the Freising District Office at https://lrafs.de/immission.

You can find more current news from the district of Freising at Merkur.de/Freising.