New fees for resident parking cards in Dresden from July 2025!

New fees for resident parking cards in Dresden from July 2025!

From July 1, 2025, the Dresdeners may prepare for higher fees for their residents' parking cards. These measures are the result of a new fee regulation, which was decided by the city council on March 31, 2025 and is now to improve the health insurers. While the prices for the validity of 6 months increase at 49.50 euros (previously 20 euros) and for 1 year to 75 euros (previously 30 euros), it will cost 135 euros for two years, where 50 euros were previously due. This applies to all applications submitted after the deadline. If you are looking for more information, you can look online at dresden.de/wohnerparken

In the current discussion about this fee increase, a divided opinion spreads in the city. Dresden is positioned with the future 75 euros per year compared to other cities in midfield, as the numbers show. In Döbeln, for example, you have to put 72 euros on the table in Zittau. Mayor Dirk Hilbert (FDP) even plans a further increase to 120 euros for 22 residents parking areas, which is a thorn in the side of some citizens. An older lady said concerns that this could be a massive burden on the residents. The discussion is therefore upset: Subject to women's exchange that fewer parking spaces could lure more cyclists on the streets, while another man sees money for public transport as a possible solution.

political positions and citizens' voices

The Opinion is split in the city council. While AfD parliamentary group leader Thomas Ladzinski criticizes the increase as anti-social and at the expense of the citizens, Torsten Hans von den Greens come the will and present the plans as necessary for an improved organization of park. CDU politician Veit Böhm, on the other hand, sees the whole thing as immature, since there are many areas in which there are no parking spaces available despite fees. It is also exciting that the fees for resident parking in Dresden have not been increased for 20 years, which makes the current adjustment all the more emphatic.

The background of this increase is a general trend: more and more municipalities are attracting the fees for residents' parking cards in order to better manage the limited parking space and to cover the increased administrative costs. Since the abolition of the nationwide upper limit of 30.70 euros per year, some cities have literally screwed the fees up to: In Bonn, for example, one demands up to 360 euros per year. The Dresdeners, on the other hand, can rely on some advantages of the residents' parking permit, which releases them from duration and parking fees for visitors. It is important to emphasize that there is no entitlement to a specific parking space and that parking only applies within the corresponding zone.

In the everyday life of the residents, it will continue to be important to know which rules apply in the residents' park zones. Whether there will be a caution or even towing if you park without the appropriate ID, there is often a problem mentioned. A misunderstanding that would be easy to avoid could be expensive: parking of false can be punished with up to 25 euros, while more than half of the parking space is reserved for residents during the day. The challenges of living in the urban area are therefore not only a question of fees, but also the availability of parking space.