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{{infobox Country|country = Germany|map = <map lat='51.39920565355378' lng='9.9755859375' zoom='5' view='0' height='400320' width='260' float='rightleft' country='Germany'/>__NOTOC__|language = German|capital = [[Berlin]]|pop = 82,314,900|currency = Euro (€)|hitch = <good>|BW = DE}}[[File:2003 Hitch-hiking in Germany.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] thumbing towards Nürnberg, 2003.]]'''Germany''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. It is a great country for [[hitchhiking. Just make sure you get ]], both on the ''Autobahn'' (motorway)! There it is best to get to a ''Raststätte'' motorways (via [[on-ramp]]s, [[rest area|service areastations]], more seldom - parking lots) where drivers can legally stop and local roads. Germans are a little bit suspicious, but nice if you get from one to anotherknow them. You Thumbing makes it easier for them to say "no", because they do not even have to look at you. Those who will stop are often find maps with the motorways people who hitchhiked themselves when they were younger. Many of them have families, jobs and the service areas along them. On most on ramps you will get also reasonably fast a ridecars now. Just make sure not to end up Because of the absence of speed limits on many motorways it's a "Schnellstrasse" (leading good country to the on ramp), where cars go fast and cannot stophitchhike long distances in short time.__TOC__
== Legal stuff ==
Hitchhiking in general is legal in Germany. It is only forbidden to hitchhike on the Autobahn itself, meaning you standing on the autobahn or its emergency lane. It is also forbidden to walk on a ''Kraftfahrstraße''. You are perfectly fine stopping at service stations and asking the people but keep in mind that service stations are private property / leases. It occasionally happened that owners try to get rid of hichthikers at "their" service station. If that happens, just move to the parking space and hitchhike there.
If you want to start hitching at the on-ramps, make sure you stand before the rectangular blue sign indicating the start of the autobahn.
== Border crossings = Car registration/number plates ===Germany implemented the [[Schengen Agreement]]You can determine where a car is registered by its number plates. This means, that the border to other Schengen countries While tehre are opencertain plates on rented cars. At the borders to non-Schengen countries ([[Poland]]Europcar has „HH“ (Hamburg), [[Czech Republic]] and [[Switzerland]]Avis – „EU“ (Euskirchen) there are still checkpoints and German custom officers or sometimes police might control your luggage. These border crossings are usually among the best places in Europe to find a long distance ride. If you want to hitchhike from a border check point, it might be betterSixt – „M“ (Munich), to stand a little bit away from the check pointHertz „DN-H“ (Düren)), so you other plates are out of the custom officers' sight. The border checkpoints towards associated with areas [[Poland]] and the [[Czech Republic]] will be closed in January 2008https://de.== Carpooling (Mitfahrgelegenheit) ==Germany has a national carpooling website that gives the opportunity to the driver to post their journey in search of passenger to share the cost of the ridewikipedia. The websiteorg/wiki/Liste_der_Kfz-Kennzeichen_in_Deutschland - DE], called [httphttps://wwwen.mitfahrgelegenheitwikipedia.deorg/wiki/ MitfahrgelegenheitVehicle_registration_plates_of_Germany EN] . The first letter is sadly exclusively in germanusually the district where it is registered. AlthoughIn addition, its system there is pretty basic as you can scroll search from your departure point ''(von)'' to a destination ''(nach)'' with a date and # of passengers. If little patch beside the number which tells you search for a ride going outside Germany or what state that number plate belongs to Germany from another [[Europe|european]] country, which is useful if you can simply click do not know the ''Europa'' link. Then you simply have to contact the driver yourself (most of the time through email, some does leave their phone number) and agree to a price and a departure point and time. This system can reveal a low expense alternative to hitching, a similar system also exists in [[Belgium]]district letters.
== Maps ==
[[ImageFile:IMG 5392.JPG|thumb|250px|right|[[Tiziano]] hitching from [[Berlin]] to [[Munich]]]]If you're not staying very long Recommended maps for Germany are listed in [[Maps#Germany you |this article]]. You can make it easily hitch through Germany with any just a map of Germany showing you the gas that has all service stations on the highway. Go to any gas station along the highways and ask for a "Autobahn-Guide"on it. This "Autobahn-Guide" is for There are maps at many service stations in a little free! Youbooklet which are quite misleading, they do '''not'''ll get a booklet describing contain all Services and including a map with an overview service stations, just the ones belonging to one of all gas stations along the highwaysbig companies running them. More Information you can find For more information look here: [http://www.tank.rast.de/standorte/servicenetz/index.php tank.rast.de]. You For a good map to print out and bring with you that has all the service stations on it have a look here: [http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/684/rastekarte.jpg/ Rastekarte]. This is the same one you will find at the service stations as big overview maps, more often than not those can be nicked very easily as well. On the website: www.autobahnatlas-online.de you can also find more detailed maps there for ~5 Eurolistings of all Autobahnen, with all drive-ups, interchanges, all types of rest stops, tunnels, and bridges along their ways, with exact kilometer allegations. This comes along handy when hopping from station to station.
When asking your drivers for help it pays off to know that the German word ''Straße'' for street contains the weird letter ''ß'' which looks a bit like a B. If you pronounce it like an ''s'' Germans will understand you. Contrary to popular belief the diacritics on Ä, ä, Ö, ö, Ü and ü are not metal umlauts and thus they do affect pronunciation. If in doubt try to pronounce the word as if the diacritics didn't exist. For instance, if you pronounce the city ''Würzburg'' as ''Wurzburg'' you will probably be understood. == Practical Useful links == * [https://warmroads.de/en/hitchhiking-in-17-germany/ Comprehensive guide about hitchhiking in Germany] by [[User:Korn|Korn]] on https://warmroads.de
* [http://deu.anarchopedia.org/index.php/Deutschland:Trampstellen Hitchhiking spots in Germany], in German, on a GFDL wiki
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