Jagdzeiten.de Premium – since 2010 the hunting season app for all 16 German federal states, with carefully maintained data on open and closed seasons.
⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTICE: This app is a private service. It is not a government agency, does not represent any government entity and is not affiliated with any government or public authority. All information is provided without guarantee. Only the official legal texts are legally binding – links to all sources are listed at the end of this description.
Clarity instead of searching through law gazettes, association websites and contradictory online sources. Reported errors are checked against the official legal texts, corrected and delivered to all users via update.
Premium features:
- Hunting and closed seasons for all 16 federal states and federal law
- Over 1000 hunting and closed seasons for all game species
- Quiz to prepare for the hunting licence exam
- Offline access – works without internet
- Dark theme for night hunting
- GPS detection of your federal state
- Comparison of hunting seasons across all federal states
- Select any date to view past or future hunting seasons
- No banner ads
Free version with limitations:
- Only every second hunting season available
- GPS, state comparison and data updates disabled
- Banner ads
Covers more than 70 species, including red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, sika deer, wild boar, chamois, mouflon, ibex, fox, badger, marten, raccoon, raccoon dog, nutria, brown hare, wild rabbit, pheasant, grey partridge, wild geese, wild ducks, wild pigeons, woodcock, carrion crow, magpie and wolf.
OFFICIAL SOURCES (as of September 2026)
The data in this app is based on these publicly available laws and regulations:
Federal – Federal Hunting Act (BJagdG):
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bjagdg/
Federal – Hunting Seasons Ordinance (JagdzeitV):
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/jagdzeitv_1977/
Baden-Württemberg – DVO JWMG:
https://www.landesrecht-bw.de/bsbw/document/jlr-NNLBW00007D13
Bavaria – AVBayJG:
https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/BayAVJG
Berlin – JagdA/ZV BE:
https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-NNLBE0000490D
Brandenburg – BbgJagdDV:
https://bravors.brandenburg.de/verordnungen/bbgjagddv
Bremen – Jagdzeitenverordnung:
https://www.transparenz.bremen.de/metainformationen/jagdzeitenverordnung-in-bremen-vom-3-juni-2019-131793
Hamburg – JagdRglV:
https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-NNLHH00006964
Hesse – HJagdV:
https://www.rv.hessenrecht.hessen.de/bshe/document/jlr-NNLHE0000508E
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – JagdZVO M-V:
https://www.landesrecht-mv.de/bsmv/document/jlr-NNLMV000071C1
Lower Saxony – DVO-NJagdG:
https://voris.wolterskluwer-online.de/browse/document/627b7301-0f06-3355-8019-e1505e1a6345
North Rhine-Westphalia – LJZeitVO:
https://recht.nrw.de/lrgv/rechtsverordnung/29032024-verordnung-ueber-die-jagdzeiten-landesjagdzeitenverordnung-ljzeitvo1/
Rhineland-Palatinate – LJVO:
https://landesrecht.rlp.de/bsrp/document/jlr-NNLRP00005B8F
Saarland – DV-SJG:
https://recht.saarland.de/bssl/document/jlr-NNLSL00009D69
Saxony – SächsJagdVO:
https://www.revosax.sachsen.de/vorschrift/12563-Saechsische-Jagdverordnung
Saxony-Anhalt – LJagdG-DVO:
https://www.landesrecht.sachsen-anhalt.de/bsst/document/jlr-NNLST00004418
Schleswig-Holstein – JagdZV SH:
https://www.gesetze-rechtsprechung.sh.juris.de/bssh/document/jlr-NNLSH00002D41
Thuringia – ThürJZVO:
https://landesrecht.thueringen.de/bsth/document/jlr-NNLTH00003CD9
Contact & support:
Website: https://www.jagdzeiten.de
Email: info@jagdzeiten.de
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