So me and my german girlfriend are doing some vacation in southern germany we received these papers (see image) to fill in.

I get that its because we have traveled to a ‘kurstadt/kurort’ and we are therefore obligated to pay a kurtaxe. I only have 2 questions regarding it:

1. As I have lived here for ish 2 years now (i am registered) – am I still counted as an “ausländer” and therefore need to fill in my passport number?

2. My girlfriend mentioned that maybe as I am under 25 we might not need to pay the Kurtaxe. She is however above 25 but the booking is in my name…We are aiming to pay the Kurtaxe but would be interesting to know.

Thanks for your help 🙂

oh and also soery for the messy image – i should have taken a photo of it before I filled in all the details

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2 comments

  1. You are massively overthinking this. Just fill it out and sign it. This is a requirement by the local authority. Noone will abuse your data including your passport number.

    I don’t know if you would still qualify as a “foreign visitor” when you have a German registered address that you provide in this form. As in the German text it says “ausländische Person”, which means a person of foreign nationality, I do believe that you would have to put down your passport number. From the English text of the form, you could argue that you are not a “foreign visitor”, but a foreign resident (of Germany) so this field does not apply to you. However, you are still a foreigner (meaning non-German national) visiting this specific place in the Schwarzwald, so in this sense the field would apply to you. All in al, I don’t think anyone will care if you put down your passport number or not, really. But it’s no damage to put it down. This will only be archived for a while for registration reasons. Nobody except your host, the tourism office and maybe the local registration authority will see your passport number. There will be no abuse.

    I don’t think there is any rule about 25 years, I don’t know how you came up with that. This would be quiet unusual for “kurtaxe”. Often children are free, but I would be surprised about an age limit of 25.

  2. I’ve never seen such a thorough form for a hotel check-in. Wow.

    1. If you don’t have German citizenship, you’re a foreigner. I’ve never had a hotel insist on having my passport number, but I’d have no qualms about supplying it.
    2. That depends on the local regulations. In some areas minors under 16 or 18 pay a reduced tax. The hotel receptionist should be able to help you with that question.

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