Information for Journalists and Media Representatives

There are different regulations for filming or filming in the city area:

Filming in municipal properties

Filming in municipal properties is generally only permitted with the approval of the City of Erlangen Press Office.

Filming of municipal events

Filming of municipal events is generally only possible in consultation with the organizing department.

Filming in the palace garden and botanical garden

The press office of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg must be contacted for filming in the Palace Gardens and Botanical Gardens.

Filming the sculptures in the Heinrich Kirchner Sculpture Garden

VG Bild-Kunst holds the exploitation rights for images and film recordings of the sculptures in the Heinrich Kirchner Sculpture Garden. As a public thoroughfare, the garden is subject to freedom of panorama, which is why images and film recordings in the garden do not require permission. Specific requests beyond this should be addressed directly to VG Bild-Kunst (www.bildkunst.de). The City of Erlangen accepts no liability.

Amateur filming with a mobile camera in public spaces

Amateur filming with a mobile camera in public spaces without affecting public traffic areas is generally not subject to approval. For other filming, a permit from the Citizens' Office - Department of Public Safety and Order - may be required. Here: Contact details

Filming with drones

Information on this can be found on the website of the Government of Middle Franconia. In addition to the regulations of the Luftverkehrs-Ordnung (LuftVO), the following applies in Erlangen

Drones may not be used over nature conservation areas. In the city area, this applies to the following areas

• Exerzierplatz and Brucker Lache nature conservation areas
• Area under the European Birds Directive (Regnitzwiesen north of the Dechsendorfer Dam,
  in the Brucker Lache, smaller ponds and wetlands near the Dechsendorfer Weiher)
• Landscape conservation areas

For further information, please contact the Office for Environmental Protection and Energy.

Drones may also not be used over the entire inner city area, as this is within a radius of 1.5 kilometers of the helipad at Erlangen University Hospital.

Please report your planned drone flight to the Erlangen police department in advance. Contact:
E-mail: pp-mfr.erlangen.pi-stadt@polizei.bayern.de, telephone: 09131/760-155, -154 or -114.

Registration with the municipal regulatory authority is not necessary.

Here you will find a small selection of pictures of Erlangen.
All further information and terms of use can be found here.

If you would like to use one or more images, please send your request by e-mail to presse@stadt.erlangen.de or call 09131/86-2696 or -2515, stating the image number(s), and we will send you the desired material in high resolution.