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German dog law explained: the narrow federal layer, why dangerous breed lists and lead rules differ in all 16 Länder, Tierhalterhaftung under § 833 BGB, Hundesteuer, insurance and the Tierschutz-Hundeverordnung.
There is no federal Leinenpflicht in Germany. Lead rules come from Land law, municipal Ordnungen and nature protection rules, and § 833 BGB makes a dog keeper strictly liable without fault.
Which dog breeds count as dangerous in Germany, why the federal import ban under § 2 HundVerbrEinfG is not a keeping ban, and a Land by Land table of the Rasselisten with the governing Landesgesetz.