GrundCheck

Data licences

Which official and open data the map and the report use, and under which licence.

The map and the report use only data whose licence allows commercial use and passing the data on in a PDF, or for which we hold written consent. Which sources a report actually read for the parcel, with their credit lines, is listed in the report's source register.

Parcels in the order window and in the report

Boundary, parcel key and area come from each Land's cadastre service. The credit line is given as the service requires it.

Baden-Württemberg
Credit: LGL-BW (2026) Datenlizenz Deutschland - Namensnennung - Version 2.0, www.lgl-bw.de
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
Bayern
Licence: no open licence named; we do not read parcels here
Berlin
Credit: Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Bauen und Wohnen Berlin, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0
Brandenburg
Credit: © GeoBasis-DE/LGB, dl-de/by-2-0
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
Bremen
Credit: © GeoBasis-DE / Landesamt GeoInformation Bremen (2026)
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Hamburg
Credit: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Landesbetrieb Geoinformation und Vermessung, Datenlizenz Deutschland Namensnennung 2.0
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
Hessen
Credit: © Hessisches Landesamt für Bodenmanagement und Geoinformation
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Credit: © GeoBasis-DE/M-V 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Niedersachsen
Credit: LGLN (2026) Creative Commons Namensnennung – 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Credit: Bezirksregierung Köln, Geobasis NRW
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0
Rheinland-Pfalz
Credit: ©GeoBasis-DE / LVermGeoRP 2026, dl-de/by-2-0, http://www.lvermgeo.rlp.de [Daten bearbeitet]
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
Saarland
Credit: ©LVGL 2022, dl-de/by-2-0, www.lvgl.saarland.de
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
Sachsen
Credit: Geodaten Sachsen
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
Sachsen-Anhalt
Credit: © GeoBasis-DE / LVermGeo ST, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
Schleswig-Holstein
Credit: © GeoBasis-DE/LVermGeo SH/CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Thüringen
Credit: © GDI-Th
Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0

Base map and address search

Satellite imagery, the street map and the address search are supplied by Mapbox as a paid service under the Mapbox terms. The street map is built on OpenStreetMap data.

Further sources in the report

For each Land and service, the licence under which we read it. Licence check as of 2026-10-16. Sources added later with written consent are named in each report's source register.

Nationwide services

BGR, Ground Motion Service Germany, bodenbewegungsdienst.bgr.de: Federal geodata use ordinance (GeoNutzV)
German Environment Agency (UBA), datahub.uba.de: Federal geodata use ordinance (GeoNutzV)
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), geodienste.bfn.de: Federal geodata use ordinance (GeoNutzV)
Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), geoportal.bafg.de: Federal geodata use ordinance (GeoNutzV)
Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan, project information system, map.bvwp-projekte.de: CC BY 4.0
German Meteorological Service (DWD), maps.dwd.de: CC BY 4.0
German Meteorological Service (DWD), opendata.dwd.de: CC BY 4.0
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), services.bgr.de: Federal geodata use ordinance (GeoNutzV)
Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), sgx.geodatenzentrum.de: CC BY 4.0, Data Licence Germany – Attribution – 2.0
German Institute for Building Technology (DIBt), www.dibt.de: written consent of DIBt of 19 October 2026
Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), www.imis.bfs.de: Federal geodata use ordinance (GeoNutzV)

Bremen

gdi2.geo.bremen.de: CC BY (version not stated by the provider)
geodienste.bremen.de: CC BY 4.0, “Keine Einschränkungen” (no restrictions) according to the service description
gis-hub.bremen.de: CC BY (version not stated by the provider)

Hamburg

geodienste.hamburg.de: Data Licence Germany – Attribution – 2.0

Hessen

gds-srv.hessen.de: free to use under section 18 HVGG
inspire-hessen.de: Data Licence Germany – Zero – 2.0
www.gds.hessen.de: free to use under section 17(4) BauGB-AV, free to use under section 18 HVGG
www.geoportal.hessen.de: per dataset dl-de/by-2.0 or CC BY

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

umweltkarten.lung-mv.de: CC BY-SA 4.0
www.geodaten-mv.de: CC BY 4.0, “Keine Einschränkungen” (no restrictions) according to the service description, Data Licence Germany – Attribution – 2.0

Niedersachsen

Nordrhein-Westfalen

geoportal.stadt-koeln.de: Data Licence Germany – Zero – 2.0
ogc-api.nrw.de: Data Licence Germany – Attribution – 2.0, Data Licence Germany – Zero – 2.0
www.opengeodata.nrw.de: Data Licence Germany – Zero – 2.0
www.wcs.nrw.de: Data Licence Germany – Zero – 2.0
www.wfs.nrw.de: Data Licence Germany – Attribution – 2.0, Data Licence Germany – Zero – 2.0
www.wms.nrw.de: “Keine Einschränkungen” (no restrictions) according to the service description, Data Licence Germany – Attribution – 2.0, Data Licence Germany – Zero – 2.0

Rheinland-Pfalz

Saarland

geoportal.saarland.de: CC BY 4.0, “Keine Einschränkungen” (no restrictions) according to the service description, Data Licence Germany – Attribution – 2.0

Sachsen

Sachsen-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein

dienste.gdi-sh.de: CC BY 4.0
geodaten.schleswig-holstein.de: CC BY 4.0
service.gdi-sh.de: CC BY 4.0, Data Licence Germany – Attribution – 2.0
umweltgeodienste.schleswig-holstein.de: “Keine Einschränkungen” (no restrictions) according to the service description, Data Licence Germany – Attribution – 2.0

Thüringen

European and worldwide data

European Environment Agency (EEA), Copernicus, image.discomap.eea.europa.eu: Copernicus data policy (Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013), EEA

Actual land use in Schleswig-Holstein (ALKIS OpenGBD)

For actual land use in Schleswig-Holstein we use ALKIS OpenGBD without ownership details. Geometries and attributes are selected and processed for the point check; the source credit identifies the modification. These data do not establish planning-law permissibility.

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · LVermGeo SH · WFS OpenGBD

Version: 29 October 2026