Most town-run Stellplätze in Baden-Württemberg let you park for free and charge for power and water at a coin meter. Two things change the budget: on the Bodensee (Lake Constance) the night itself costs money, and in Black Forest resort towns a Kurtaxe, a local visitor tax, gets added per person. Every price below comes from the town’s own page, checked October 2, 2026.

A Stellplatz is the German version of a stopover: a place a Gemeinde, the local municipality, has set aside for motorhomes to park overnight. More than 140 are on the map in Baden-Württemberg, with the densest run along the Neckar and in Hohenlohe.

The Alb, the Neckar and the northern Black Forest: free to park, pay for power

The pattern repeats, only the numbers change. Carry 1 and 2 euro coins.

  • Balingen, at the Freibad below the Swabian Alb: 7 pitches of about 4.5 by 8 meters, free, open around the clock. Electricity 0.50 euros per kWh, fresh water 0.10 euros per 10 liters, both on coins at the post. Gray water disposal free.
  • Calw, Flößerwasen at Hirsau: 6 pitches, free, 72 hours maximum, vehicles up to 9 meters. Electricity 1 euro per kWh, water 1.50 euros for about 100 liters.
  • Aalen, at the Limes-Thermen spa: 8 pitches, free to use, 3 days maximum. Self-contained motorhomes only, meaning you need your own toilet.
  • Ehingen on the Danube: 12 asphalt pitches, free for four days (three nights), then 4 euros a night, paid through the Parkster app rather than a machine. Water 50 cents for 50 liters, electricity 50 cents per kWh.
  • Heilbronn, Wertwiesenpark on the Neckar: 20 spaces, open 24 hours all year, 3 days maximum. Water 1 euro per 100 liters, electricity 0.50 euros per kWh. It sits inside an Umweltzone (low emission zone), so sort out the windshield sticker before you arrive, not after.

Not every Stellplatz has a dump point. Plan that stop separately: the dump station finder shows where you can empty gray and black water.

The Bodensee: a paid night, Kurtaxe included

On the lakeshore, free is not the pattern. The Reisemobilhafen Überlingen on Kurt-Hahn-Straße charges 18 euros per motorhome per 24 hours, and the Kurtaxe is already included. That buys one of 42 level pitches with a hook-up, electricity at 0.50 euros per 0.75 kWh, water at 0.10 euros per 8 to 10 liters, and free disposal. Three days maximum, vehicles up to 8 meters, self-contained motorhomes only, open all year. You can pay in cash, by debit or credit card, or with PayByPhone.

For a free night, head inland. The town of Engen in the Hegau, west of the lake, runs its Felsenparkplatz as a free Stellplatz for 8 motorhomes, 3 nights maximum. In summer that is the practical plan: the lake by day, a few kilometers back at night.

The Black Forest: the Kurtaxe counts heads

Some towns collect the Kurtaxe at the Stellplatz, and it is charged per person per day. Hausach in the Kinzig valley is the clear example: 8 pitches, 10 euros per night per vehicle, water free, electricity 1 euro per kWh, plus 2 euros Kurtaxe per person per day. Children under 16 pay nothing. The Kurtaxe comes with a KONUS card, which covers buses and trains across the Black Forest, so if you stay a few days and hike, it pays its way.

For two adults in Hausach that is 14 euros a day, not 10. In the Black Forest, budget per person as well as per vehicle.

Stellplatz or Parkplatz: not the same thing

A Wohnmobilstellplatz is a place the Gemeinde has designated for sleeping in a motorhome, usually with a board at the entrance showing the limit and the price. A Parkplatz is a car park, and it is for parking. Plenty of car parks in tourist towns carry a sign excluding motorhomes or overnight stays, and when they do, the question is settled: the posted sign wins.

Where sleeping in a vehicle outside a Stellplatz starts and stops being legal in Germany is covered on the Germany page, and the short version for car parks is in overnight parking. In Baden-Württemberg you will rarely need it, because the valleys are dense with Stellplätze.

Winter and altitude

Heilbronn is open all year, and on the Neckar that is normal. Up on the Alb and in the higher Black Forest, many sites shut the water off in winter even when you can still park. Fill the tank in the valley before you climb.

The board at the entrance and the Gemeinde’s current guidance beat any website, this one included. Prices change, a Kurtaxe gets introduced, a free site starts charging. Read the sign.

Sources

  1. Reisemobilhafen Überlingen, Überlingen am Bodensee
  2. Wohnmobilstellplatz, Stadt Hausach
  3. Wohnmobilstellplätze, Stadt Balingen
  4. Wohnmobilstellplatz Hirsau Flößerwasen, Stadt Calw
  5. Wohnmobil-Stellplatz, Stadt Aalen
  6. Wohnmobilstellplatz, Stadt Ehingen (Donau)
  7. Wohnmobil-Parkplatz Wertwiesenpark, HeilbronnerLand
  8. Wohnmobilstellplatz Felsenparkplatz Engen, Bodensee West

When a source is not in English, follow the link for the official wording.