Schornsteinfegerwesen

Owners of land and premises are obliged to carry out the cleaning and inspection of sweeping and testing facilities on their own responsibility and in due time.installations subject to mandatory sweeping and inspection by an approved chimney sweep and to provide evidence of this to the authorised district chimney sweep.

The owners are also obliged to notify the authorised district chimney sweep of any changes to their installations that require inspection.

In the case of condominium owners, the obligations are incumbent on the respective owners, provided that combustion plants are in their special ownership. In the case of systems in general ownership, e.g. chimneys and central heating systems, the community of owners is obliged to take over the obligations.