Building Code Requirements in Sachsen-Anhalt

Sachsen-Anhalt’s building law is the Bauordnung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt (BauO LSA), currently in force.

Minimum room height (lichte Raumhöhe): 2.40 m where it applies — but Sachsen-Anhalt exempts an ordinary one- or two-family house (Wohngebäude Gebäudeklasse 1 & 2) from any fixed minimum room height at all, and exempts roof-space (Dachraum) rooms entirely too. That’s a broader exemption than most Länder give. The exact clause (§) number for these figures isn’t independently confirmed against current BauO LSA statute text — check the official text directly rather than citing a specific paragraph from this page.

Your LBO also sets boundary setbacks (Abstandsflächen), guard/parapet (Umwehrung) heights, and permit-free (verfahrensfrei) thresholds for garages and carports — confirm all of these, along with the room-height clause number above, in the BauO LSA text on landesrecht.sachsen-anhalt.de before you build to a number.

Related

• German building rules hub — how the national DIN layer and the 16 Länder’s own building law fit together.
• Minimum room heights across Germany — why there’s no single national figure.
• German stair & guard rules — the DIN 18065 numbers plus the Land-by-Land guard-height picture.