Authorisations (WMS Service)

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the search for economically important mineral resources such as hydrocarbons, hard coal, lignite or potash and rock salts and their extraction are subject to the provisions of the Federal Mining Act (BBergG). A distinction is made between “mountain-free” and “basic” mineral resources. Land-owned mineral resources are owned by the landowner. The ownership of a plot of land does not extend to mountain-free mineral resources.
Anyone who wants to gain (mining) mineral resources requires an authorisation pursuant to § 8 BBergG or the mine ownership pursuant to § 9 BBergG. The issue shall be carried out by the competent authority. For the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen and the continental shelf of the North Sea, this is the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology (LBEG). Both permits and mine ownership grant the right to extract mineral resources within a given field. In addition, mining ownership is a “equal property” right, i.e. it is land register and loanable. The field of authorisation or mining property is limited over days and extends to the “eternal depth”, i.e. theoretically, to the center of the earth.
The theme cards “Authorisations” show the licensing areas currently awarded by the LBEG both offshore in the North Sea and onshore on the continental shelf.