Solar PV grants · District of Munich
What does Hohenbrunn pay for your solar system?
Hohenbrunn has not funded batteries since 1 July 2026.
The council struck the battery grant on 11 Jun 2026 “against the background of the budget situation” (council paper 2026/0112). Anyone who started or applied before 1 July 2026 still falls under the old version. The municipality paid nothing for rooftop solar or plug-in solar in either version. Source ↗
- Solar PV not funded
- Battery storage up to €500 per guideline · no longer funded
- Plug-in solar not funded
What would you get in Hohenbrunn?
What your roof can yield in Hohenbrunn: solar roof check →
Riemerling: Hohenbrunn or Ottobrunn?
Ottobrunn and Riemerling, a district of Hohenbrunn, share the postcode 85521. Which programme applies depends on the municipality your house stands in, not on the postcode.
Look up your street
The list covers the streets that lie in the map section. Only the addresses there are counted.
Each square is 100 m wide. The colour shows which municipality the official house addresses name. Source: LoD2, Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung (CC BY 4.0), as of 31.03.2026.
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Hohenbrunn (Riemerling)
Since 1 Jul 2026 the programme no longer pays for batteries; it does not fund rooftop solar or plug-in solar. Requirements: main residence in the municipality and the building within its area.
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Ottobrunn
For PV the programme pays 10 % of the investment cost (battery excluded), only on pitched roofs of at least 20° that turn at least 60° from south towards east or west.
All about Ottobrunn →
Why Hohenbrunn no longer pays for batteries
In 2025, 58 of 113 applications were for batteries, more than half. On 11 Jun 2026 the council struck the grant “against the background of the budget situation”; the new version has applied since 1 Jul 2026. Council paper 2026/0112 ↗
Anyone who started or applied before 1 July 2026 still falls under the old version. Still funded: solar thermal collectors (25 % of the sum the first funder, the BEG, approves; at most €2,000) and heat pumps, among others.
Information as of 3 Nov 2026. Without guarantee; the municipality’s guideline applies.
How it worked in Hohenbrunn until 2026
- Apply by email with a quote to klimaschutz@hohenbrunn.de, before work starts
- After applying you may start at your own risk; the grant is certain with the approval
- One year from approval; the final documents (invoice, proof of payment, extract from the Marktstammdatenregister) at the latest three months after commissioning
- Main residence in the municipality required; tenants with the owner’s consent
Remind me to check whether money is back
Whether and when Hohenbrunn funds again is not known today. A calendar reminder helps you check the municipality’s page later.
Check whether money is back
The calendar entry names the municipality’s page and the last guideline.
What fits on the roofs in Hohenbrunn
Our solar roof check run over 374 of the roughly 2,600 detached, two-family, semi-detached and terraced houses in Hohenbrunn, with dormers, chimneys and the shade of neighbouring houses and trees.
- modules on a typical house
- 31 half of the houses: 24 to 42
- electricity a year
- 12,900 kWh with 15.2 kWp
- output lost to shade
- 2.7 % from trees and neighbouring houses
A typical house in Hohenbrunn takes 31 modules; the middle value across the 24 towns around Munich with a page of their own is 33.
This counts the house alone. For 44 % of the houses a garage or annex can be planned too: 6 more modules in the middle.
Where the roofs face
- south 26 %
- east or west 40 %
- north or flat 34 %
With a home battery
With 4,500 kWh used a year, a typical house in Hohenbrunn covers about 46 % of it from the panels alone. A battery raises the part from your own roof:
With a 10 kWh battery the house would have needed no power from the grid on 256 days in 2025.
Your own roof in the solar roof check → Estimate from the 3D building model (LoD2, Bavarian Surveying Administration, CC BY 4.0), output per direction from PVGIS; battery figures with the roof faces of a house from the middle of the town and German Weather Service measurements for 2025. Your roof may differ. As of 3 November 2026.
What 10 kWp make here in a year
Facing south, 35° tilt, figures for Hohenbrunn (PVGIS): about 11,210 kWh a year, 460 kWh in December, 1,260 kWh in June.
What the neighbours would pay
For 10 kWp with an 8 kWh battery and a wallbox. It is always the municipality where the system is that counts.
- Putzbrunn up to €1,000 3 km
- Neubiberg €1,140 5 km
- Unterhaching up to €3,000 7 km
- Feldkirchen €3,000 11 km
- Grünwald €6,000 13 km
- München €0 14 km
Frequent questions
Can I get a grant in Hohenbrunn right now?
No. Hohenbrunn has not funded batteries since 1 July 2026. The council struck the battery grant on 11 Jun 2026 “against the background of the budget situation” (council paper 2026/0112). Anyone who started or applied before 1 July 2026 still falls under the old version. The municipality paid nothing for rooftop solar or plug-in solar in either version.
Is there a grant for solar PV in Hohenbrunn?
not funded
Does Hohenbrunn fund home batteries (battery storage)?
Under the guideline: 15 % of the investment, at most €500; plain retrofits too; the guideline limits the size: the net storage capacity in kWh “may exceed the PV system’s output in kWp by at most 1.5 times” (our translation of the German wording). No longer funded since 1 Jul 2026. Currently: no longer funded (as of 3 November 2026).
Does Hohenbrunn fund plug-in solar?
not funded
When do I have to apply?
Before you order. Once the application is in, you may sign, at your own risk: the grant is only certain once it is approved.
How many solar modules fit on a house in Hohenbrunn?
The middle value is 31 modules with 15.2 kWp, making around 12,900 kWh a year; half of the houses take 24 to 42 modules. With a 10 kWh battery and 4,500 kWh used a year, about 92 % of the power comes from your own roof. Worked out over 374 houses in Hohenbrunn.
What is there besides the municipality?
Everywhere in Germany: the KfW loan 270 for system and battery through your bank, and 0 % VAT on panels, inverters and batteries up to 30 kWp. The Free State of Bavaria pays no grant.
We know the programme
In the first consultation we plan your system so that the Hohenbrunn grant fits, and tell you when the application has to go in.
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