{"id":962,"date":"2021-06-30T06:44:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T04:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rechtsanwalt-erbrecht.eu\/deutsches-erbrecht\/deutsches-erbrecht-im-ueberblick\/wann-ist-das-deutsche-erbrecht-anwendbar\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:50:20","slug":"when-is-german-law-applicable","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rechtsanwalt-erbrecht.eu\/en\/deutsches-erbrecht\/deutsches-erbrecht-im-ueberblick\/wann-ist-das-deutsche-erbrecht-anwendbar\/","title":{"rendered":"When is German inheritance law applicable?"},"content":{"rendered":"

German inheritance law is always applicable if the deceased was habitually resident in Germany at the time of death (habitual residence<\/a>) or he has a Choice of law<\/a> in favour of German inheritance law. In addition, in cases where the deceased did not have their habitual residence in the EU at the time of their death, German law may only apply to a limited extent to that part of the assets located in Germany (see Art. 10 para. 2 of the EU Succession Regulation).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Das deutsche Erbrecht ist immer anwendbar, wenn der Erblasser sich zum Zeitpunkt seines Todes f\u00fcr gew\u00f6hnlich in Deutschland aufgehalten (gew\u00f6hnlicher Aufenthalt) hat oder er eine Rechtswahl zugunsten des deutschen Erbrechts getroffen hat. Daneben kann es in F\u00e4llen, in denen der Erblasser seinen gew\u00f6hnlichen Aufenthalt zum Zeitpunkt seines Todes nicht in der EU hatte zu einer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":386,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-962","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t