Cross-border guide Konstanz · Schaffhausen · Gottmadingen – Buch-Blindenhausen SH

Living in Gottmadingen and working in Switzerland: German cross-border worker (§15a)

Gottmadingen falls under the §15a DBA Germany-Switzerland cross-border regime: Swiss withholding tax of 4.5% on gross pay (with a residence certificate on file), provided you don't exceed 60 non-return days per year; Source: Lettera BMF (Bundesministerium der Finanzen) del 2023-12-07; articolo 15a DBA Germania-Svizzera; articolo 2 comma 6 OAMal (Optionsrecht assicurazione malattia).

Updated:

Population
10,871
Distance to crossing
1 km
Gottmadingen – Buch-Blindenhausen SH
Postal code
78244
Konstanz
Withholding tax
4.5%
Art. 15a

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The calculator implements the Italy-Switzerland cross-border regime (Ticino withholding tax plus Italian IRPEF with its allowance). It does not reproduce the regime described on this page, so its result does not apply to residents here.

Homeoffice days do not count as non-return days.

Compared with the nearest towns

Within 14 km of Gottmadingen there are 6 towns with a page on this site: Hilzingen, Singen (Hohentwiel), Rielasingen-Worblingen, Steißlingen, Engen and Radolfzell am Bodensee.

Across this group the distance to the border runs from 1 km (Gottmadingen) to 15 km (Steißlingen).

Gottmadingen sits at 1 km: 1 of 7 counting from the lowest.

By population, this town ranks 14 of 34 with 10,871 residents; immediately above: Rielasingen-Worblingen and Engen; immediately below: Steinen and Blumberg; tied with: no town.

By road distance, this town ranks 4 of 34 at 1 km; immediately above: Rheinfelden (Baden) and Stühlingen; immediately below: Klettgau and Konstanz; tied with: no town.

Within Landkreis Konstanz, the comparable towns besides this page are Konstanz, Singen (Hohentwiel), Radolfzell am Bodensee, Rielasingen-Worblingen, Engen, Hilzingen, Allensbach, Reichenau and Steißlingen.

The Gottmadingen – Buch-Blindenhausen SH route is the reference crossing for this page.

The six nearest towns to this page connect to these crossings: Gottmadingen – Thayngen, Ebringerstrasse, Rielasingen-Worblingen – Ramsen-Hofenacker and Tengen – Thayngen, L188.

TownDistance from hereDistance to borderPopulationNearest crossing
Gottmadingen (here)—1 km10,871Gottmadingen – Buch-Blindenhausen SH
Hilzingen3.4 km4 km9,196Gottmadingen – Thayngen, Ebringerstrasse
Singen (Hohentwiel)5.1 km6 km47,621Rielasingen-Worblingen – Ramsen-Hofenacker
Rielasingen-Worblingen5.2 km3 km12,268Rielasingen-Worblingen – Ramsen-Hofenacker
Steißlingen13 km15 km5,133Rielasingen-Worblingen – Ramsen-Hofenacker
Engen13 km13 km11,311Tengen – Thayngen, L188
Radolfzell am Bodensee14 km14 km31,734Rielasingen-Worblingen – Ramsen-Hofenacker

Straight-line distances computed from the town-centre coordinates in our dataset. Road distance to the nearest crossing and population from the German municipal dataset (Destatis, AGS key).

Estimates for guidance only. Actual taxation depends on family situation, deductions and certificates. Always check with a tax adviser or your canton of employment.