Noise protection refers to all measures to protect against disturbing or hazardous noise. The legal regulations on noise protection serve to balance the interests of those who cause noise and those affected.

Noise protection includes, among other things, precautionary planning such as concentrating noise on areas where it cannot be avoided anyway and disturbs as few as possible.

In terms of noise protection, a meaningful allocation of residential and industrial areas is carried out with the means of urban land use planning.

Today's most versatile structural measures are noise barriers, noise barriers, noise protection tunnels and soundproofing walls. Under certain conditions, these can be supported with support measures from the state, the federal government and the EU. The contact person and responsible for funding is the Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt.

The State Office for Environmental Protection is involved in noise mapping and noise reduction planning.

• State Office for Environmental Protection