{"id":4898,"date":"2016-04-29T15:03:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T15:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mth-partner.de\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2025-10-27T13:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:45:41","slug":"mietrecht-vor-der-fristlosen-kuendigung-muss-meistens-zunaechst-abgemahnt-werden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mth-partner.de\/en\/tenancy-law-a-warning-must-usually-be-issued-before-termination-without-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenancy law: Before termination without notice, a warning must usually be issued first."},"content":{"rendered":"

Cologne Local Court, 11.02.2016, Ref.: 203 C 466\/15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not only the landlord, but also the tenant can terminate the tenancy without notice. In accordance with Section 543 (2) sentence 1 no. 1, the tenant may terminate without notice if the contractual use of the rented property is not granted or withdrawn in full or in part in good time.<\/p>\n

This is the case, for example, if the flat is infested with vermin to a considerable extent, if official permission is not granted so that the tenant cannot use the commercial premises, or if a neighbouring major construction site causes considerable nuisance for a very long period of time.<\/p>\n

However, it should be noted that in the vast majority of cases, the landlord must be duly warned by the tenant before termination without notice and requested to remedy the disruption to use.<\/p>\n

In the Cologne Local Court case discussed here, the court had ruled on the cancellation without notice<\/a> of tenants who had not given the landlord a single warning prior to the termination.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Facts of the legal dispute: Claim for rent arrears<\/span><\/h3>\n

In this legal dispute, the landlord, the plaintiff, demanded that the tenants, the defendants, pay rent arrears of EUR 880.00 for the months of May to August 2015 in accordance with Section 535 (2) BGB.<\/p>\n

The rental agreement between the parties was concluded on 3 November 2014. Sections 8 and 9 of the rental agreement stipulated that the plaintiff could enter the rented room for a specific, non-recurring date and use it for his back training. It was also agreed that the room would be available exclusively to the defendants from 1 March 2015. Until then, a co-tenant was still allowed to use the room twice a week.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Incident with the door lock and termination without notice<\/span><\/h3>\n

In January 2015, the plaintiff replaced the door lock to the building, but failed to hand over the new key to the defendant in good time. As a result, defendant 1 was left standing in front of a locked door. Without warning the plaintiff, the defendants then terminated the tenancy without notice and moved out of the property.<\/p>\n

However, the plaintiff was of the opinion that the tenancy had not been terminated by the termination without notice and demanded the rent for the months of May to August 2015.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Decision of the Local Court of Cologne<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Cologne District Court followed the plaintiff's argument and ruled that the tenancy had not been terminated by the termination without notice on 27 April 2015. According to Sections 543 (1), 2 No. 1 BGB, the tenant can terminate the tenancy if, taking into account the circumstances, he cannot reasonably be expected to continue the tenancy. This applies in particular if the tenant is deprived of the contractual use of the rented property.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Warning as a prerequisite for termination without notice<\/span><\/h3>\n

However, termination without notice requires, in accordance with Section 543 (3) sentence 1 BGB, that the tenant has given the landlord a reasonable period of time to remedy the situation or has warned the landlord. Such a Warning letter<\/a> must specifically name the defect and make it clear that the cooperation is jeopardised if the defect is not rectified. However, the defendants had not warned the plaintiff, meaning that the termination without notice was invalid and the tenancy continued.<\/p>\n

Source: Cologne Local Court<\/p>\n

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A remedy period or warning notice must specify the defect to be remedied or the behaviour in breach of duty that is to be remedied in sufficiently concrete terms and must indicate that further contractual cooperation is at stake if the defect is not remedied or the behaviour in breach of duty is not remedied.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[2765],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mietrecht-rechtsanwalt","tag-abmahnung-im-mietrecht"],"yoast_head":"\nMietrecht: Vor der fristlosen K\u00fcndigung muss meistens zun\u00e4chst abgemahnt werden.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Die au\u00dferordentliche K\u00fcndigung ist nach \u00a7 543 Abs. 3 BGB erst nach erfolglosem Ablauf einer zur Abhilfe bestimmten Frist bzw. 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