Germany to Croatia — which vignettes do you need?

Short answer: you need the Austrian vignette (from €9.60 for 1 day) and the Slovenian e-vinjeta (from €16.00 for 7 days). Alternatively via Hungary (D1 from €15.21 (HUF 5,550)). Germany charges nothing for cars; Croatia has no vignette — only barrier tolls.

The route planner corridor for Germany → Croatia runs through Austria and Slovenia. Drivers starting further east can swap Slovenia for Hungary.

Before choosing a product, check whether your vehicle needs a vignette for the countries you will drive through.

Route stages and charging systems

What to remember on this corridor

1. The Austrian vignette does not cover the Alpine tunnels

On the Munich–Salzburg–Villach route, the A10 Tauern section (Tauern + Katschberg, €15.00 per direction for a car) and the A11 Karawanken tunnel into Slovenia (€9.00 southbound) are charged separately. The vignette alone is not valid on those stretches — budget roughly ~€48.00 of Austrian extras for a return trip on top of the vignette.

2. The 7-day gap in Slovenia

Slovenia’s shortest car product is the 7-day e-vinjeta (€16.00). On a standard two-week holiday it expires before the return leg: take the 1-month vignette (€32.00) or plan a second 7-day product.

3. Via Graz instead of the Tauern

The A9 Pyhrn route (Nuremberg–Graz–Maribor) swaps the Tauern toll for the Bosruck and Gleinalm tunnels (€19.00 combined per direction) and enters Slovenia at Šentilj with no tunnel charge. Total section-toll cost is similar.

4. From eastern Germany: the Hungary variant

Routing via Vienna and Hungary to Croatia replaces the Slovenian vignette with a Hungarian e-matrica. This variant is not the planner’s Germany → Croatia corridor, so check your own start and road: the Vienna route still crosses Austria, so the Austrian vignette is needed either way, and depending on where you start, the road to Austria can pass through other countries that add their own charge.

What to check on the route

1. 1 Buy the Austrian 1-day or 10-day vignette online — both start immediately; the digital 2-month product bought by a consumer in the ASFINAG shop or app can start no earlier than day 18; authorised distributors and physical outlets are exempt from that delay.
2. 2 Pre-buy the section toll tickets digitally if you want the green lane at Tauern and Karawanken.
3. 3 Croatia needs no preparation — see the Croatia toll guide: take a ticket at the barrier and pay by card or cash in euros at the exit.
4. 4 Over 3.5 t? Austria generally uses GO toll above 3.5 t in field F.1, subject to its transitional exception; Slovenia uses DarsGo above its weight threshold. Check both country guides before choosing the toll system.

Once you know which countries matter on your route, open the linked country guides and confirm the current rules on the official operator websites.