Supporting a low embankment - Which material for the "wall"?

Are you even allowed to support yourself? With us, the ground/wall may only naturally slope toward the neighbor - 80 cm is quite a big deal!

Plant rings are the cheapest. 2 euros each. Without plant. Karsten

Very tastefully done

By now it is all colorful because something different grows in each ring. Flowers, kitchen herbs, perennials, grasses, climbing plants, purple, green, white, blue....

If you build the wall with L-blocks or shuttering blocks and want it to look "nice" at the same time, you can proceed as follows:

Make the foundation slightly wider and set the wall back 10-15cm. Once you have finished the wall, you can cover the front side with mortar and stones. There are several methods and numerous design options for this.

: Your statement is absolutely correct! Since we have filled in, we are obligated to build a retaining wall in this case. (§9 NRG BW)

: In our development plan, only boundaries to "development facilities" are defined. That means, in our case, the Neighbor Law (Baden Württemberg) and the State Building Code BW come into effect regarding the neighboring property.
The topic of the retaining wall is addressed here, and if I understand correctly, I am allowed to build a retaining wall directly on the boundary (since the neighboring property is not used for agriculture), and with my planned height of 80 cm and length of 26 m, I am well below the maximum height of 2.5 m for a retaining wall, or with a wall surface area less than 25 m². (e.g., §10 NRG, §6 State Building Code)
The construction project is also not subject to an approval process if the retaining wall height is less than 2 m (Annex State Building Code, Section 7 c)

Please correct me if I have misunderstood anything here.

Thanks to everyone for the contributions on this topic so far.

: Your statement is absolutely correct! Since we have filled up, we are obliged in this case to build a retaining wall. (§9 NRG BW)

: In our development plan, only boundaries to "access facilities" are defined. That means, in our case to the neighboring property, the Neighbor Law (Baden-Württemberg) and the State Building Code BW come into effect. The topic of retaining walls is addressed here, and if I understand it correctly, I may build a retaining wall directly on the boundary (since the neighboring property is not used agriculturally) and with my planned 80cm height and 26m length, I am well below the maximum height of 2.5m for a retaining wall, or below the wall area of less than 25m². (e.g., §10 NRG, §6 State Building Code) The construction project is also not subject to an approval process if the retaining wall height is less than 2m (Annex State Building Code, Section 7 c)

Please correct me if I have misunderstood something here.

Thanks to everyone for the previous contributions on this topic.

Hi Jochen, we have exactly the same plan - we have filled up about 60cm, no development plan, Baden-Württemberg. We also want to install about 30m of L-shaped stones and then put up a fence or hedge on top. How does it work with the total height of L-shaped stone + fence? I assume this is measured from the original terrain or from the neighbor's side?

Otherwise, did everything go well for you? I have a bit of a special neighbor ;-)