We come to your vehicle. This includes the Streckerplatz, the districts and the area toward the Fränkische Schweiz.
* For accidents that were not your fault
Maximilian FrommEngineer (B.Sc. in Mechatronics)Member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
You take the first step. We handle the other three for you.
By phone or WhatsApp, you briefly describe the damage. Often we already agree during this first call when we will come to Forchheim.
For the inspection, we come to where your vehicle is right now. For ordinary damage, the on-site inspection takes 30 to 45 minutes.
Usually one day after the on-site appointment, the report is ready. We send it directly to the people you name.
The other party's insurer pays based on the figures in the report. You decide whether to repair the car or to choose fictitious settlement (fiktive Abrechnung). In that case, you have the calculated amount paid out without a repair.
Maximilian Fromm
Independent vehicle expert for damage and valuation, engineer (B.Sc. in Mechatronics)
Describe your case in five sentences or send three photos of the damage. I will tell you whether a report is worthwhile and what we need.
An office with no tie to an insurance company works only for you, the person whose car was damaged, from the start.
We come to the place ourselves. This can be your home, a repair shop, a towing service, or directly at the accident scene in the Forchheim area. You do not have to move the car.
On the phone, you briefly describe how the damage happened. This takes only a few minutes. In the same call, you learn whether a report makes sense for the damage and which documents you need. This is true even if no report is made in the end. For accidents that were not your fault, you pay nothing in advance. The other party's liability insurance usually pays the costs. It is different for a claim under your own vehicle insurance, for an accident you caused yourself, or for a valuation report. In these cases, we tell you the amount in advance and bill you directly.
It can be a wildlife accident on the way to the Fränkische Schweiz or parking damage during the Annafest, a large summer festival. The inspection process stays the same. We follow these six steps in every case. They define how closely we look. The report states what the damage shows.
Before you hire us, we clarify by phone which service fits.
After the inspection, the report documents the extent of damage and the right repair method. This works for cars, motorcycles, vans, trucks and trailers. It also states the repair costs, the replacement value (Wiederbeschaffungswert), the residual value (Restwert), the diminished value (merkantile Wertminderung) and the downtime. Go to the service page.
For clearly small damage, a repair estimate (Kostenvoranschlag) is often enough before you decide on a report. The comparison below shows when a report is the better choice. Go to the comparison.
We determine market value, replacement value and condition grade (Zustandsnote) independently of an accident. This is for example for Youngtimers (modern classics, 15 to 30 years old), Oldtimers (classic cars, 30+ years) or vehicles of special value. Go to the service page.
If the reduced figures do not match the real damage, we go through the calculation and the values. We show at which item the reduction is not justified. Go to the service page.
Two real cases show how the report states each damage item separately.
Forchheim consists of the core city area and the districts that are now part of the city: Buckenhofen, Burk, Kersbach, Reuth, Serlbach and Sigritzau. We come to where the vehicle is, also to the area toward the Fränkische Schweiz.
33,017 residents as of December 31, 2024. Forchheim is a large district town (Große Kreisstadt) and the seat of the district of the same name in Upper Franconia.
as of December 31, 2024. A large district town and the seat of the district of the same name in Upper Franconia.
The district of Forchheim also allows the district plate codes EBS for Ebermannstadt and PEG for Pegnitz.
Landratsamt Forchheim, department 32 (Fachbereich 32), Am Streckerplatz 1, 91301 Forchheim.
About 17 kilometers and 19 minutes to Erlangen, about 26 kilometers and 21 minutes to Bamberg.
The Wiesent flows into the Regnitz in Forchheim. Here the Wiesent valley ends and the way into the Fränkische Schweiz begins.
Sources: Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik (Bavarian State Office for Statistics), Statistik kommunal 2024 Große Kreisstadt Forchheim. Landratsamt Forchheim, department for vehicle registration. Driving distances from our own route measurement, as of September 2026.
The first is commuter traffic on the A73 and the B470 between Erlangen, Bamberg and Nuremberg. Here we see the usual rear-end and lane-change damage in dense rush-hour traffic. The second is leisure traffic into the Fränkische Schweiz. On weekends and in the summer months, the narrow country roads toward Ebermannstadt and Gößweinstein are busier than usual. Drivers who do not know the area face tight curves, wildlife crossings and cyclists. There is also the Annafest in summer. About 450,000 to 500,000 visitors come to the town over eleven days. Parking around the Kellerwald becomes much more difficult. During this time, small parking damage and minor bumps while parked become more frequent.
After a parking bump or a small scrape, you may be unsure if a report is worth it. In that case, send us photos on WhatsApp. Include the damaged area and the license plate. Then we tell you how we see the case and what the next step is.
Your free initial assessment does not obligate you to anything, even if no report results in the end.
For small, clear damage, such as a parking bump at the Streckerplatz, a repair estimate is usually enough. Courts see the exact limit differently, usually somewhere between €750 and €1,000 in damage. What matters is whether the damage is easy to see and easy to assess.
For accidents that were not your fault, we bill the other party's insurer directly. You do not get an invoice from us. It is different for very small damage. A report often does not pay off there, and we discuss this by phone in advance.
Review and payment usually take four to six weeks. If the claim settlement (Regulierung) takes much longer or the insurer reduces the payment, a lawyer should handle it. We answer every question about the technical side of the report by phone.
Yes, we drive to where your vehicle is, whether in the old town, in the districts that are now part of the city or in the area toward the Fränkische Schweiz.
Because of the short drive on the A73, it usually works on the same day in Forchheim. For ordinary damage, the on-site inspection takes about 30 to 45 minutes. The finished report is usually ready one day later.
There is no fixed deadline. Call us before the repair starts. The earlier we inspect the vehicle, the more fully we can document the evidence of the damage.
Important: Have the vehicle repaired only after the inspection. After a repair, the real extent of the damage can no longer be proven. This also applies after a wildlife accident on the road to the Fränkische Schweiz or after parking damage during the Annafest days. Contact us before the repair starts. Because of the short drive on the A73, we can usually offer an appointment on the same day.
For accidents that were not your fault, you choose who inspects the damage. This is true even if the repair shop or the other party's insurer suggests someone. It applies in the Forchheim old town and in the area toward the Fränkische Schweiz, because a suggestion is not a requirement.
None directly. You do not submit the report to the registration office. It goes only to the insurer and the repair shop. You go to the registration office at the Streckerplatz only after a total loss, to deregister a vehicle or to register a replacement vehicle.
Yes, Ebermannstadt, Pegnitz and the surrounding towns are part of our service area. It does not matter if the vehicle has the FO plate code or a district code such as EBS or PEG.
During the eleven days of the Annafest, parking around the Kellerwald becomes much more difficult. This is why minor bumps while parked increase. We document this damage with the same level of detail as any other damage.
Your vehicle registration certificate (Fahrzeugschein), your contact details and, if you have one, the file number from the insurer or the police. We clarify the rest on site.
Contact us by phone or WhatsApp. After you describe the case, we tell you how we see the situation and when we can arrive in Forchheim. This assessment takes only a few minutes. This does not obligate you to anything, even if we advise against a report in the end.
From our office in Erlangen, it is about 17 kilometers on the A73 to Forchheim, around 19 minutes of driving. This means short distances for us and for you. An appointment at our workshop in Frauenaurach can make more sense than an on-site inspection, for example if you suspect damage to the underbody.
Maximilian Fromm, independent vehicle expert for damage and valuation, engineer (B.Sc. in Mechatronics). Knowledge examination at SFV e.V. (a German association of vehicle experts), member of the VDI (Association of German Engineers). He has his own workshop with a vehicle lift in Erlangen-Frauenaurach.
As an independent office, we do not work for an insurer. We work for you, the person whose car was damaged.
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