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It piqued my curiousity too so I had a little look. It's called an Impressum. I think OP is incorrect that personal websites need to list a phone number and address - it seems to just apply to commercial entities.

https://law.stackexchange.com/a/23395

https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/websites/digital-law/a-...

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See my reply to another commentor [0]. In short, the situation is a little confusing since even though your private blog may not be commercial, it may be regarded "businesslike" nontheless [1].

That being said, this legislation has been in place for some years now. I am not aware of any private person actually having had to face legal ramifications because of this and personally I would just omit it and say bring it.

Still, you see lots of private German blogs which do have an inprint, if you look out for it.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36745481

[1] https://www-checkdomain-de.translate.goog/blog/bloggen/fortg...

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