Editing Rest area (section)

=== Austria and Germany ===
[[File:Bad Fischau Raststaette.JPG|thumb|left|Raststätte [[Bad Fischau-Brunn|Bad Fischau]] at the [[Süd Autobahn]] in [[Austria]]]]

''{{lang|de|Raststätte}}'' ([[:de:Autobahnraststätte]]) is the name for service areas on the German and Austrian [[Autobahn]]. They often include a fuel station, public phones, restaurants, restrooms, parking and, occasionally, a hotel or a motel. If the service area is off the motorway, it is named ''Rasthof'' or ''{{lang|de|Autohof}}''.

Smaller parking areas, mostly known as a ''{{lang|de|Rastplatz}}'' ([[:de:Rastplatz]]), are more frequent, but they have only picnic tables, and sometimes, toilets (signposted).