diff --git a/matsim/pom.xml b/matsim/pom.xml
index 4dc0348e536..45a3e54f201 100644
--- a/matsim/pom.xml
+++ b/matsim/pom.xml
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ReflectiveConfigGroup.java b/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ReflectiveConfigGroup.java
index 1301c6daeb1..7d6d86f0a4d 100644
--- a/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ReflectiveConfigGroup.java
+++ b/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ReflectiveConfigGroup.java
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -48,11 +50,17 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.Id;
 import org.matsim.core.api.internal.MatsimExtensionPoint;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
@@ -105,6 +113,12 @@
 public abstract class ReflectiveConfigGroup extends ConfigGroup implements MatsimExtensionPoint {
 	private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(ReflectiveConfigGroup.class);
 
+	private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+
+	static {
+		OBJECT_MAPPER.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
+	}
+
 	private final boolean storeUnknownParameters;
 
 	private final Map<String, Method> setters;
@@ -240,8 +254,10 @@ private static void checkParamFieldValidity(Field field) {
 			Integer.TYPE, Long.TYPE, Boolean.TYPE, Character.TYPE, Byte.TYPE, Short.TYPE, LocalTime.class,
 			LocalDate.class, LocalDateTime.class);
 
+	private static final Set<Class<?>> ALLOWED_MAP_PARAMETER_TYPES = ALLOWED_PARAMETER_TYPES; // currently identical
+
 	private static final String HINT = " Valid types are String, primitive types and their wrapper classes,"
-			+ " enumerations, List<String> and Set<String>, LocalTime, LocalDate, LocalDateTime"
+			+ " enumerations, List<String> and Set<String>, Maps<?,?>, LocalTime, LocalDate, LocalDateTime"
 			+ " Other types are fine as parameters, but you will need to implement conversion strategies"
 			+ " in corresponding StringGetters andStringSetters.";
 
@@ -255,6 +271,11 @@ private static boolean checkType(Type type) {
 			if (rawType.equals(List.class) || rawType.equals(Set.class)) {
 				var typeArgument = pType.getActualTypeArguments()[0];
 				return typeArgument.equals(String.class) || (typeArgument instanceof Class && ((Class<?>) typeArgument).isEnum());
+			} else if (rawType.equals(Map.class)) {
+				var keyType = pType.getActualTypeArguments()[0];
+				var valueType = pType.getActualTypeArguments()[1];
+				return (ALLOWED_MAP_PARAMETER_TYPES.contains(keyType) || (keyType instanceof Class && ((Class<?>) keyType).isEnum())) &&
+						(ALLOWED_MAP_PARAMETER_TYPES.contains(valueType) || (valueType instanceof Class && ((Class<?>) valueType).isEnum()));
 			}
 
 			if (rawType.equals(Class.class))
@@ -406,6 +427,22 @@ private Object fromString(String value, Class<?> type, @Nullable Field paramFiel
 				return stream.map(s -> stringToEnumValue(s, enumConstants)).toList();
 			}
 			return stream.toList();
+		} else if (type.equals(Map.class) && !type.equals(EnumMap.class)) {
+			if (value.isBlank()) {
+				return Collections.emptyMap();
+			} else if (paramField != null && paramField.getGenericType() instanceof ParameterizedType pType) {
+				Class<?> keyClass = TypeFactory.rawClass(pType.getActualTypeArguments()[0]);
+				Class<?> valueClass = TypeFactory.rawClass(pType.getActualTypeArguments()[1]);
+				Class<? extends Map> mapClass = keyClass.isEnum() ? EnumMap.class : LinkedHashMap.class;
+				JavaType mapType = OBJECT_MAPPER.getTypeFactory().constructMapType(mapClass, keyClass,
+						valueClass);
+				try {
+					return OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(value, mapType);
+				} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+					throw new RuntimeException(e);
+				}
+			}
+			throw new RuntimeException("Unsupported map field");
 		} else if (type.equals(Class.class)) {
 			try {
 				return ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().loadClass(value);
@@ -484,6 +521,17 @@ private String toString(Object result) {
 			Preconditions.checkArgument(collection.stream().noneMatch(String::isBlank),
 					"Collection %s contains blank elements. Only non-blank elements are supported.", collection);
 			return String.join(", ", collection);
+		} else if (result instanceof Map<?, ?> mapResult) {
+			Preconditions.checkArgument(mapResult.keySet().stream()
+					.filter(String.class::isInstance)
+					.map(String.class::cast)
+					.noneMatch(String::isBlank),
+					"Map %s contains blank string keys. Only non-blank string keys are supported.", mapResult);
+			try {
+				return new StringEscapeUtils().escapeXml11(OBJECT_MAPPER.writeValueAsString(result));
+			} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+				throw new RuntimeException(e);
+			}
 		} else {
 			return result + "";
 		}
diff --git a/matsim/src/test/java/org/matsim/core/config/ReflectiveConfigGroupTest.java b/matsim/src/test/java/org/matsim/core/config/ReflectiveConfigGroupTest.java
index a662f53d5ad..b19c1552100 100644
--- a/matsim/src/test/java/org/matsim/core/config/ReflectiveConfigGroupTest.java
+++ b/matsim/src/test/java/org/matsim/core/config/ReflectiveConfigGroupTest.java
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -69,6 +72,11 @@ public void testDumpAndRead() {
 		dumpedModule.localDateTimeField = LocalDateTime.of(2022, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59);
 		dumpedModule.enumListField = List.of(MyEnum.VALUE1, MyEnum.VALUE2);
 		dumpedModule.enumSetField = Set.of(MyEnum.VALUE2);
+		dumpedModule.integerMapField = Map.of("a\"b", 1, "b", 2);
+		dumpedModule.localDateMapField = Map.of('d', LocalDate.of(2023, 10, 9));
+		dumpedModule.booleanMapField = Map.of(0.1, true);
+		dumpedModule.enumMapField = new EnumMap<>(MyEnum.class);
+		dumpedModule.enumMapField.put(MyEnum.VALUE1, "abc");
 		dumpedModule.setField = ImmutableSet.of("a", "b", "c");
 		dumpedModule.listField = List.of("1", "2", "3");
 		assertEqualAfterDumpAndRead(dumpedModule);
@@ -87,6 +95,9 @@ public void testDumpAndReadEmptyCollections() {
 		dumpedModule.setField = ImmutableSet.of();
 		dumpedModule.enumListField = List.of();
 		dumpedModule.enumSetField = ImmutableSet.of();
+		dumpedModule.integerMapField = Collections.emptyMap();
+		dumpedModule.localDateMapField = Collections.emptyMap();
+		dumpedModule.booleanMapField = Collections.emptyMap();
 		assertEqualAfterDumpAndRead(dumpedModule);
 	}
 
@@ -97,14 +108,23 @@ public void testDumpAndReadCollectionsWithExactlyOneEmptyString() {
 		//fail on list
 		dumpedModule.listField = List.of("");
 		dumpedModule.setField = null;
+		dumpedModule.integerMapField = null;
 		assertThatThrownBy(() -> assertEqualAfterDumpAndRead(dumpedModule)).isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
 				.hasMessage("Collection [] contains blank elements. Only non-blank elements are supported.");
 
 		//fail on set
 		dumpedModule.listField = null;
 		dumpedModule.setField = ImmutableSet.of("");
+		dumpedModule.integerMapField = null;
 		assertThatThrownBy(() -> assertEqualAfterDumpAndRead(dumpedModule)).isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
 				.hasMessage("Collection [] contains blank elements. Only non-blank elements are supported.");
+
+		// fail on map
+		dumpedModule.listField = null;
+		dumpedModule.setField = null;
+		dumpedModule.integerMapField = Map.of("", 2);
+		assertThatThrownBy(() -> assertEqualAfterDumpAndRead(dumpedModule)).isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+				.hasMessage("Map {=2} contains blank string keys. Only non-blank string keys are supported.");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -114,14 +134,25 @@ public void testDumpAndReadCollectionsIncludingEmptyString() {
 		//fail on list
 		dumpedModule.listField = List.of("non-empty", "");
 		dumpedModule.setField = ImmutableSet.of("non-empty");
+		dumpedModule.integerMapField = Map.of("a", 1, "b", 2);
 		assertThatThrownBy(() -> assertEqualAfterDumpAndRead(dumpedModule)).isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
 				.hasMessage("Collection [non-empty, ] contains blank elements. Only non-blank elements are supported.");
 
 		//fail on set
 		dumpedModule.listField = List.of("non-empty");
 		dumpedModule.setField = ImmutableSet.of("non-empty", "");
+		dumpedModule.integerMapField = Map.of("a", 1, "b", 2);
 		assertThatThrownBy(() -> assertEqualAfterDumpAndRead(dumpedModule)).isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
 				.hasMessage("Collection [non-empty, ] contains blank elements. Only non-blank elements are supported.");
+
+		// fail on map
+		dumpedModule.listField = List.of("non-empty");
+		dumpedModule.setField = ImmutableSet.of("non-empty");
+		dumpedModule.integerMapField = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+		dumpedModule.integerMapField.put("a", 1);
+		dumpedModule.integerMapField.put("", 2);
+		assertThatThrownBy(() -> assertEqualAfterDumpAndRead(dumpedModule)).isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+				.hasMessage("Map {a=1, =2} contains blank string keys. Only non-blank string keys are supported.");
 	}
 
 	private void assertEqualAfterDumpAndRead(MyModule dumpedModule) {
@@ -167,6 +198,10 @@ public void testComments() {
 		expectedComments.put("enumListField", "list of enum");
 		expectedComments.put("enumSetField", "set of enum");
 		expectedComments.put("setField", "set");
+		expectedComments.put("integerMapField", "map of Integer");
+		expectedComments.put("localDateMapField", "map of LocalDate");
+		expectedComments.put("booleanMapField", "map of Boolean");
+		expectedComments.put("enumMapField", "map of Enum");
 
 		assertThat(new MyModule().getComments()).isEqualTo(expectedComments);
 	}
@@ -472,6 +507,22 @@ private static class MyModule extends ReflectiveConfigGroup {
 		@Parameter
 		private Set<MyEnum> enumSetField;
 
+		@Comment("map of Integer")
+		@Parameter
+		private Map<String, Integer> integerMapField;
+
+		@Comment("map of LocalDate")
+		@Parameter
+		private Map<Character, LocalDate> localDateMapField;
+
+		@Comment("map of Boolean")
+		@Parameter
+		private Map<Double, Boolean> booleanMapField;
+
+		@Comment("map of Enum")
+		@Parameter
+		private Map<MyEnum, String> enumMapField;
+
 		// Object fields:
 		// Id: string representation is toString
 		private Id<Link> idField;