North Rhine-Westphalia state police said they searched the shelter in the western city of Recklinghausen after receiving "concrete evidence" from French security authorities.
In a statement, they did not specify that the man was an asylum seeker - but a source close to the matter told the AFP news agency he was indeed registered as one.
They said the results of the search were still being evaluated with their French counterparts, but that there was no evidence of further possible attacks being planned.
The man was shot dead by Paris police after trying to storm the police station on Thursday, brandishing a meat cleaver and wearing a fake suicide vest.
The incident happened minutes after French President Francois Hollande paid tribute to police officers killed in the line of duty, including those killed in the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said on Friday that a piece of paper found on the man's body pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group and said "his act is linked to the dea
His link to an asylum seeker shelter in Germany risks further inflaming a debate over the 1.1 million asylum seekers that the country took in last year.
Tensions are already running high after a wave of sexual assaults during New Year's Eve festivities in Cologne, with police saying suspects of the crimes were mostly asylum seekers and migrants.
Cologne police said on Saturday that they have recorded 379 cases of violence during the rampage that night.
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