Postal codes in Germany

overview of postal codes in Germany

Postal codes in Germany, German: Postleitzahl (PLZ) (plural Postleitzahlen), have five numbers. The first two show the wide area, the three other show the postal district.

German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits

The present system was introduced on 1 July 1993. Before reunification, both the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (DDR) used four-digit codes.

There was a temporary system after reunification. Between 1989 and 1993 postal codes in the west started with W, eg W-1000 Berlin 30 (postal districts in western cities were separate from the postal code) and those in the east with O (for Ost), e.g.: O-1234 Berlin.

Companies that posted a lot of letters, German: Großkunden have their own postal codes, separate from those used for postal districts or PO Box number ranges.

Postal regions do not always follow state borders. This is because sometimes it is easier to deliver mail to a place on the border from the other state.

The postal regions and some postal codes are:

Saxony and Saxony-AnhaltEdit

01 Region DresdenEdit

02 Region BautzenEdit

03 Region CottbusEdit

04 Region LeipzigEdit

06 Region Halle an der Saale/DessauEdit

08 Region ZwickauEdit

09 Region ChemnitzEdit

BerlinEdit

10115 - 14199Edit

BrandenburgEdit

01000-01999Edit

04000-04999Edit

The rest under 04931 are outside Brandenburg

15000-19999Edit

Mecklenburg-Western PomeraniaEdit

17000-17999Edit

18000-18999Edit

19000-19999Edit

HamburgEdit

20000-20999Edit

  • 20001-20999 - Hamburg
    • 20253 - Hamburg

21000-21999Edit

  • 21001-21149 - Hamburg
    • 21107 Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg
    • 21109 Kirchdorf

Codes 21450-21499 are in Schleswig Holstein

22000-22999Edit

  • 22001-22757 - Hamburg

Schleswig-HolsteinEdit

21000-21999Edit

  • 21451 - 21465 - Reinbek
    • 21451 - Reinbek
    • 21465 - Reinbek (centre)

23000-23999Edit

  • 23501-23570 - Lübeck
  • 24301-24306 - Plön
    • 23406 - Plön (centre)

24000-24999Edit

25000-25999Edit

  • 25436 - Uetersen, Tornesch, Moorrege, Heidgraben, Groß Nordende, Neuendeich
  • 25709 - Marne
  • 25801 - 25813 - Husum
    • 25801 - Husum
    • 25813 - Husum, centre
  • 25876 - Schwabstedt

BremenEdit

28000-28999Edit

  • 28078-28199 (possibly higher) - Bremen

Lower SaxonyEdit

05000-05999Edit

The rest are in Saxony

21000-21999Edit

26000-26999Edit

29000-29999Edit

30000-30999Edit

31000-31999Edit

  • 31008 - Elze
  • 31061 - Alfeld
  • 31101-31141 - Hildesheim
    • 31001 - Hildesheim
    • 31134 - Hildesheim (centre)
    • 31141 - Hildesheim
  • 31627 - Rohrsen
  • 31737 - Rinteln
  • 31785 - 31789 - Hamelin
    • 31785 - Hameln (centre)
    • 31789 - Hameln

37000-37999Edit

Some codes in this range are in Thuringia.

38000-38999Edit

  • 38154-38547 - Wolfsburg
    • 38154 Königslutter
    • 38165 Wolfsburg
    • 38440 Wolfsburg (Center)
    • 38442 Wolfsburg
    • 38444 Wolfsburg (Center)
    • 38446 Wolfsburg (Center)
    • 38448 Wolfsburg (Center)
    • 38458 Wolfsburg
    • 38479 Wolfsburg
    • 38518 Gifhorn
    • 38547 Wolfsburg
  • 38296 - Wolfenbüttel
  • 38678 - Clausthal-Zellerfeld
  • 38486 Kusey --> Sachsen-Anhalt

39000-39969Edit

The rest are in Saxony

49000-49999Edit

This list is incomplete.

ThuringiaEdit

04000-04999Edit

The rest are in Saxony

06000-06999Edit

The rest are in Saxony

07000-07999Edit

The rest of the 07s are in Saxony

37000-37999Edit

98000-98999Edit

99000-99999Edit

North Rhine-WestphaliaEdit

32000-32999Edit

33000-33999Edit

40000-40999Edit

41000-41999Edit

  • 41334 - Nettetal
  • 41460-41492 - Neuss
  • 41460 - Neuss (downtown)
  • 41492 - Neuss
  • 41751 - Viersen (Dülken)
  • 41844 - Wegberg

42000-42999Edit

44000-44999Edit

45000-45999Edit

46000-46999Edit

    • 46519 - Alpen
    • 46562 - Voerde
    • 46282 - Dorsten

47000-47999Edit

  • 47701 - 47839 - Krefeld and surroundings
    • 47701 - Krefeld
    • 47798 - Krefeld (centre)
    • 47799 - Krefeld
    • 47800 - Krefeld, Bockum area
    • 47829 - Krefeld, Uerdingen area
    • 47839 - Krefeld
  • 47918 - Tönisvorst

48000-48999Edit

50000-50999Edit

51000-51999Edit

52000-52999Edit

53000-53999Edit

The rest are in Rhineland-Palatinate

55000-55999Edit

57000-57999Edit

  • 57001-57080 - Siegen
    • 57001 - Siegen
    • 57072 - Siegen (market area)
    • 57080 - Siegen

58000-58999Edit

59000-59999Edit

Rhineland-PalatinateEdit

53000-53999Edit

  • 53520 - Herresbach
  • 53809 is in the Rheinland-Pfalz

54000-54999Edit

55000-55999Edit

56000-56999Edit

57000-57999Edit

The rest are in North Rhine-Westphalia

65000-65999Edit

66000-66999Edit

The rest are in Saarland

Others beginning with 65 are in Hesse

HesseEdit

35000-35999Edit

36000-36999Edit

60000-60999Edit

61000-61999Edit

63000-63999Edit

  • 63015-63075 - Offenbach
    • 63015: Offenbach (centre)
    • 63075 - Offenbach
  • 63303 - Dreieich
  • 63450 - Hanau
  • 63451 - not used
  • 63452 - Hanau
  • 63453 - not used
  • 63454 - Hanau
  • 63455 - not used
  • 63456 - Hanau
  • 63457 - Hanau
  • 63571 - Gelnhausen
  • 63575 - Freigericht (PO boxes)
  • 63576 - Freigericht (PO boxes)
  • 63579 - Freigericht (mail)

64000-64999Edit

65000-65999Edit

  • 65183-65207 - Wiesbaden
    • 65183 - Wiesbaden
  • 65207 - Wiesbaden
  • 65624 is in Rhineland-Palatinate
  • 65835 - Liederbach
  • 65843 - Sulzbach
  • 67346 - Speyer Rhineland-Palatinate

SaarlandEdit

66000-66999Edit

  • 66xxx
  • 66150 AOL
  • 66117 - Saarbrücken Centre
  • 66124 - Universität des Saarlandes
  • 66666: Großkunde
  • 66879 is in Rheinlqnd-Pfalz
  • 66894 Martinshöhe
  • 66976 Rodalben in Rhineland-Pfalz

Baden-WürttembergEdit

69000-69999Edit

70000-70999Edit

71000-71999Edit

72000-72999Edit

73000-73999Edit

74000-74999Edit

75000-75999Edit

76000-76999Edit

77000-77999Edit

78000-78999Edit

79000-79999Edit

88000-88999Edit

BavariaEdit

63000-63999Edit

80000-80999Edit

81000-81999Edit

  • 81000 - 81373 - München (may exist well into the 81900s)
  • 81663 - EADS

82000-82999Edit

84000-84999Edit

  • 84001-84036 - Landshut
    • 84001 - Landshut
    • 84026 - Landshut (centre)
    • 84036 - Landshut

85000-85999Edit

86000-86999Edit

87000-87999Edit

89000-89999Edit

90000-90999Edit

  • 903xx, 904xx - Nürnberg
  • 905xx - Nürnberg southeastern suburbs

91000-91999Edit

92000-92999Edit

93000-93999Edit

  • 93001-93059 - Regensburg
    • 93001 - Regensburg
    • 93047 - Regensburg (centre)
    • 93055 - Regensburg
  • 93164 - Brunn

94000-94999Edit

95000-95999Edit

  • 95401-95448 - Bayreuth
    • 95401 - Bayreuth
    • 95444 - Bayreuth (center)
    • 95448 - Bayreuth
  • 95632 - Wunsiedel