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-Anhalt Edit

01 Region Dresden Edit

02 Region Bautzen Edit

03 Region Cottbus Edit

04 Region Leipzig Edit

06 Region Halle an der Saale/Dessau Edit

08 Region Zwickau Edit

09 Region Chemnitz Edit

Berlin Edit

10115 - 14199 Edit

Brandenburg Edit

01000-01999 Edit

04000-04999 Edit

The rest under 04931 are outside Brandenburg

15000-19999 Edit

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Edit

17000-17999 Edit

18000-18999 Edit

19000-19999 Edit

Hamburg Edit

20000-20999 Edit

  • 20001-20999 - Hamburg
    • 20253 - Hamburg

21000-21999 Edit

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

Codes 21450-21499 are in Schleswig Holstein

22000-22999 Edit

  • 22001-22757 - Hamburg

Schleswig-Holstein Edit

21000-21999 Edit

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

23000-23999 Edit

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

24000-24999 Edit

25000-25999 Edit

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

Bremen Edit

28000-28999 Edit

  • 28078-28199 (possibly higher) - Bremen

Lower Saxony Edit

05000-05999 Edit

The rest are in Saxony

21000-21999 Edit

26000-26999 Edit

29000-29999 Edit

30000-30999 Edit

31000-31999 Edit

  • 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

37000-37999 Edit

Some codes in this range are in Thuringia.

38000-38999 Edit

  • 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

39000-39969 Edit

The rest are in Saxony

49000-49999 Edit

This list is incomplete.

Thuringia Edit

04000-04999 Edit

The rest are in Saxony

06000-06999 Edit

The rest are in Saxony

07000-07999 Edit

The rest of the 07s are in Saxony

37000-37999 Edit

98000-98999 Edit

99000-99999 Edit

North Rhine-Westphalia Edit

32000-32999 Edit

33000-33999 Edit

40000-40999 Edit

41000-41999 Edit

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

42000-42999 Edit

44000-44999 Edit

45000-45999 Edit

46000-46999 Edit

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

47000-47999 Edit

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

48000-48999 Edit

50000-50999 Edit

51000-51999 Edit

52000-52999 Edit

53000-53999 Edit

The rest are in Rhineland-Palatinate

55000-55999 Edit

57000-57999 Edit

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

58000-58999 Edit

59000-59999 Edit

Rhineland-Palatinate Edit

53000-53999 Edit

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

54000-54999 Edit

55000-55999 Edit

56000-56999 Edit

57000-57999 Edit

The rest are in North Rhine-Westphalia

65000-65999 Edit

66000-66999 Edit

The rest are in Saarland

Others beginning with 65 are in Hesse

Hesse Edit

35000-35999 Edit

36000-36999 Edit

60000-60999 Edit

61000-61999 Edit

63000-63999 Edit

  • 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)

64000-64999 Edit

65000-65999 Edit

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

Saarland Edit

66000-66999 Edit

  • 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-Württemberg Edit

69000-69999 Edit

70000-70999 Edit

71000-71999 Edit

72000-72999 Edit

73000-73999 Edit

74000-74999 Edit

75000-75999 Edit

76000-76999 Edit

77000-77999 Edit

78000-78999 Edit

79000-79999 Edit

88000-88999 Edit

Bavaria Edit

63000-63999 Edit

80000-80999 Edit

81000-81999 Edit

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

82000-82999 Edit

84000-84999 Edit

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

85000-85999 Edit

86000-86999 Edit

87000-87999 Edit

89000-89999 Edit

90000-90999 Edit

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

91000-91999 Edit

92000-92999 Edit

93000-93999 Edit

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

94000-94999 Edit

95000-95999 Edit

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