List of postal codes in Germany

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German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits. The green lines mark state borders, which do not correspond with postal code areas. German postcode information.png
German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits. The green lines mark state borders, which do not correspond with postal code areas.

Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen, abbreviated to PLZ; literally "postal routing number"), since 1 July 1993 have consisted of five digits. The first two digits indicate the wider area, the last three digits the postal district.

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Before reunification both the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) used four-digit codes. Under a transitional arrangement following reunification, between 1989 and 1993 postal codes in the west were prefixed with 'W', e.g.: W-1000 [Berlin] 30 (postal districts in western cities were customary separate from the postal code, although "1030" would've been correct) and those in the east with 'O' (for Ost), e.g.: O-1xxx Berlin.

City councils and postal customers with high mail volumes (Großkunden) have their own postal codes, separate from those used for postal districts or PO Box number ranges.

Postal regions do not necessarily follow state boundaries, so sorting by state is not practicable.

The postal regions and some postal codes are:

5-digit System since 1993

The 5-digit postal codes were established on 1 July 1993.

Region #Area
00– (unassigned)
01 Dresden, Riesa, Meißen, Bischofswerda
02 Görlitz, Bautzen, Hoyerswerda, Zittau
03 Cottbus, Finsterwalde, Forst (Lausitz), Spremberg
04 Leipzig, Altenburg, Eilenburg, Torgau
05– (Reserved)
06 Halle (Saale), Dessau-Roßlau, Quedlinburg, Zeitz
07 Gera, Jena, Saalfeld/Saale, Greiz
08 Plauen, Zwickau, Aue, Klingenthal
09 Chemnitz, Annaberg-Buchholz, Zschopau, Freiberg
10 Berlin city centre
11Federal Institutions in Berlin
12South and South-East Berlin
13North Berlin
14 Potsdam and South-West Berlin, Rathenow, Luckenwalde, Brandenburg an der Havel
15 Frankfurt (Oder), Eisenhüttenstadt, Fürstenwalde/Spree, Königs Wusterhausen
16 Oranienburg, Eberswalde, Pritzwalk, Schwedt/Oder
17 Neubrandenburg, Greifswald, Neustrelitz, Usedom
18 Rostock, Stralsund, Güstrow, Bergen auf Rügen
19 Schwerin, Ludwigslust, Wittenberge, Parchim
20 Hamburg mid
21Southern and Eastern Hamburg and surroundings, Lüneburg, Buxtehude, Stade, Reinbek
22Hamburg North & West, Norderstedt, Ahrensburg, Wedel
23 Lübeck, Bad Segeberg, Wismar, Mölln
24 Kiel, Flensburg, Schleswig, Neumünster
25West coast (Elmshorn, Itzehoe, Sylt)
26 Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, Emden, Aurich
27Bremen metropolitan area, Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven, Delmenhorst, Helgoland, Neuwerk
28 Bremen, Ottersberg, Schwanewede, Syke, Stuhr, Weyhe
29 Celle, Uelzen, Salzwedel, Lüchow
30 Hannover, Garbsen, Langenhagen, Laatzen
31Hannover area, Hameln, Hildesheim, Peine, Schaumburg
32 Herford, Minden, Detmold, Löhne
33 Bielefeld, Paderborn, Bad Driburg, Gütersloh
34 Kassel, Hannoversch Münden, Korbach, Warburg
35 Gießen, Wetzlar, Marburg, Dillenburg
36 Fulda, Bad Hersfeld, Bad Salzungen, Alsfeld
37 Göttingen, Höxter, Eschwege, Osterode am Harz
38 Braunschweig, Salzgitter, Wolfsburg, Halberstadt
39 Magdeburg, Stendal, Oschersleben, Staßfurt
40 Düsseldorf, Hilden, Mettmann, Ratingen
41 Mönchengladbach, Neuss, Viersen, Erkelenz
42 Wuppertal, Velbert, Solingen, Remscheid
43– (Reserved)
44 Dortmund, Lünen, Herne, Bochum
45 Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Recklinghausen, Gelsenkirchen
46 Oberhausen, Bottrop, Bocholt, Wesel
47 Duisburg, Krefeld, Moers, Kleve, Wesel
48 Münster, Rheine, Nordhorn, Coesfeld
49 Osnabrück, Melle, Ibbenbüren, Lingen (Ems)
50 Köln (west of the Rhine plus Deutz), Frechen, Brühl, Bergheim, Hürth
51 Köln (east of the Rhine without Deutz), Leverkusen, Bergisch Gladbach, Gummersbach
52 Aachen, Eschweiler, Düren, Heinsberg
53 Bonn, Remagen, Siegburg, Euskirchen
54 Trier, Wittlich, Daun, Prüm, Bitburg
55 Mainz, Simmern/Hunsrück, Bad Kreuznach, Idar-Oberstein
56 Koblenz, Neuwied, Mayen, Andernach
57 Siegen, Lennestadt, Olpe, Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
58 Hagen, Witten, Iserlohn, Lüdenscheid
59 Hamm, Unna, Soest, Arnsberg
60 Frankfurt am Main middle area
61 Bad Homburg, Friedberg, Bad Vilbel, Oberursel
62– (Reserved)
63 Aschaffenburg, Hanau, Offenbach am Main, Miltenberg
64 Darmstadt, Bensheim, Heppenheim, Groß-Gerau
65 Wiesbaden, Limburg an der Lahn, Rüsselsheim, Frankfurt am Main-West
66 Saarbrücken, Neunkirchen, Homburg, Pirmasens, Zweibrücken, Merzig
67 Kaiserslautern, Ludwigshafen, Worms, Speyer
68 Mannheim, Schwetzingen, Lampertheim, Viernheim
69 Heidelberg, Weinheim, Leimen, Mannheim (only P.O. Box)
70 Stuttgart, Fellbach, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Filderstadt
71Stuttgart area, Böblingen, Waiblingen, Backnang, Ludwigsburg
72 Tübingen, Reutlingen, Sigmaringen, Freudenstadt, Balingen, Nürtingen
73 Göppingen, Esslingen, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Aalen
74 Heilbronn, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Schwäbisch Hall, Crailsheim
75 Pforzheim, Eppingen, Calw, Mühlacker
76 Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden, Landau in der Pfalz, Bruchsal
77 Offenburg, Lahr, Kehl, Achern, Bühl
78 Villingen-Schwenningen, Donaueschingen, Singen (Hohentwiel), Konstanz, Tuttlingen, Rottweil
79 Freiburg im Breisgau, Lörrach, Titisee-Neustadt, Waldshut-Tiengen, Emmendingen
80 Munich mid-northwest
81Munich area (West, South, East)
82Munich area (South, West), Fürstenfeldbruck, Starnberg, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
83 Rosenheim, Traunstein, Freilassing, Bad Tölz
84 Landshut, Waldkraiburg, Dingolfing, Pfarrkirchen
85Munich area (North & East), Ingolstadt, Dachau, Freising, Eichstätt
86 Augsburg, Donauwörth, Landsberg am Lech, Neuburg a.Donau
87 Kempten, Kaufbeuren, Memmingen, Marktoberdorf
88 Friedrichshafen, Lindau (Bodensee), Ravensburg, Biberach an der Riß
89 Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Heidenheim an der Brenz, Ehingen (Donau)
90 Nuremberg, Fürth, Zirndorf
91Nuremberg area, Erlangen, Ansbach, Dinkelsbühl, Schwabach
92 Amberg, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Schwandorf
93 Regensburg, Cham, Kelheim, Abensberg
94 Passau, Landau an der Isar, Regen, Straubing
95 Hof, Bayreuth, Kulmbach, Marktredwitz
96 Bamberg, Lichtenfels, Coburg, Sonneberg
97 Würzburg, Schweinfurt, Bad Kissingen, Wertheim
98 Suhl, Hildburghausen, Ilmenau, Meiningen
99 Erfurt, Weimar, Mühlhausen/Thüringen, Eisenach

Saxony

01000–01999

02000–02999

04000–04999

07000–07999

08000–08999

09000–09999

Saxony-Anhalt

06000-06999


29400-29499

38000-38999

Berlin

10115 – 14199

Postal codes in Berlin Berlin Postleitzahlen.svg
Postal codes in Berlin

Brandenburg

01000-01999

03000-03999

04000-04999

14000-14999

15000-15999

16000-16999

17000-17999

19000-19999

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

17000-17999

18000-18999

19000-19999

23000-23999

Hamburg

20000-20999

21000-21999

22000-22999

27000-27999

Schleswig-Holstein

21000-21999

22000-22999

23000-23999

24000-24999

25000-25999

The region 25 covers all of Schleswig-Holstein's westcoast from Hamburg to the Danish border. All mail from, to and within this region is handled by the postal distribution center in Elmshorn.

Bremen (state)

27000-27999

28000-28999

Lower Saxony

19000-19999

21000-21999

26000-26999

27000-27999

28000-28999

29000-29999

30000-30999

31000-31999

34000-34999

37000-37999

38000-38999

48000-48999

49000-49999

Thuringia

04000-04999

06000-06999

07000-07999

36000-36999

37000-37999

96000-96999

98000-98999

99000-99999

North Rhine-Westphalia

32000–32999

33000-33999

34000-34999

37000-37999

40000-40999

41000-41999

42000-42999

44000-44999

45000-45999

46000-46999

47000-47999

48000-48999

49000-49999

50000-50999

51000–51999

52000–52999

53000–53999

57000–57999

58000–58999

59000–59999

Rhineland-Palatinate

53000–53999

54000–54999

55000–55999

56000–56999

57000–57999

65000–65999

66000–66999

67000–67999

76000–76999

Hessen

34000-34999

35000-35999

36000-36999

37000-37999

55000-55999

60000-60999

61000-61999

63000-63999

64000-64999

65000-65999

68000-68999

69000-69999

Saarland

66000–66999

Baden-Württemberg

64000-64999

68000-68999

69000-69999

70000-70999

71000-71999

72000-72999

73000-73999

74000-74999

75000-75999

76000-76999

77000-77999

78000-78999

79000-79999

88000-88999

89000-89999

97000-97999

Bavaria

63000-63999

80000-80999

81000-81999

82000-82999

83000-83999

84000-84999

85000-85999

86000-86999

87000-87999

88000-88999

89000-89999

90000-90999

91000-91999

92000-92999

93000-93999

94000-94999

95000-95999

96000-96999

97000-97999

Old postal codes

West

These postal codes were used until 1993 (The ending zeroes were often omitted, e.g., 2 Hamburg XX or 28 Bremen XX):

Berlin (West)

Brandenburg

Schleswig-Holstein

Hamburg

Bremen

Lower Saxony

3000–3099

3100–3199

3200–3299

3300–3399

3400–3499

4500–4599

North Rhine-Westphalia

4000–4099

4100–4199

4200–4299

4300–4399

4400–4499

4500–4599

4600–4699

4700–4799

4800–4899

4900–4999

5000–5099

5100–5199

5200

5300

5600–5699

5800–5899

5900–5999

Rhineland-Palatinate

5400–5499

5500–5599

6500–6599

6700–6799

Saarland

Hesse

3500–3599

6000–6099

6100–6199

6200–6299

6300–6399

6400–6499

  • 6400 – Fulda
  • 6450 – Hanau
  • 6460 – Gelnhausen
  • 6461 – Gelnhausen (district)
  • 6463 – Freigericht (formerly only Somborn)

6500–6599

6800–6899

6900–6999

Baden-Württemberg

6800–6899

6900–6999

7000–7099

7100–7199

7200–7299

7300–7399

7400–7499

7500–7599

7600–7699

7700–7799

7800–7899

7900–7999

Bavaria

7900–7999

8000–8099

8100–8199

8200–8299

8300–8399

8400–8499

8500–8599

8600–8699

8700–8799

8800–8899

8900–8999

East

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