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German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits
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P. O. box racks in a German post office. The top number is the postal code (PLZ=Postleitzahl) for the individual rack.

Postal codes in Germany are called Postleitzahl (PLZ) in German. These special codes help mail get to the right place. They have five numbers. The first two numbers tell you the general area, like a big region. The last three numbers narrow it down to a specific postal district, which is a smaller area or even a part of a city.

Germany started using this five-number system on 1 July 1993. Before Germany became one country again (this was called German reunification), West Germany and East Germany each used their own four-digit codes.

For a short time after Germany reunited, there was a special system. Postal codes in the west started with 'W' (like W-1000 Berlin 30). Codes in the east started with 'O' (which stands for Ost, meaning 'East'), like O-1234 Berlin.

Sometimes, big companies that send a lot of mail have their very own postal codes. These are different from the codes used for regular neighborhoods or P.O. boxes. Also, postal regions don't always follow state borders exactly. This is because it's sometimes easier to deliver mail to a place near a border from the next state over.

Here are some examples of postal codes in different German states and regions:

Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

01 Region Dresden

  • 01001-01462 - Dresden
  • 01654 - 01664 - Meißen
  • 01945-01987 are in Brandenburg, showing how codes can cross state lines.

02 Region Bautzen

04 Region Leipzig

06 Region Halle an der Saale/Dessau

08 Region Zwickau

09 Region Chemnitz

Berlin

10115 - 14199

  • 10,12,13,14xxx - Berlin (different parts of the city have many codes)
    • 10115, 10117, 10119 - Berlin-Mitte
    • 10961, 10963, 10965 - Kreuzberg
    • 12487, 12489 - Adlershof
    • 14109 - Wannsee

Brandenburg

01000-01999

  • 01945 - Ruhland
  • 01968 - Senftenberg

04000-04999

  • 04931 - Mühlberg (Elbe)

15000-19999

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

17000-17999

18000-18999

  • 18055-18109 - Rostock
  • 18209 - Bad Doberan

Hamburg

20000-20999

21000-21999

  • 21001-21149 - Hamburg
  • Codes 21450-21499 are in Schleswig-Holstein.

22000-22999

  • 22001-22757 - Hamburg

Schleswig-Holstein

21000-21999

  • 21451 - 21465 - Reinbek

23000-23999

  • 23501-23570 - Lübeck
  • 24301-24306 - Plön

24000-24999

25000-25999

Bremen

28000-28999

Lower Saxony

21000-21999

  • 21244 - Buchholz in der Nordheide
  • 21680-21682 - Stade

26000-26999

29000-29999

  • 29439 - Lüchow

30000-30999

31000-31999

37000-37999

  • 37073 - Göttingen
  • Some codes in this range are also in Thuringia.

38000-38999

49000-49999

Thuringia

04000-04999

  • 04617 - Naundorf
  • The rest of these codes are in Saxony.

06000-06999

  • 06577 - Etzleben
  • The rest are in Saxony.

07000-07999

  • 07701-07751 - Jena
  • The rest of the 07 codes are in Saxony.

37000-37999

  • 37301 - Heilbad Heiligenstadt
  • 37321 - Leinefelde-Worbis

99000-99999

  • 99301-99310 - Arnstadt
  • 99421-99427 - Weimar
  • 99801 - 99817 - Eisenach

North Rhine-Westphalia

32000-32999

33000-33999

  • 33775 - Versmold

40000-40999

41000-41999

  • 41334 - Nettetal
  • 41460-41492 - Neuss

42000-42999

44000-44999

45000-45999

47000-47999

48000-48999

50000-50999

  • 50600-50999 - Köln (Cologne)

51000-51999

  • 51060-51149 - Köln (eastern parts)
  • 51643 - Gummersbach

52000-52999

53000-53999

  • 53111 - Bonn
  • 53721 - Siegburg
  • The rest of these codes are in Rhineland-Palatinate.

57000-57999

58000-58999

59000-59999

  • 59174 - Kamen
  • 59494 - Soest

Rhineland-Palatinate

53000-53999

  • 53520 - Herresbach
  • 53809 is in Rhineland-Palatinate.

54000-54999

55000-55999

56000-56999

  • 56291 - Bickenbach (Hunsrück)
  • 56626 - Andernach
  • 56841 - Traben-Trarbach

65000-65999

  • 65624 - Altendiez
  • 65835 - Liederbach

66000-66999

  • 66849 - Landstuhl
  • The rest of these codes are in Saarland.

Hesse

35000-35999

36000-36999

  • 36396 - Steinau an der Straße

60000-60999

61000-61999

  • 61348-61352 - Bad Homburg

63000-63999

64000-64999

  • 64283 - 64297 - Darmstadt
  • 64319 - Pfungstadt

65000-65999

  • 65183-65207 - Wiesbaden
  • 65624 is in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Saarland

66000-66999

  • 66117 - Saarbrücken Centre
  • 66666: This is a special code for a very large customer.
  • 66879 is in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Baden-Württemberg

69000-69999

  • 69115 - 69126 - Heidelberg
  • 69151 - Neckargemuend
  • 69469 - Weinheim
  • 69488 - Birkenau

70000-70999

  • 70173 - 70629 - Stuttgart (many codes for different parts of the city)
  • 70734 - Fellbach
  • 70771 - Leinfelden-Echterdingen

71000-71999

72000-72999

73000-73999

  • 73033 - 73037 - Göppingen
  • 73054 - Eislingen
  • 73230 - Kirchheim unter Teck
  • 73249 - Wernau
  • 73312 - Geislingen
  • 73430 - 73434 - Aalen
  • 73450 - Neresheim
  • 73525 - 73529 - Schwaebisch Gmuend
  • 73614 - Schorndorf
  • 73728 - 73734 - Esslingen

74000-74999

  • 74072 - 74081 - Heilbronn, Neckar
  • 74172 - Neckarsulm
  • 74321 - Bietigheim-Bissingen
  • 74523 - Schwaebisch Hall
  • 74564 - Crailsheim
  • 74613 - Öhringen
  • 74722 - Buchen(Odenwald)
  • 74821 - Mosbach, Baden
  • 74889 - Sinsheim, Elsenz
  • 74906 - Bad Rappenau

75000-75999

  • 75015 - Bretten
  • 75031 - Eppingen
  • 75172 - 75181 - Pforzheim
  • 75305 - Neuenbuerg
  • 75365 - Calw
  • 75417 - Muehlacker

76000-76999

  • 76131 - 76229 - Karlsruhe
  • 76275 - Ettlingen
  • 76437 - Rastatt
  • 76530 - 76534 - Baden-Baden
  • 76646 - Bruchsal
  • 76726 - Germersheim
  • 76829 - Landau
  • 76846 - Hauenstein
  • 76863 - Herxheim
  • 76870 - Kandel

77000-77999

  • 77652 - 77656 - Offenburg
  • 77694 - Kehl
  • 77704 - Oberkirch
  • 77815 - Buehl
  • 77933 - Lahr
  • 77955 - Ettenheim
  • 77977 - Rust

78000-78999

79000-79999

88000-88999

Bavaria

63000-63999

  • 63916 - Amorbach

80000-80999

81000-81999

  • 81000 - 81373 - München
  • 81663 - EADS (This is a company with its own code).

82000-82999

84000-84999

85000-85999

86000-86999

  • 86000-86199 - Augsburg
  • 86316 - Friedberg
  • 86899 - Landsberg Am Lech

87000-87999

89000-89999

  • 89420 - Höchstädt an der Donau

90000-90999

  • 903xx, 904xx - Nürnberg

91000-91999

92000-92999

93000-93999

94000-94999

95000-95999

  • 95401-95448 - Bayreuth
  • 95632 - Wunsiedel

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