List of dialling codes in Germany

Area codes in Germany (German: Vorwahl) have two to five digits. In addition, the prefix digit 0 must be dialed when calling from within Germany, and must be omitted when calling from abroad. When calling via fixed networks within the same area, the area code is not required. In general, shorter area codes are assigned to larger cities, and longer area codes to smaller towns. Subscriber telephone numbers are usually inversely long: those in larger cities have seven or eight digits, while those in smaller towns may have as few as three or four digits. Area codes are grouped into eight geographic dialing regions determined by the first digit (29). Area codes beginning with 2 are found in the west, those with 3 in the east, those with 4 in the north, those with 5 in the north central part, those with 6 in the south-central part, those with 7 in the southwest, those with 8 in the south, and the 9s are found in the southeast.

Area code zones in Germany

Prefixes starting with 1 are special numbers, such as mobile telephones (15, 16, 17), shared-cost services (180), televoting numbers (13), and 10 for dial-around services. The former codes of 130 for freephone numbers and 190 for premium-rate numbers are moved to 800 and 900 to meet international standards. 700 is used for personal national phone numbers.

General prefixes edit

1 edit

Prefix 1 is used for special numbers, and is not tied to a geographic area.

10 edit

  • 10 call-by-call (dial-around-services – alternative carrier)

11 edit

  • 11 formerly value-added services
    • 115 Public service number for German administration[1]

12 edit

  • 12 innovative services
    • 12-12 Web.de, Karlsruhe, between €0.13 and €1.86 per minute
    • 12-230 tesion, Stuttgart
    • 12-3000 3U Telecom, Marburg
    • 12-3131 BBA Netkom, Hamburg
    • 12-3333 BBA Netkom, Hamburg
    • 12-3456 CommAssist, Lübeck

13 edit

  • 13 voting and lottery numbers
    • 130 formerly toll-free numbers, now unassigned (now 800)
    • 137 Mass traffic services[1]
      • 1371 €0.14 per call
      • 1372 €0.14 per minute
      • 1373 €0.14 per minute
      • 1374 €0.14 per minute
      • 1375 €0.14 per call
      • 1376 €0.25 per call
      • 1377 €1.00 per call
      • 1378 €0.50 per call
      • 1379 €0.50 per call
    • 138 T-VoteCall €0.14 per minute

14 edit

  • 14 unassigned

15 edit

16 edit

  • 16 mobile phones, Trunked radio system, Pager
    • 160 T-Mobile
    • 161 formerly analog C-Netz
    • 162 Vodafone
    • 163 E-Plus
    • 164 Cityruf (e*message)
    • 165 formerly Quix
    • 166 Telmi (e*message)
    • 167 Trunked radio systems
      • 1672 Dolphin Telecom
    • 168 Scall (e*message)
    • 169 Cityruf, Scall, Skyper (e*cityruf, e*message, e*skyper)

17 edit

  • 17 mobile phones
    • 170 T-Mobile
    • 171 T-Mobile
    • 172 Vodafone
    • 173 Vodafone
    • 174 Vodafone
    • 175 T-Mobile
    • 176 O2 Germany
    • 177 E-Plus
    • 178 E-Plus
    • 179 O2 Germany

18 edit

  • 18 international virtual private networks (IVPNs) and shared-cost services
    • 180 shared-cost services
      • 1801 €0.039 per minute
      • 1802 €0.06 per connection
      • 1803 €0.09 per minute
      • 1804 €0.20 per connection
      • 1805 €0.14 per minute
    • 181 international virtual private networks (IVPNs)
    • 182 closed user groups
    • 183 closed user groups
      • 1835 DB Netz (Deutsche Bahn) - User group for GSM-R when calling from German Telephone Network
    • 184 closed user groups
    • 185 closed user groups
    • 186 closed user groups
    • 187 closed user groups
    • 188 closed user groups
    • 1888 IVBB (Informationsverbund Berlin-Bonn)
    • 189 closed user groups

19 edit

  • 190 formerly premium-rate services, now unassigned (now 900)
  • 191 online services
  • 192 online services
  • 193 online services
  • 194 online services
  • 1987 Routing numbers for (0)116xxx
  • 1988 target network service identification for routing international toll-free value-added services (Freecall)
  • 1989 routing numbers for outgoing services
  • 199 network-internal traffic control

2 edit

20 – Western Ruhrgebiet (Essen and surroundings) edit

21 – Düsseldorf and surroundings edit

22 – Cologne and surroundings edit

23 – Dortmund and surroundings edit

24 – Aachen and surroundings edit

25 – Münster and surroundings edit

26 – Koblenz and surroundings edit

27 – Siegen and surroundings edit

28 – Wesel and surroundings edit

29 – Sauerland (Meschede and surroundings) edit

3 edit

All of former East Germany and Berlin

East Germany was using +37 before the reunification. After reunification, East Germany was merged into the existing (West) German numbering plan. Since all areas except 03 were already used, all of former East Germany needed to be merged into 03, causing numbers and area codes in the 03 area to be longer than those in the rest of Germany: Many area codes in the 03 area are 5-digit while the maximum in the rest of Germany is 4 digits

30 – Berlin edit

31 – Test numbers for carrier selection edit

  • 310 test number (long distance)
  • 311 test number (local)

32 – Non-geographic numbers edit

33 – Brandenburg edit

330 – Oranienburg and surroundings edit

331/0332 – Potsdam and surroundings edit

333 – Angermünde and surroundings edit

334 – Strausberg and surroundings edit

335/0336 – Frankfurt (Oder) and surroundings edit

337 – Luckenwalde and surroundings edit

338 – Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings edit

339 – Neuruppin and surroundings edit

34 – Leipzig and surroundings edit

35 – Dresden edit

350 – Pirna and surroundings edit

351 – Dresden edit

352 – Meißen and surroundings edit

353 – Finsterwalde and surroundings edit

354 – Calau and surroundings edit

355/0356 – Cottbus and surroundings edit

357 – Hoyerswerda and surroundings edit

358 – Görlitz and surroundings edit

359 – Bautzen and surroundings edit

36 – Thüringen edit

360 – Mühlhausen/Thür. and surroundings edit

361 – Erfurt edit

362 – Gotha and surroundings edit

363 – Nordhausen and surroundings edit

364 – Jena/Weimar and surroundings edit

365/0366 – Gera and surroundings edit

367 – Saalfeld/Saale – Ilmenau – Sonneberg edit

368 – Suhl and surroundings edit

369 – Eisenach and surroundings edit

37 – Chemnitz and surroundings edit

371/0372 - Chemnitz and surroundings edit

373 - Freiberg and surroundings edit

374 - Plauen and surroundings edit

375/0376 - Zwickau and surroundings edit

377 - Aue and surroundings edit

38 – Rostock and surroundings edit

381/0382 – Rostock and surroundings edit

383 – Stralsund/Greifswald and surroundings edit

384 – Wismar and surroundings edit

385/0386 – Schwerin and surroundings edit

387 - Parchim and surroundings edit

388 - Grevesmühlen and surroundings edit

39 - Magdeburg, Neubrandenburg, and surroundings edit

390 - Salzwedel and surroundings edit

391/0392 – Magdeburg and surroundings edit

393 – Stendal and surroundings edit

394 – Halberstadt and surroundings edit

395/396 – Neubrandenburg and surroundings edit

397 – Anklam and surroundings edit

398 – Neustrelitz and surroundings edit

399 – Waren and surroundings edit

4 edit

40 – Hamburg and surroundings edit

41 – Further surroundings of Hamburg edit

0410 – calling areas immediately bordering Hamburg edit

411 – currently unassigned edit

currently unassigned (was Hamburg)

412 – Elmshorn and surroundings edit

413 – Lüneburg and surroundings edit

414 – Stade and surroundings edit

415 – Lauenburg and surroundings edit

416 – Buxtehude and surroundings edit

417 – Winsen and surroundings edit

418 – Buchholz and surroundings edit

419 – Kaltenkirchen and surroundings edit

42 – Bremen and surroundings edit

420 – Oyten and surroundings edit

421 – Bremen and surroundings edit

422 – Delmenhorst and surroundings edit

423 – Verden and surroundings edit

424 – Syke and surroundings edit

425 – Eystrup and surroundings edit

426 – Rotenburg and surroundings edit

427 – Sulingen and surroundings edit

428 – Zeven and surroundings edit

429 – Ottersberg and surroundings edit

43 – Kiel and surroundings edit

430 – Raisdorf and surroundings edit

431 – Kiel and surroundings edit

432 – Neumünster and surroundings edit

433 – Rendsburg and surroundings edit

434 – Laboe and surroundings edit

435 – Eckernförde and surroundings edit

436 – Oldenburg and surroundings edit

437 – Fehmarn and surroundings edit

    • 4370 (not assigned)
    • 4371 Burg auf Fehmarn
    • 4372 Fehmarn
    • 4373 (not assigned)
    • 4374 (not assigned)
    • 4375 (not assigned)
    • 4376 (not assigned)
    • 4377 (not assigned)
    • 4378 (not assigned)
    • 4379 (not assigned)

438 – Lütjenburg and surroundings edit

439 – Nortorf and surroundings edit

    • 4390 (not assigned)
    • 4391 (not assigned)
    • 4392 Nortorf
    • 4393 Boostedt
    • 4394 Bokhorst
    • 4395 (not assigned)
    • 4396 (not assigned)
    • 4397 (not assigned)
    • 4398 (not assigned)
    • 4399 (not assigned)

44 – Oldenburg and surroundings edit

440 – Brake and surroundings edit

    • 4401 Brake/Unterweser
    • 4402 Rastede/Wiefelstede
    • 4404 Elsfleth
    • 4405 Edewecht
    • 4406 Berne
    • 4407 Wardenburg
    • 4408 Hude

441 – Oldenburg and surroundings edit

442 – Wilhelmshaven and surroundings edit

443 – Wildeshausen and surroundings edit

444 – Vechta and surroundings edit

445 – Varel and surroundings edit

446 – Friesland and surroundings edit

447 – Cloppenburg and surroundings edit

448 – Westerstede and surroundings edit

449 – Friesoythe and surroundings edit

45 – Lübeck and surroundings edit

450 – Kastorf and surroundings edit

451 – Lübeck and surroundings edit

    • 451 1 – Lübeck, Bad Schwartau, Stockelsdorf
    • 451 2 – Bad Schwartau
    • 451 3 – St. Gertrud (Nord), Schlutup, Kücknitz
    • 451 4 – St. Lorenz-Nord, Stockelsdorf
    • 451 5 – St. Jürgen (Süd)
    • 451 6 – St. Gertrud (Süd)
    • 451 7 – Innenstadt, St. Jürgen (Nord)
    • 451 8 – St. Lorenz-Süd, Buntekuh, Moisling

452 – Plön and surroundings edit

453 – Lauenburg and surroundings edit

454 – Salem and surroundings edit

455 – Bad Segeberg and surroundings edit

456 – Neustadt and surroundings edit

not assigned

  • 458

not assigned

  • 459

not assigned

46 – Flensburg and surroundings edit

460/0461 – Flensburg and surroundings edit

462 – Schleswig and surroundings edit

463 – Glücksburg and surroundings edit

464 – Kappeln and surroundings edit

465 – Sylt edit

466 – Niebüll and surroundings edit

467 – Langenhorn and surroundings edit

468 – Föhr edit

47 – Bremerhaven and surroundings edit

470 – Sandstedt and surroundings edit

471 – Bremerhaven and surroundings edit

472 – Cuxhaven and surroundings edit

    • 4721 Cuxhaven
    • 4722 Cuxhaven-Altenbruch
    • 4723 Cuxhaven-Altenwalde
    • 4724 Cuxhaven-Lüdingworth
    • 4725 Helgoland

473 – Nordenham and surroundings edit

474 – Loxstedt and surroundings edit

475 – Otterndorf and surroundings edit

476 – Bremervörde and surroundings edit

477 – Freiburg and surroundings edit

    • 4770 Wischhafen
    • 4771 Hemmoor
    • 4772 Oberndorf Oste
    • 4773 Lamstedt
    • 4774 Hechthausen
    • 4775 Grossenwörden
    • 4776 Osten-Altendorf
    • 4777 Cadenberge
    • 4778 Wingst
    • 4779 Freiburg an der Elbe

479 – Osterholz-Scharmbeck and surroundings edit

48 – Heide and surroundings edit

480 – Dithmarschen and surroundings edit

481 – Heide and surroundings edit

482 – Itzehoe and surroundings edit

483 – Neuenkirchen and surroundings edit

484 – Husum and surroundings edit

485 – Brunsbüttel and surroundings edit

486 – St. Peter-Ording and surroundings edit

487 - Hohenwestedt and surroundings edit

488 - Friedrichstadt and surroundings edit

489 - Town and surroundings edit

49 – Emden and surroundings edit

490 – Wymeer and surroundings edit

491 – Leer and surroundings edit

492 – Emden and surroundings edit

493 – Norden and surroundings edit

494 – Aurich and surroundings edit

495 – Rhauderfehn and surroundings edit

496 – Papenburg and surroundings edit

497 – Esens and surroundings edit

5 edit

50 – Nienburg-Wunstorf-Springe and surroundings edit

51 – Hannover and surroundings edit

52 – Bielefeld and surroundings edit

53 – Braunschweig and surroundings edit

54 – Osnabrück and surroundings edit

55 – Göttingen and surroundings edit

56 – Kassel and surroundings edit

57 – Minden and surroundings edit

58 – Uelzen and surroundings edit

59 – Lingen (Ems) and surroundings edit

6 edit

60 – Northern and eastern surrounding of Frankfurt am Main edit

61 – Rhine-Main Area, Southern Hesse edit

62 – Rhine-Neckar edit

63 – Palatine edit

64 – Central Hesse edit

65 – Moselle, Eifel, Hunsrück edit

66 – Greater Fulda, Eastern Hesse edit

67 – Rhenish Hesse, Eastern Hunsrück edit

68 – Saarland edit

69 – Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach am Main edit

7 edit

70x/071 – Stuttgart and surroundings edit

72 – Karlsruhe and surroundings edit

73 – Ulm and surroundings edit

74 – Rottweil and surroundings edit

75 – Oberschwaben edit

76 – Freiburg and surroundings edit

77 – Südschwarzwald edit

78 – Offenburg and Nordschwarzwald edit

79 – Schwäbisch Hall and surroundings edit

8 edit

80 edit

81 edit

82 – Augsburg and surroundings edit

83 edit

84 edit

  • 840
    • 8402 Münchsmünster
    • 8403 Pförring
    • 8404 Oberdolling
    • 8405 Stammham b.Ingolstadt
    • 8406 Böhmfeld
    • 8407 Grossmehring
  • 841 Ingolstadt
  • 842
    • 8421 Eichstätt
    • 8422 Dollnstein
    • 8423 Titting
    • 8424 Nassenfels
    • 8426 Walting Kr. Eichstätt
    • 8427 Wellheim
  • 843
    • 8431 Neuburg a.d.Donau
    • 8432 Burgheim
    • 8433 Königsmoos
    • 8434 Rennertshofen
  • 844
    • 8441 Pfaffenhofen a.d.Ilm
    • 8442 Wolnzach
    • 8443 Hohenwart Paar
    • 8444 Schweitenkirchen
    • 8445 Gerolsbach
    • 8446 Pörnbach
  • 845
    • 8450 Ingolstadt-Zuchering
    • 8452 Geisenfeld
    • 8453 Reichertshofen Oberbay.
    • 8454 Karlshuld
    • 8456 Lenting
    • 8457 Vohburg a.d.Donau
    • 8458 Gaimersheim
    • 8459 Manching
  • 846
    • 8460 Berching-Holnstein
    • 8461 Beilngries
    • 8462 Berching
    • 8463 Greding
    • 8464 Dietfurt a.d.Altmühl
    • 8465 Kipfenberg
    • 8466 Denkendorf Oberbay.
    • 8467 Kinding
    • 8468 Altmannstein-Pondorf
    • 8469 Freystadt-Burggriesbach

85 edit

86 edit

87 edit

88 edit

89 – München edit

9 edit

Remark edit

These area codes were changed in February 1997 in order to allow service 0900 numbers:

  • 9002 → 09090 Rain (Lech)
  • 9003 → 09080 Harburg (Schwaben)
  • 9004 → 09070 Tapfheim
  • 9005 → 09084 Bissingen (Schwaben)
  • 9006 → 09078 Mertingen
  • 9007 → 09097 Marxheim
  • 9008 → 09089 Bissingen-Unterringingen
  • 9009 → 09099 Kaisheim

90 edit

91 edit

92 edit

93 edit

94 edit

95 edit

96 edit

97 edit

98 edit

99 edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Numbering Plan for Germany" (PDF). Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen – via International Telecommunication Union.

External links edit