Area code zones 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 (2–9). 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.
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 130 for free phone 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.
1
Prefix 1 is used for special numbers, and is not tied to a geographic area.
10
- 10 call-by-call (dial-around-services – alternative carrier)
11
- 11 formerly value-added services
12
- 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
- 13 voting and lottery numbers
- 130 formerly toll-free numbers, now unassigned (now 800)
- 137 Massenverkehr zu bestimmten Zielen (MABEZ)
- 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
15
- 15 mobile phones
- 150 reserved for Group 3G/Quam
- 151 T-Mobile
- 152 reserved for Vodafone
- 1520 Vodafone
- 1521 Lycamobile
- 1522 Vodafone
- 1523 Vodafone
- 155 reserved for E-Plus
- 156 reserved for Mobilcom
- 157 reserved for E-Plus
- 1570 vistream
- 1573 ALDITalk
- 1577 E-Plus
- 1579 sipgate
- 159 reserved for O2 Germany
16
- 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
- 168 Scall (e*message)
- 169 Cityruf, Scall, Skyper (e*cityruf, e*message, e*skyper)
17
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
3
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
31 – Test numbers for carrier selection
- 310 test number (long distance)
- 311 test number (local)
32 – Non-geographic numbers
33 – Brandenburg
330 – Oranienburg and surroundings
331/0332 – Potsdam and surroundings
333 – Angermünde and surroundings
334 – Strausberg and surroundings
335/0336 – Frankfurt (Oder) and surroundings
337 – Luckenwalde and surroundings
338 – Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings
339 – Neuruppin and surroundings
- 3391 Neuruppin
- 3392
- 33920 Walsleben bei Neuruppin
- 33921 Zechlinerhütte
- 33922 Karwesee
- 33923 Flecken Zechlin
- 33924 Rägelin
- 33925 Wustrau-Altfriesack
- 33926 Herzberg (Mark)
- 33928 Wildberg
- 33929 Gühlen-Glienicke
- 3393
- 3394 Wittstock/Dosse
- 3395 Pritzwalk
- 3396
- 3397
- 3398
34 – Leipzig and surroundings
35 – Dresden
350 – Pirna and surroundings
351 – Dresden
352 – Meißen and surroundings
353 – Finsterwalde and surroundings
354 – Calau and surroundings
355/0356 – Cottbus and surroundings
357 – Hoyerswerda and surroundings
358 – Görlitz and surroundings
359 – Bautzen and surroundings
36 – Thüringen
360 – Mühlhausen/Thür. and surroundings
361 – Erfurt
362 – Gotha and surroundings
363 – Nordhausen and surroundings
364 – Jena/Weimar and surroundings
365/0366 – Gera and surroundings
367 – Saalfeld/Saale – Ilmenau – Sonneberg
368 – Suhl and surroundings
369 – Eisenach and surroundings
37 – Chemnitz and surroundings
371/0372 - Chemnitz and surroundings
373 - Freiberg and surroundings
374 - Plauen and surroundings
375/0376 - Zwickau and surroundings
377 - Aue and surroundings
38 – Rostock and surroundings
381/0382 – Rostock and surroundings
- 381 Rostock
- 3820
- 3821 Ribnitz-Damgarten, Ahrenshagen-Daskow
- 3822
- 38220 Ahrenshoop, Wustrow
- 38221 Marlow
- 38222 Ahrenshagen-Daskow-Gruel, -Tribohm, Semlow
- 38223 Ribnitz-Damgarten-Beiershagen, -Dechowshof, -Langendamm, Saal
- 38224 Marlow-div. Ortsteile
- 38225 Ahrenshagen-Daskow-Prusdorf, -Todenhagen, Schlemmin, Trinwillershagen
- 38226 Dierhagen
- 38227 Bartelshagen II, Spoldershagen, Lüdershagen, Saal-Hessenburg
- 3823
- 3829
383 – Stralsund/Greifswald and surroundings
- 3830
- 38300 Hiddensee
- 38301 Putbus
- 38302 Sagard, Lietzow, Glowe, Lohme
- 38303 Baabe, Sellin
- 38304 Garz/Rügen, Karnitz, Zudar
- 38305 Gingst
- 38306 Samtens, Rambin, Dreschvitz, Altefähr
- 38307 Poseritz, Gustow
- 38308 Ostseebad Göhren, Gager, Middelhagen, Thiessow
- 38309 Trent, Schaprode
- 3831 Stralsund, Kramerhof-Groß Kedingshagen, -Klein Kedingshagen, -Parow, -Vogelsang, Lüssow, Wendorf-Groß Lüdershagen, -Neu Lüdershagen, -Teschenhagen, -Zitterpenningshagen
- 3832
- 38320 Gremersdorf-Buchholz, Tribsees
- 38321 Kummerow, Neu Bartelshagen, Niepars, Pantelitz
- 38322 Franzburg, Gremersdorf-Buchholz-Grenzin, -Hohenbarnekow, -Neumühl, -Wolfsdorf, Millienhagen-Oebelitz, Richtenberg, Weitenhagen
- 38323 Altenpleen, Groß Mohrdorf, Klausdorf, Kramerhof, Preetz, Prohn
- 38324 Karnin, Löbnitz, Velgast
- 38325 Gremersdorf-Buchholz-Buchholz, -Eichholz, Papenhagen, Splietsdorf
- 38326 Grimmen, Süderholz-Barkow, -Bartmannshagen, -Boltenhagen, -Kandelin, -Kaschow, -Willerswalde, -Zarnewanz, Splietsdorf-Müggenwalde, Wendisch Baggendorf
- 38327 Elmenhorst, Wittenhagen, Jakobsdorf, Steinhagen, Wendorf, Zarrendorf
- 38328 Behnkendorf, Brandshagen, Miltzow, Reinberg
- 3833
- 38331 Süderholz-Bretwisch, -Dönnie, -Grabow, -Grischow, -Gölzow-Dorf, -Poggendorf, -Rakow, -Wüstenbilow
- 38332 Süderholz-Griebenow, -Groß Bisdorf, -Klein Bisdorf, -Klevenow, -Kreutzmannshagen, -Lüssow, -Neuendorf, -Prützmannshagen, -Schmietkow, -Willershusen, -Wüst Eldena, -Wüsteney
- 38333 Horst, Wilmshagen
- 38334 Glewitz
- 3834 Greifswald
- 3835
- 3836 Wolgast
- 3837
- 3838 Bergen auf Rügen, Buschvitz, Parchtitz, Patzig, Ralswiek, Rappin, Sehlen
- 3839
384 – Wismar and surroundings
385/0386 – Schwerin and surroundings
387 - Parchim and surroundings
388 - Grevesmühlen and surroundings
39 - Magdeburg, Neubrandenburg, and surroundings
390 - Salzwedel and surroundings
391/0392 – Magdeburg and surroundings
393 – Stendal and surroundings
394 – Halberstadt and surroundings
395/396 – Neubrandenburg and surroundings
397 – Anklam and surroundings
398 – Neustrelitz and surroundings
399 – Waren and surroundings
4
40 – Hamburg and surroundings
41 – Further surroundings of Hamburg
0410 – calling areas immediately bordering Hamburg
411 – currently unassigned
currently unassigned (was Hamburg)
412 – Elmshorn and surroundings
413 – Lüneburg and surroundings
414 – Stade and surroundings
415 – Lauenburg and surroundings
416 – Buxtehude and surroundings
417 – Winsen and surroundings
418 – Buchholz and surroundings
419 – Kaltenkirchen and surroundings
42 – Bremen and surroundings
420 – Oyten and surroundings
421 – Bremen and surroundings
422 – Delmenhorst and surroundings
423 – Verden and surroundings
424 – Syke and surroundings
425 – Eystrup and surroundings
426 – Rotenburg and surroundings
427 – Sulingen and surroundings
428 – Zeven and surroundings
429 – Ottersberg and surroundings
43 – Kiel and surroundings
430 – Raisdorf and surroundings
431 – Kiel and surroundings
432 – Neumünster and surroundings
433 – Rendsburg and surroundings
434 – Laboe and surroundings
435 – Eckernförde and surroundings
436 – Oldenburg and surroundings
437 – Fehmarn and surroundings
- 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
439 – Nortorf and surroundings
- 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
440 – Brake and surroundings
- 4401 Brake/Unterweser
- 4402 Rastede/Wiefelstede
- 4404 Elsfleth
- 4405 Edewecht
- 4406 Berne
- 4407 Wardenburg
- 4408 Hude
441 – Oldenburg and surroundings
442 – Wilhelmshaven and surroundings
443 – Wildeshausen and surroundings
444 – Vechta and surroundings
445 – Varel and surroundings
446 – Friesland and surroundings
447 – Cloppenburg and surroundings
448 – Westerstede and surroundings
449 – Friesoythe and surroundings
45 – Lübeck and surroundings
450 – Kastorf and surroundings
451 – Lübeck and surroundings
- 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
453 – Lauenburg and surroundings
454 – Salem and surroundings
455 – Bad Segeberg and surroundings
456 – Neustadt and surroundings
not assigned
not assigned
not assigned
46 – Flensburg and surroundings
460/0461 – Flensburg and surroundings
462 – Schleswig and surroundings
463 – Glücksburg and surroundings
464 – Kappeln and surroundings
465 – Sylt
466 – Niebüll and surroundings
467 – Langenhorn and surroundings
468 – Föhr
47 – Bremerhaven and surroundings
470 – Sandstedt and surroundings
471 – Bremerhaven and surroundings
472 – Cuxhaven and surroundings
- 4721 Cuxhaven
- 4722 Cuxhaven-Altenbruch
- 4723 Cuxhaven-Altenwalde
- 4724 Cuxhaven-Lüdingworth
- 4725 Helgoland
473 – Nordenham and surroundings
474 – Loxstedt and surroundings
475 – Otterndorf and surroundings
476 – Bremervörde and surroundings
- 4761 Bremervörde
- 4762 Kutenholz
- 4763 Gnarrenburg
- 4764 Gnarrenburg-Klenkendorf
- 4765 Ebersdorf b.Bremervörde
- 4766 Basdahl
- 4767 Bremervörde-Bevern
- 4768 Hipstedt
- 4769 Bremervörde-Iselersheim
477 – Freiburg and surroundings
- 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
48 – Heide and surroundings
480 – Dithmarschen and surroundings
481 – Heide and surroundings
482 – Itzehoe and surroundings
483 – Neuenkirchen and surroundings
484 – Husum and surroundings
485 – Brunsbüttel and surroundings
486 – St. Peter-Ording and surroundings
487 - Hohenwestedt and surroundings
488 - Friedrichstadt and surroundings
489 - Town and surroundings
49 – Emden and surroundings
490 – Wymeer and surroundings
491 – Leer and surroundings
492 – Emden and surroundings
493 – Norden and surroundings
494 – Aurich and surroundings
495 – Rhauderfehn and surroundings
496 – Papenburg and surroundings
497 – Esens and surroundings