Germany Postal Codes

Germany uses postal codes in the format ##### (# = digit, @ = letter).

10,813 postal codes are recorded for Germany in the open data sources below.

In Germany a postal code is called a Postleitzahl (PLZ). You will see that term on forms and address labels.

Example postal codes

• 26133
• 53225

Postal codes by place

The 60 places in Germany with the most postal codes recorded, listed alphabetically. Larger towns link to their own page.

Watch the leading zero

Some Germany postal codes begin with a zero, such as 01053. Spreadsheets and some web forms silently drop it, turning 01053 into 1053 — which is either a different place or not a valid code at all. Format the column as text before pasting codes into a spreadsheet.

How an address is written in Germany

This is the order Germany's postal service expects. Square brackets mark what you replace.

[Recipient name]
[Street address]
[Postal code (26133)] [City]
GERMANY

A postal code is required in a complete Germany address.

Look up a specific address

For the code covering one particular street or building, Germany's postal service publishes an official finder: www.postdirekt.de/plzserver. It is authoritative and kept current, which third-party copies often are not.

Country reference

Sources and licensing

Postal code data from GeoNames, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Address formats and validation rules derive from Google's international address metadata, cross-checked against Universal Postal Union addressing standards. Last verified August 2026. Confirm time-critical addresses with the destination country's postal operator.

Postal codes by town and city

19,622 places in Germany have a recorded postal code. The 47 largest have their own page; the rest are listed alphabetically.

Largest towns and cities

Berlin  ·  Hamburg  ·  München  ·  Köln  ·  Frankfurt am Main  ·  Düsseldorf  ·  Stuttgart  ·  Essen  ·  Dortmund  ·  Dresden  ·  Bremen  ·  Nürnberg  ·  Hannover  ·  Leipzig  ·  Duisburg  ·  Bochum  ·  Wuppertal  ·  Bielefeld  ·  Bonn  ·  Mannheim  ·  Augsburg  ·  Wiesbaden  ·  Karlsruhe  ·  Gelsenkirchen  ·  Aachen  ·  Mönchengladbach  ·  Kiel  ·  Chemnitz  ·  Braunschweig  ·  Magdeburg  ·  Krefeld  ·  Freiburg im Breisgau  ·  Mainz  ·  Erfurt  ·  Lübeck  ·  Rostock  ·  Kassel  ·  Saarbrücken  ·  Mülheim an der Ruhr  ·  Cottbus

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