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.

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

  • 10 call-by-call (dial-around-services – alternative carrier)
  • 11 formerly value-added services
    • 115 Public service number for German administration[1]
  • 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 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 unassigned
  • 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 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 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
  • 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

20 – Western Ruhrgebiet (Essen and surroundings)

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21 – Düsseldorf and surroundings

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22 – Cologne and surroundings

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23 – Dortmund and surroundings

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24 – Aachen and surroundings

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25 – Münster and surroundings

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26 – Koblenz and surroundings

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27 – Siegen and surroundings

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28 – Wesel and surroundings

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29 – Sauerland (Meschede and surroundings)

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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

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31 – Test numbers for carrier selection

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

32 – Non-geographic numbers

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33 – Brandenburg

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330 – Oranienburg and surroundings

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331/0332 – Potsdam and surroundings

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333 – Angermünde and surroundings

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334 – Strausberg and surroundings

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335/0336 – Frankfurt (Oder) and surroundings

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337 – Luckenwalde and surroundings

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338 – Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings

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339 – Neuruppin and surroundings

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34 – Leipzig and surroundings

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35 – Dresden

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350 – Pirna and surroundings

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351 – Dresden

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352 – Meißen and surroundings

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353 – Finsterwalde and surroundings

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354 – Calau and surroundings

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355/0356 – Cottbus and surroundings

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357 – Hoyerswerda and surroundings

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358 – Görlitz and surroundings

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359 – Bautzen and surroundings

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36 – Thüringen

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360 – Mühlhausen/Thür. and surroundings

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361 – Erfurt

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362 – Gotha and surroundings

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363 – Nordhausen and surroundings

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364 – Jena/Weimar and surroundings

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365/0366 – Gera and surroundings

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367 – Saalfeld/Saale – Ilmenau – Sonneberg

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368 – Suhl and surroundings

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369 – Eisenach and surroundings

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37 – Chemnitz and surroundings

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371/0372 - Chemnitz and surroundings

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373 - Freiberg and surroundings

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374 - Plauen and surroundings

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375/0376 - Zwickau and surroundings

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377 - Aue and surroundings

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38 – Rostock and surroundings

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381/0382 – Rostock and surroundings

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383 – Stralsund/Greifswald and surroundings

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384 – Wismar and surroundings

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385/0386 – Schwerin and surroundings

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387 - Parchim and surroundings

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388 - Grevesmühlen and surroundings

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39 - Magdeburg, Neubrandenburg, and surroundings

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390 - Salzwedel and surroundings

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391/0392 – Magdeburg and surroundings

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393 – Stendal and surroundings

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394 – Halberstadt and surroundings

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395/396 – Neubrandenburg and surroundings

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397 – Anklam and surroundings

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398 – Neustrelitz and surroundings

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399 – Waren and surroundings

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40 – Hamburg and surroundings

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41 – Further surroundings of Hamburg

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0410 – calling areas immediately bordering Hamburg

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411 – currently unassigned

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currently unassigned (was Hamburg)

412 – Elmshorn and surroundings

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413 – Lüneburg and surroundings

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414 – Stade and surroundings

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415 – Lauenburg and surroundings

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416 – Buxtehude and surroundings

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417 – Winsen and surroundings

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418 – Buchholz and surroundings

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419 – Kaltenkirchen and surroundings

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42 – Bremen and surroundings

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420 – Oyten and surroundings

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421 – Bremen and surroundings

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422 – Delmenhorst and surroundings

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423 – Verden and surroundings

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424 – Syke and surroundings

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425 – Eystrup and surroundings

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426 – Rotenburg and surroundings

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427 – Sulingen and surroundings

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428 – Zeven and surroundings

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429 – Ottersberg and surroundings

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43 – Kiel and surroundings

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430 – Raisdorf and surroundings

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431 – Kiel and surroundings

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432 – Neumünster and surroundings

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433 – Rendsburg and surroundings

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434 – Laboe and surroundings

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435 – Eckernförde and surroundings

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436 – Oldenburg and surroundings

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437 – Fehmarn and surroundings

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    • 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

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439 – Nortorf and surroundings

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    • 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

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440 – Brake and surroundings

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

441 – Oldenburg and surroundings

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442 – Wilhelmshaven and surroundings

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443 – Wildeshausen and surroundings

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444 – Vechta and surroundings

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445 – Varel and surroundings

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446 – Friesland and surroundings

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447 – Cloppenburg and surroundings

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448 – Westerstede and surroundings

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449 – Friesoythe and surroundings

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45 – Lübeck and surroundings

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450 – Kastorf and surroundings

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451 – Lübeck and surroundings

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    • 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

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453 – Lauenburg and surroundings

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454 – Salem and surroundings

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455 – Bad Segeberg and surroundings

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456 – Neustadt and surroundings

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  • 458

not assigned

  • 459

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46 – Flensburg and surroundings

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460/0461 – Flensburg and surroundings

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462 – Schleswig and surroundings

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463 – Glücksburg and surroundings

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464 – Kappeln and surroundings

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465 – Sylt

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466 – Niebüll and surroundings

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467 – Langenhorn and surroundings

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468 – Föhr

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47 – Bremerhaven and surroundings

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470 – Sandstedt and surroundings

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471 – Bremerhaven and surroundings

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472 – Cuxhaven and surroundings

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

473 – Nordenham and surroundings

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474 – Loxstedt and surroundings

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475 – Otterndorf and surroundings

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476 – Bremervörde and surroundings

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477 – Freiburg and surroundings

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    • 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

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48 – Heide and surroundings

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480 – Dithmarschen and surroundings

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481 – Heide and surroundings

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482 – Itzehoe and surroundings

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483 – Neuenkirchen and surroundings

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484 – Husum and surroundings

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485 – Brunsbüttel and surroundings

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486 – St. Peter-Ording and surroundings

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487 - Hohenwestedt and surroundings

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488 - Friedrichstadt and surroundings

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489 - Town and surroundings

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49 – Emden and surroundings

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490 – Wymeer and surroundings

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491 – Leer and surroundings

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492 – Emden and surroundings

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493 – Norden and surroundings

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494 – Aurich and surroundings

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495 – Rhauderfehn and surroundings

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496 – Papenburg and surroundings

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497 – Esens and surroundings

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50 – Nienburg-Wunstorf-Springe and surroundings

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51 – Hannover and surroundings

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52 – Bielefeld and surroundings

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53 – Braunschweig and surroundings

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54 – Osnabrück and surroundings

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55 – Göttingen and surroundings

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56 – Kassel and surroundings

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57 – Minden and surroundings

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58 – Uelzen and surroundings

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59 – Lingen (Ems) and surroundings

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60 – Northern and eastern surrounding of Frankfurt am Main

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61 – Rhine-Main Area, Southern Hesse

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62 – Rhine-Neckar

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63 – Palatine

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64 – Central Hesse

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65 – Moselle, Eifel, Hunsrück

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66 – Greater Fulda, Eastern Hesse

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67 – Rhenish Hesse, Eastern Hunsrück

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68 – Saarland

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69 – Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach am Main

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70x/071 – Stuttgart and surroundings

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72 – Karlsruhe and surroundings

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73 – Ulm and surroundings

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74 – Rottweil and surroundings

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75 – Oberschwaben

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76 – Freiburg and surroundings

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77 – Südschwarzwald

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78 – Offenburg and Nordschwarzwald

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79 – Schwäbisch Hall and surroundings

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82 – Augsburg and surroundings

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  • 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

89 – München

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Remark

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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

See also

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References

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