Note by the editor: The lists below are a collection of the regional codes depicted on German licence plates, through the years. They are still being worked on, and can eventually, according to the majority's preference, either form a complete WP page of their own, or else be integrated into the …
List of Codes on German vehicle registration plates edit
The following lists explain the codes used on vehicle registration plates of Germany, both in the current system and its various predecessors. A feature common to each of these lists is a geographical reference to the seat of the owner's residence, or else to the state authority which runs the vehicle. Starting in the times of the German Reich, when the first automobiles were seen and needed to be registered with a visible number plate, the various kingdoms, fiefs and free towns comprising the Kaiser's realm showed their respective code. Through the Weimar republic and the Third Reich, this system was basically retained yet expanded. After the Second World War, however, the occupying powers not only broke up some of the former states but also introduced a new style of licence plate which referred to the occupation zone and the district within that zone.
In the 1950s, with two states emerging side by side, yet new licence plates appeared on German roads. Whereas those in the Federal Republic continued to refer to their districts within the re-established Länder (states), the East German system referred to the newly formed Bezirke (administrative districts). After German reunification in 1990, the West German system was adopted nationwide.
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Prussia, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, 1930s/40s
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British occupation zone, Rhineland, c. 1950
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East Germany, 1960s, from Bezirk Potsdam
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West Germany, 1970s, from Aachen
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New typeface, introduced 1990s, from Aurich
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Reunited, 2003, from Eisenhüttenstadt, Uckermark
Contemporary German licence plates edit
The present style of German registration plates was introduced in 1956 and is based on the districts of Germany which are the authorities responsible for registering motorized vehicles. Their area codes of one, two or three letters form the first part of any German licence plate. In some cases, an urban district and the surrounding rural district of the same (or similar) name share their code, such as A stands for the city of Augsburg as well as the adjacent Landkreis Augsburg.
This area code is followed by a random combination of one or two letters plus a number of up to four figures.
Area codes of the Federal Republic of Germany, since 1956 edit
Area code |
District Names in italics signify a district which has been renamed, merged or otherwise become extinct |
Full name of district The term Stadt denotes a city and thus an urban district, whereas the terms Landkreis or Kreis refer to rural districts. |
State | Administrative capital | Notes, changes, mergers, etc. |
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A | Augsburg | Stadt Augsburg | Bavaria | Augsburg | |
Augsburg | Landkreis Augsburg | Bavaria | Augsburg[i] | ||
AA | Ostalbkreis | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg | Aalen | |
AB | Aschaffenburg | Stadt Aschaffenburg | Bavaria | Aschaffenburg | |
Aschaffenburg | Landkreis Aschaffenburg | Bavaria | Aschaffenburg[i] | ||
ABG | Altenburger Land | Landkreis Altenburger Land | Thuringia | Altenburg | |
ABI | Anhalt-Bitterfeld | Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld | Saxony-Anhalt | Köthen (Anhalt) | |
AC | Aachen | Städteregion Aachen[ii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen | |
AD | US Forces | American Forces in Germany | NATO | vehicles bear "regular" German plates meanwhile | |
AE | Auerbach | Landkreis Auerbach | Saxony | Auerbach (Vogtland) | merged into Vogtlandkreis V |
AF | US Forces | American Forces in Germany | NATO | vehicles bear "regular" German plates meanwhile | |
AH | Ahaus | Kreis Ahaus[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Ahaus | merged into Borken BOR |
AIB | Bad Aibling | Landkreis Bad Aibling | Bavaria | Bad Aibling | merged into Rosenheim RO |
AIC | Aichach-Friedberg | Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg | Bavaria | Aichach[iv] | |
AK | Altenkirchen | Landkreis Altenkirchen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Altenkirchen | |
AL | Altena | Kreis Altena[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Altena | merged into Lüdenscheid LS |
ALF | Alfeld | Landkreis Alfeld | Lower Saxony | Alfeld (Leine) | merged into Hildesheim HI |
ALS | Alsfeld | Landkreis Alsfeld | Hesse | Alsfeld | merged into Vogelsbergkreis VB |
ALZ | Alzenau | Landkreis Alzenau | Bavaria | Alzenau | merged into Aschaffenburg AB |
AM | Amberg | Stadt Amberg in der Oberpfalz[iv] | Bavaria | Amberg | |
AN | Ansbach | Stadt Ansbach | Bavaria | Ansbach | |
Ansbach | Landkreis Ansbach | Bavaria | Ansbach[i] | ||
ANA | Annaberg | Landkreis Annaberg | Saxony | Annaberg-Buchholz | merged into Erzgebirgskreis ERZ |
ANG | Angermünde | Landkreis Angermünde | Brandenburg | Angermünde | merged into Uckermark UM |
ANK | Anklam | Landkreis Anklam | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Anklam | merged into Ostvorpommern OVP |
AÖ | Altötting | Landkreis Altötting | Bavaria | Altötting | |
AP | Weimarer Land | Landkreis Weimarer Land | Thuringia | Apolda | |
APD | Apolda | Landkreis Apolda | Thuringia | Apolda | merged into Weimarer Land AP |
AR | Arnsberg | Kreis Arnsberg[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Arnsberg | merged into Hochsauerlandkreis HSK |
ARN | Arnstadt | Landkreis Arnstadt | Thuringia | Arnstadt | merged into Ilm-Kreis IK |
ART | Artern | Landkreis Artern | Thuringia | Artern | merged into Kyffhäuserkreis KYF |
AS | Amberg-Sulzbach | Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach | Bavaria | Amberg[v] | |
ASD | Aschendorf-Hümmling | Kreis Aschendorf-Hümmling | Lower Saxony | Aschendorf | merged into Emsland EL |
ASL | Aschersleben-Staßfurt | Landkreis Aschersleben-Staßfurt | Saxony-Anhalt | Aschersleben[iv] | merged into Salzlandkreis SLK |
ASZ | Aue-Schwarzenberg | Landkreis Aue-Schwarzenberg | Saxony | Aue | merged into Erzgebirgskreis ERZ |
AT | Altentreptow | Landkreis Altentreptow | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Altentreptow | merged into Demmin DM |
AU | Aue | Landkreis Aue | Saxony | Aue | merged into Aue-Schwarzenberg ASZ |
AUR | Aurich | Landkreis Aurich | Lower Saxony | Aurich | |
AW | Ahrweiler | Landkreis Ahrweiler | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler | |
AZ | Alzey-Worms | Landkreis Alzey-Worms | Rhineland-Palatinate | Alzey | |
AZE | Anhalt-Zerbst | Landkreis Anhalt-Zerbst | Saxony-Anhalt | Zerbst | split up into Anhalt-Bitterfeld ABI, Jerichower Land JL and Wittenberg WB |
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B | Berlin[vi] | Bundeshauptstadt Berlin | Berlin | Berlin | |
BA | Bamberg | Stadt Bamberg | Bavaria | Bamberg | |
Bamberg | Landkreis Bamberg | Bavaria | Bamberg[i] | ||
BAD | Baden-Baden | Stadt Baden-Baden | Baden-Württemberg | Baden-Baden | |
BAR | Barnim | Landkreis Barnim | Brandenburg | Eberswalde | |
BB | Böblingen | Landkreis Böblingen | Baden-Württemberg | Böblingen | |
BBG | Bernburg | Landkreis Bernburg | Saxony-Anhalt | Bernburg | merged into Salzlandkreis SLK |
BBL[vii] | Brandenburg | Land Brandenburg | Brandenburg | Potsdam | |
BC | Biberach | Landkreis Biberach | Baden-Württemberg | Biberach | |
BCH | Buchen | Landkreis Buchen | Baden-Württemberg | Buchen | merged into Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis MOS |
BD[vii] | Federal Government & Diet | Bundesregierung, Bundestag, Bundesrat | Germany | Berlin | |
BE | Beckum | Kreis Beckum[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Beckum | merged into Warendorf WAF |
BED | Brand-Erbisdorf | Landkreis Brand-Erbisdorf | Saxony | Brand-Erbisdorf | merged into Freiberg FG |
BEI | Beilngries | Landkreis Beilngries | Bavaria | Beilngries | merged into Eichstätt EI |
BEL | Belzig | Landkreis Belzig | Brandenburg | Belzig | merged into Potsdam-Mittelmark PM |
BER | Bernau | Landkreis Bernau | Brandenburg | Bernau | merged into Barnim BAR |
BF | Steinfurt | Kreis Steinfurt[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Burgsteinfurt | changed to Steinfurt ST |
BGD | Berchtesgaden | Landkreis Berchtesgaden | Bavaria | Berchtesgaden | merged into Berchtesgadener Land BGL |
BGL | Berchtesgadener Land | Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land | Bavaria | Bad Reichenhall | |
BH | Bühl | Landkreis Bühl | Baden-Württemberg | Bühl | merged into Rastatt RA |
BI | Bielefeld | Stadt Bielefeld[iv] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld | |
BID | Biedenkopf | Landkreis Biedenkopf | Hesse | Biedenkopf | merged into Marburg-Biedenkopf MR |
BIN | Bingen | Landkreis Bingen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bingen | split up into Mainz-Bingen MZ and Bad Kreuznach KH |
BIR | Birkenfeld | Landkreis Birkenfeld | Rhineland-Palatinate | Birkenfeld | |
BIT | Bitburg-Prüm | Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bitburg[iv] | |
BK | Börde | Landkreis Börde | Saxony-Anhalt | Haldensleben | |
BK | Backnang | Landkreis Backnang | Baden-Württemberg | Backnang | merged into Rems-Murr-Kreis WN |
BKS | Bernkastel | Landkreis Bernkastel | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bernkastel-Kues | merged into Bernkastel-Wittlich WIL |
BL | Zollernalbkreis | Zollernalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg | Balingen[iv] | |
BLB | Wittgenstein | Kreis Wittgenstein[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Berleburg | merged into Siegen-Wittgenstein SI |
BLK | Burgenlandkreis | Burgenlandkreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Naumburg | |
BM | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bergheim[iv] | |
BN | Bonn | Stadt Bonn[iv] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn | |
BNA | Borna | Landkreis Borna | Saxony | Borna | merged into Landkreis Leipzig L |
BO | Bochum | Stadt Bochum | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum | |
BÖ | Bördekreis | Bördekreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Oschersleben | changed to Landkreis Börde BK |
BOG | Bogen | Landkreis Bogen | Bavaria | Bogen | merged into Straubing-Bogen SR |
BOH | Bocholt | Stadt Bocholt | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bocholt | merged into Borken BOR |
BOR | Borken | Kreis Borken[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Borken | |
BOT | Bottrop | Stadt Bottrop | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bottrop | |
BP[vii] | Federal Mail | Deutsche Bundespost | Germany | Bonn | code expired and allotted to Bundespolizei instead |
BP[vii] | Federal Police | Bundespolizei | Germany | Berlin | |
BR | Bruchsal | Kreis Bruchsal | Baden-Württemberg | Bruchsal | merged into Karlsruhe KA |
BRA | Wesermarsch | Landkreis Wesermarsch | Lower Saxony | Brake | |
BRB | Brandenburg an der Havel | Stadt Brandenburg a.d. Havel[iv] | Brandenburg | Brandenburg | |
BRG | Burg | Landkreis Burg | Saxony-Anhalt | Burg bei Magdeburg | merged into Jerichower Land JL |
BRI | Brilon | Kreis Brilon[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Brilon | merged into Hochsauerlandkreis HSK |
BRK | Bad Brückenau | Landkreis Bad Brückenau | Bavaria | Bad Brückenau | merged into Bad Kissingen KG |
BRL | Blankenburg | Landkreis Blankenburg (Niedersachsen) | Lower Saxony | Braunlage | split up into Goslar GS and Osterode OHA |
BRV | Bremervörde | Landkreis Bremervörde | Lower Saxony | Bremervörde | merged into Rotenburg (Wümme) ROW |
BS | Braunschweig | Stadt Braunschweig[iv] | Lower Saxony | Braunschweig | |
BSB | Bersenbrück | Landkreis Bersenbrück | Lower Saxony | Bersenbrück | merged into Osnabrück OS |
BSK | Beeskow | Landkreis Beeskow | Brandenburg | Beeskow | merged into Oder-Spree LOS |
BT | Bayreuth | Stadt Bayreuth | Bavaria | Bayreuth | |
Bayreuth | Landkreis Bayreuth | Bavaria | Bayreuth[i] | ||
BTF | Bitterfeld | Kreis Bitterfeld | Saxony-Anhalt | Bitterfeld | merged into Anhalt-Bitterfeld ABI |
BU | Burgdorf | Kreis Burgdorf | Lower Saxony | Burgdorf | merged into Region Hannover H |
BÜD | Büdingen | Landkreis Büdingen | Hesse | Büdingen | merged into Wetteraukreis FB |
BUL | Burglengenfeld | Landkreis Burglengenfeld | Bavaria | Burglengenfeld | merged into Schwandorf SAD |
BÜR | Büren | Kreis Büren[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Büren | merged into Paderborn PB |
BÜS | Büsingen am Hochrhein | Gemeinde Büsingen | Baden-Württemberg | Konstanz | |
BÜZ | Bützow | Landkreis Bützow | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Bützow | merged into Güstrow GÜ |
BW[vii] | Federal Waterways Administration | Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes | Germany | ||
BWL[vii] | Baden-Württemberg | Land Baden-Württemberg | Baden-Württemberg | Stuttgart | |
BYL[vii] | Bavaria | Freistaat Bayern | Bavaria | Munich | |
BZ | Bautzen | Landkreis Bautzen | Saxony | Bautzen | |
BZA | Bergzabern | Landkreis Bergzabern | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bergzabern | merged into Südliche Weinstraße SÜW |
C | Chemnitz | Stadt Chemnitz[iv] | Saxony | Chemnitz | |
CA | Calau | Landkreis Calau | Brandenburg | Calau | merged into Oberspreewald-Lausitz OSL |
CAS | Castrop-Rauxel | Stadt Castrop-Rauxel | North Rhine-Westphalia | Castrop-Rauxel | merged into Recklinghausen RE |
CB | Cottbus | Stadt Cottbus[iv] | Brandenburg | Cottbus | |
CE | Celle | Landkreis Celle | Lower Saxony | Celle | |
CHA | Cham | Landkreis Cham | Bavaria | Cham | |
CLP | Cloppenburg | Landkreis Cloppenburg | Lower Saxony | Cloppenburg | |
CLZ | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | Kreis Clausthal-Zellerfeld | Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | merged into Goslar GS |
CO | Coburg | Stadt Coburg | Bavaria | Coburg | |
Coburg | Landkreis Coburg | Bavaria | Coburg[i] | ||
COC | Cochem-Zell | Landkreis Cochem-Zell | Rhineland-Palatinate | Cochem[iv] | |
COE | Coesfeld | Kreis Coesfeld[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Coesfeld | |
CR | Crailsheim | Landkreis Crailsheim | Baden-Württemberg | Crailsheim | merged into Schwäbisch Hall SHA |
CUX | Cuxhaven | Landkreis Cuxhaven | Lower Saxony | Cuxhaven | |
CW | Calw | Landkreis Calw | Baden-Württemberg | Calw | |
D | Düsseldorf | Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf[iv] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Düsseldorf | |
DA | Darmstadt | Stadt Darmstadt | Hesse | Darmstadt | |
Darmstadt-Dieburg | Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg | Hesse | Darmstadt[v] | ||
DAH | Dachau | Landkreis Dachau | Bavaria | Dachau | |
DAN | Lüchow-Dannenberg | Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lower Saxony | Lüchow | |
DAU | Vulkaneifel | Landkreis Vulkaneifel | Rhineland-Palatinate | Daun | |
DB[vii] | Deutsche Bundesbahn (Federal Railways) | Deutsche Bundesbahn | Germany | Bonn | code expired after privatisation |
DBR | Bad Doberan | Landkreis Bad Doberan | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Bad Doberan | merged into Landkreis Rostock LRO |
DD | Dresden | Stadt Dresden[iv] | Saxony | Dresden | |
DE | Dessau-Roßlau | Stadt Dessau-Roßlau Stadt Dessau (before 2007) |
Saxony-Anhalt | Dessau-Roßlau | |
DEG | Deggendorf | Landkreis Deggendorf | Bavaria | Deggendorf | |
DEL | Delmenhorst | Stadt Delmenhorst | Lower Saxony | Delmenhorst | |
DGF | Dingolfing-Landau | Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau | Bavaria | Dingolfing[iv] | |
DH | Diepholz | Landkreis Diepholz | Lower Saxony | Diepholz | |
DI | Dieburg | Landkreis Dieburg | Hesse | Dieburg | merged into Darmstadt-Dieburg DA |
DIL | Dillkreis | Dillkreis | Hesse | Dillenburg | merged into Lahn-Dill-Kreis LDK |
DIN | Dinslaken | Kreis Dinslaken[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Dinslaken | merged into Wesel WES |
DIZ | Unterlahnkreis | Unterlahnkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Diez | merged into Rhein-Lahn-Kreis EMS |
DKB | Dinkelsbühl | Landkreis Dinkelsbühl | Bavaria | Dinkelsbühl | merged into Ansbach AN |
DL | Döbeln | Landkreis Döbeln | Saxony | Döbeln | merged into Mittelsachsen FG |
DLG | Dillingen | Landkreis Dillingen | Bavaria | Dillingen | |
DM | Demmin | Landkreis Demmin | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Demmin | split up into Mecklenburgische Seenplatte MSE and Vorpommern-Greifswald VG |
DN | Düren | Kreis Düren[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Düren | |
DO | Dortmund | Stadt Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund | |
DON | Donau-Ries | Landkreis Donau-Ries | Bavaria | Donauwörth[iv] | |
DS | Donaueschingen | Landkreis Donaueschingen | Baden-Württemberg | Donaueschingen | merged into Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis VS |
DT | Detmold | Kreis Detmold[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Detmold | changed to Kreis Lippe LIP |
DU | Duisburg | Stadt Duisburg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Duisburg | |
DUD | Duderstadt | Landkreis Duderstadt | Lower Saxony | Duderstadt | merged into Göttingen GÖ |
DÜW | Bad Dürkheim | Landkreis Bad Dürkheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Dürkheim | |
DW | Dippoldiswalde | Landkreis Dippoldiswalde | Saxony | Dippoldiswalde | merged into Weißeritzkreis |
Weißeritzkreis | Weißeritzkreis | Saxony | Dippoldiswalde | merged into Sächsische Schweiz PIR | |
DZ | Delitzsch | Landkreis Delitzsch | Saxony | Delitzsch | merged into Nordsachsen TDO |
E | Essen | Stadt Essen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen | |
EA | Eisenach | Stadt Eisenach | Thuringia | Eisenach | |
EB | Eilenburg | Landkreis Eilenburg | Saxony | Eilenburg | merged into Nordsachsen TDO |
EBE | Ebersberg | Landkreis Ebersberg | Bavaria | Ebersberg | |
EBN | Ebern | Landkreis Ebern | Bavaria | Ebern | merged into Hassberge HAS |
EBS | Ebermannstadt | Landkreis Ebermannstadt | Bavaria | Ebermannstadt | merged into Forchheim FO |
ECK | Eckernförde | Kreis Eckernförde | Schleswig-Holstein | Eckernförde | merged into Rendsburg-Eckernförde RD |
ED | Erding | Landkreis Erding | Bavaria | Erding | |
EE | Elbe-Elster | Landkreis Elbe-Elster | Brandenburg | Herzberg (Elster) | |
EF | Erfurt | Landeshauptstadt Erfurt[iv] | Thuringia | Erfurt | |
EG | Eggenfelden | Landkreis Eggenfelden | Bavaria | Eggenfelden | merged into Rottal-Inn PAN |
EH | Eisenhüttenstadt | Landkreis Eisenhüttenstadt | Brandenburg | Eisenhüttenstadt | merged into Oder-Spree LOS |
EHI | Ehingen | Landkreis Ehingen | Baden-Württemberg | Ehingen | merged into Alb-Donau-Kreis UL |
EI | Eichstätt | Landkreis Eichstätt | Bavaria | Eichstätt | |
EIC | Eichsfeld | Landkreis Eichsfeld | Thuringia | Heilbad Heiligenstadt | |
EIH | Eichstätt | Landkreis Eichstätt | Bavaria | Eichstätt | code changed to EI |
EIL | Eisleben | Landkreis Eisleben | Saxony-Anhalt | Lutherstadt Eisleben | merged into Mansfelder Land ML |
EIN | Einbeck | Landkreis Einbeck | Lower Saxony | Einbeck | merged into Northeim NOM |
EIS | Eisenberg | Landkreis Eisenberg | Thuringia | Eisenberg | merged into Saale-Holzland-Kreis SHK |
EL | Emsland | Landkreis Emsland | Lower Saxony | Meppen | |
EM | Emmendingen | Landkreis Emmendingen | Baden-Württemberg | Emmendingen | |
EMD | Emden | Stadt Emden | Lower Saxony | Emden | |
EMS | Rhein-Lahn-Kreis | Rhein-Lahn-Kreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Ems | |
EN | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Schwelm | |
ER | Erlangen | Stadt Erlangen[iv] | Bavaria | Erlangen | |
ERB | Odenwaldkreis | Odenwaldkreis | Hesse | Erbach[iv] | |
ERH | Erlangen-Höchstadt | Landkreis Erlangen-Höchstadt | Bavaria | Erlangen[v] | |
ERK | Erkelenz | Kreis Erkelenz[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Erkelenz | merged into Heinsberg HS |
ERZ | Erzgebirgskreis | Erzgebirgskreis | Saxony | Annaberg-Buchholz | |
ES | Esslingen | Landkreis Esslingen | Baden-Württemberg | Esslingen am Neckar | |
ESA | Eisenach | Landkreis Eisenach | Thuringia | Eisenach | merged into Wartburgkreis WAK Eisenach town became a city district EA |
ESB | Eschenbach | Landkreis Eschenbach i.d.OPf. | Bavaria | Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz | merged into Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab NEW |
ESW | Werra-Meißner-Kreis | Werra-Meißner-Kreis | Hesse | Eschwege[iv] | |
EU | Euskirchen | Kreis Euskirchen[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Euskirchen | |
EUT | Eutin | Landkreis Eutin | Schleswig-Holstein | Eutin | merged into Ostholstein OH |
EW | Eberswalde | Landkreis Eberswalde | Brandenburg | Eberswalde-Finow | merged into Barnim BAR |
F | Frankfurt am Main | Stadt Frankfurt a. Main | Hesse | Frankfurt am Main | |
FAL | Fallingbostel | Landkreis Fallingbostel | Lower Saxony | Fallingbostel | merged into Soltau-Fallingbostel SFA, later Heidekreis HK |
FB | Wetteraukreis | Wetteraukreis | Hesse | Friedberg (Hessen)[iv] | |
FD | Fulda | Landkreis Fulda | Hesse | Fulda | |
FDB | Friedberg | Landkreis Friedberg (Bayern) | Bavaria | Friedberg (Bayern) | merged into Augsburg-Ost, later renamed Aichach-Friedberg AIC |
FDS | Freudenstadt | Landkreis Freudenstadt | Baden-Württemberg | Freudenstadt | |
FEU | Feuchtwangen | Landkreis Feuchtwangen | Bavaria | Feuchtwangen | merged into Ansbach AN |
FF | Frankfurt an der Oder | Stadt Frankfurt a.d. Oder | Brandenburg | Frankfurt an der Oder | |
FFB | Fürstenfeldbruck | Landkreis Fürstenfeldbruck | Bavaria | Fürstenfeldbruck | |
FG | Mittelsachsen | Landkreis Mittelsachsen Freiberg (district) |
Saxony | Freiberg[iv] | |
FH | Main-Taunus-Kreis | Main-Taunus-Kreis | Hesse | Frankfurt-Höchst | changed to MTK |
FI | Finsterwalde | Landkreis Finsterwalde | Brandenburg | Finsterwalde | merged into Elbe-Elster EE |
FKB | Frankenberg | Landkreis Frankenberg | Hesse | Frankenberg | merged into Waldeck-Frankenberg KB |
FL | Flensburg | Stadt Flensburg[iv] | Schleswig-Holstein | Flensburg | |
FLÖ | Flöha | Landkreis Flöha | Saxony | Flöha | merged into Mittelsachsen FG |
FN | Bodenseekreis | Bodenseekreis | Baden-Württemberg | Friedrichshafen | |
FO | Forchheim | Landkreis Forchheim | Bavaria | Forchheim | |
FOR | Forst | Landkreis Forst i.d. Lausitz | Brandenburg | Forst (Lausitz) | merged into Spree-Neisse SPN |
FR | Freiburg im Breisgau | Stadt Freiburg | Baden-Württemberg | Freiburg | |
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | Baden-Württemberg | Freiburg[v] | ||
FRG | Freyung-Grafenau | Landkreis Freyung-Grafenau | Bavaria | Freyung | |
FRI | Friesland | Landkreis Friesland | Lower Saxony | Jever | |
FRW | Freienwalde | Landkreis Bad Freienwalde | Brandenburg | Bad Freienwalde | merged into Märkisch Oderland MOL |
FS | Freising | Landkreis Freising | Bavaria | Freising | |
FT | Frankenthal | Stadt Frankenthal[iv] | Rhineland-Palatinate | Frankenthal | |
FTL | Freital | Landkreis Freital | Saxony | Freital | merged into Weißeritzkreis DW |
FÜ | Fürth | Stadt Fürth | Bavaria | Fürth | |
Fürth | Landkreis Fürth | Bavaria | Zirndorf[viii] | ||
FÜS | Füssen | Landkreis Füssen | Bavaria | Füssen | merged into Ostallgäu OAL |
FW | Fürstenwalde | Landkreis Fürstenwalde | Brandenburg | Fürstenwalde | merged into Oder-Spree LOS |
FZ | Fritzlar-Homberg | Landkreis Fritzlar-Homberg | Hesse | Fritzlar | merged into Schwalm-Eder HR |
G | Gera | Stadt Gera[iv] | Thuringia | Gera | |
GA | Gardelegen | Landkreis Gardelegen | Saxony-Anhalt | Gardelegen | merged into Altmarkkreis Salzwedel SAW |
GAN | Gandersheim | Landkreis Gandersheim | Lower Saxony | Gandersheim | split up into Northeim NOM and Goslar GS |
GAP | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Bavaria | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | |
GC | Glauchau | Landkreis Glauchau | Saxony | Glauchau | merged into Chemnitzer Land GC, 1994 |
Chemnitzer Land | Landkreis Chemnitzer Land | Saxony | Glauchau | merged into Zwickau district Z, 2008 | |
GD | Schwäbisch Gmünd | Landkreis Schwäbisch Gmünd | Baden-Württemberg | Schwäbisch Gmünd | merged into Ostalbkreis AA |
GDB | Gadebusch | Landkreis Gadebusch | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Gadebusch | merged into Nordwestmecklenburg NWM |
GE | Gelsenkirchen | Stadt Gelsenkirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Gelsenkirchen | |
GEL | Geldern | Kreis Geldern[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Geldern | merged into Kleve KLE |
GEM | Gemünden | Landkreis Gemünden am Main | Bavaria | Gemünden | merged into Main-Spessart-Kreis MSP |
GEO | Gerolzhofen | Landkreis Gerolzhofen | Bavaria | Gerolzhofen | merged into Schweinfurt SW |
GER | Germersheim | Landkreis Germersheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germersheim | |
GF | Gifhorn | Landkreis Gifhorn | Lower Saxony | Gifhorn | |
GG | Groß-Gerau | Kreis Groß-Gerau | Hesse | Groß-Gerau | |
GHA | Geithain | Landkreis Geithain | Saxony | Geithain | merged into Leipzig (district) L |
GHC | Gräfenhainichen | Landkreis Gräfenhainichen | Saxony-Anhalt | Gräfenhainichen | merged into Wittenberg WB |
GI | Giessen | Landkreis Gießen | Hesse | Gießen | |
GK | Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg | Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Geilenkirchen | merged into Heinsberg HS |
GL | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bergisch Gladbach | |
GLA | Gladbeck | Stadt Gladbeck | North Rhine-Westphalia | Gladbeck | merged into Recklinghausen RE |
GM | Oberbergischer Kreis | Oberbergischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Gummersbach | |
GMN | Grimmen | Landkreis Grimmen | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Grimmen | merged into Nordvorpommern NVP |
GN | Gelnhausen | Landkreis Gelnhausen | Hesse | Gelnhausen | merged into Main-Kinzig-Kreis MKK |
GNT | Genthin | Landkreis Genthin | Saxony-Anhalt | Genthin | merged into Jerichower Land JL |
GÖ | Göttingen | Stadt Göttingen[ix] | Lower Saxony | Göttingen | |
Göttingen | Landkreis Göttingen | Lower Saxony | Göttingen[i] | ||
GOA | St Goar | Landkreis Sankt Goar | Rhineland-Palatinate | Sankt Goar | merged into Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis SIM |
GOH | Loreleykreis | Loreleykreis Landkreis St Goarshausen before 1962 |
Rhineland-Palatinate | Sankt Goarshausen | merged into Rhein-Lahn-Kreis EMS |
GP | Göppingen | Landkreis Göppingen | Baden-Württemberg | Göppingen | |
GR | Görlitz | Landkreis Görlitz | Saxony | Görlitz | |
GRA | Grafenau | Landkreis Grafenau | Bavaria | Grafenau | merged into Freyung-Grafenau FRG |
GRH | Großenhain | Landkreis Großenhain | Saxony | Großenhain | merged into Riesa-Großenhain RG |
GRI | Griesbach | Landkreis Griesbach im Rottal | Bavaria | Bad Griesbach | merged into Passau PA |
GRM | Grimma | Landkreis Grimma | Saxony | Grimma | merged into Muldentalkreis MTL |
GRS | Gransee | Landkreis Gransee | Brandenburg | Gransee | merged into Oberhavel OHV |
GRZ | Greiz | Landkreis Greiz | Thuringia | Greiz | |
GS | Goslar | Landkreis Goslar | Lower Saxony | Goslar | |
GT | Gütersloh | Kreis Gütersloh | North Rhine-Westphalia | Gütersloh | |
GTH | Gotha | Landkreis Gotha | Thuringia | Gotha | |
GÜ | Güstrow | Landkreis Güstrow | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Güstrow | merged into Rostock LRO |
GUB | Guben | Landkreis Guben | Saxony | Guben | merged into Spree-Neiße SPN |
GUN | Gunzenhausen | Landkreis Gunzenhausen | Bavaria | Gunzenhausen | merged into Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen WUG |
GV | Grevenbroich | Kreis Grevenbroich[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Grevenbroich | merged into Neuss NE |
GVM | Grevesmühlen | Landkreis Grevesmühlen | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Grevesmühlen | merged into Nordwestmecklenburg NWM |
GW | Greifswald | Landkreis Greifswald | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald[i] | merged into Ostvorpommern OVP |
GZ | Günzburg | Landkreis Günzburg | Bavaria | Günzburg | |
H | Hannover (Hanover) | Landeshauptstadt Hannover[ix] | Lower Saxony | Hanover | |
Hannover | Regionalverband Hannover[ii] | Lower Saxony | Hanover (Hannover) | ||
HA | Hagen | Stadt Hagen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Hagen | |
HAB | Hammelburg | Landkreis Hammelburg | Bavaria | Hammelburg | merged into Bad Kissingen KG |
HAL | Halle | Stadt Halle a.d. Saale | Saxony-Anhalt | Halle an der Saale | |
HAM | Hamm | Stadt Hamm | North Rhine-Westphalia | Hamm | |
HAS | Hassberge | Landkreis Haßberge | Bavaria | Haßfurt | |
HB | Bremen | Freie Hansestadt Bremen[x] | Bremen | Bremen | |
Bremerhaven | Stadtgemeinde Bremerhaven[x] | Bremen | Bremerhaven | ||
HBN | Hildburghausen | Landkreis Hildburghausen | Thuringia | Hildburghausen | |
HBS | Halberstadt | Landkreis Halberstadt | Saxony-Anhalt | Halberstadt | merged into Harz HZ |
HC | Hainichen | Landkreis Hainichen | Saxony | Hainichen | merged into Mittweida MW |
HCH | Hechingen | Landkreis Hechingen | Baden-Württemberg | Hechingen | merged into Zollernalbkreis BL |
HD | Heidelberg | Stadt Heidelberg | Baden-Württemberg | Heidelberg | |
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis | Rhein-Neckar-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg | Heidelberg[v] | ||
HDH | Heidenheim | Landkreis Heidenheim | Baden-Württemberg | Heidenheim an der Brenz | |
HDL | Haldensleben | Landkreis Haldensleben | Saxony-Anhalt | Haldensleben | merged into Ohrekreis OK |
HE | Helmstedt | Landkreis Helmstedt | Lower Saxony | Helmstedt | |
HEB | Hersbruck | Landkreis Hersbruck | Bavaria | Hersbruck | merged into Nürnberger Land LAU |
HEF | Hersfeld-Rotenburg | Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg | Hesse | Bad Hersfeld[iv] | |
HEI | Dithmarschen | Kreis Dithmarschen Norderdithmarschen (before 1970) |
Schleswig-Holstein | Heide | |
HEL[vii] | Hesse | Land Hessen | Hesse | Wiesbaden | |
HER | Herne | Stadt Herne | North Rhine-Westphalia | Herne | |
HET | Hettstedt | Landkreis Hettstedt | Saxony-Anhalt | Hettstedt | merged into Mansfelder Land ML |
HF | Herford | Kreis Herford[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Herford | |
HG | Hochtaunuskreis | Hochtaunuskreis | Hesse | Bad Homburg | |
HGN | Hagenow | Landkreis Hagenow | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Hagenow | merged into Ludwigslust LWL |
HGW | Greifswald | Hansestadt Greifswald | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald | merged into Vorpommern-Greifswald VG |
HH | Hamburg | Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg[vi] | Hamburg | Hamburg | |
HHM | Hohenmölsen | Landkreis Hohenmölsen | Saxony-Anhalt | Hohenmölsen | merged into Weißenfels WSF |
HI | Hildesheim | Landkreis Hildesheim | Lower Saxony | Hildesheim | |
HIG | Heiligenstadt | Landkreis Heiligenstadt | Thuringia | Heilbad Heiligenstadt | merged into Eichsfeld EIC |
HIP | Hilpoltstein | Landkreis Hilpoltstein | Bavaria | Hilpoltstein | merged into Roth RH |
HK | Heidekreis | Heidekreis | Lower Saxony | Bad Fallingbostel | |
HL | Lübeck | Hansestadt Lübeck | Schleswig-Holstein | Lübeck | |
HM | Hamelin-Pyrmont | Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont | Lower Saxony | Hamelin (German: Hameln) | |
HMÜ | Hann. Münden | Landkreis Münden | Lower Saxony | Hann. Münden | merged into Göttingen GÖ |
HN | Heilbronn | Stadt Heilbronn | Baden-Württemberg | Heilbronn | |
Heilbronn | Landkreis Heilbronn | Baden-Württemberg | Heilbronn[i] | ||
HO | Hof | Stadt Hof | Bavaria | Hof an der Saale | |
Hof | Landkreis Hof | Bavaria | Hof[i] | ||
HOG | Hofgeismar | Landkreis Hofgeismar | Hesse | Hofgeismar | merged into Kassel KS |
HOH | Hofheim in Unterfranken | Landkreis Hofheim i.UFr. | Bavaria | Hofheim | merged into Haßberge RE |
HOL | Holzminden | Landkreis Holzminden | Lower Saxony | Holzminden | |
HOM | Saarpfalz | Saarpfalz-Kreis | Saarland | Homburg[iv] | |
HOR | Horb | Landkreis Horb | Baden-Württemberg | Horb am Neckar | merged into Freudenstadt FDS |
HÖS | Höchstadt | Landkreis Höchstadt | Bavaria | Höchstadt an der Aisch | merged into Erlangen-Höchstadt ERH |
HOT | Hohenstein-Ernstthal | Landkreis Hohenstein-Ernstthal | Saxony | Hohenstein-Ernstthal | merged into Chemnitzer Land GC, 1994 |
HP | Bergstraße | Kreis Bergstraße | Hesse | Heppenheim | |
HR | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis | Hesse | Homberg | |
HRO | Rostock | Hansestadt Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock | |
HS | Heinsberg | Kreis Heinsberg[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Heinsberg | |
HSK | Hochsauerlandkreis | Hochsauerlandkreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Meschede | |
HST | Stralsund | Hansestadt Stralsund | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Stralsund[iv] | merged into Vorpommern-Rügen VR |
HU | Hanau | Stadt Hanau Landkreis Hanau |
Hesse | Hanau | both merged into Main-Kinzig-Kreis MKK |
HÜN | Hünfeld | Landkreis Hünfeld | Hesse | Hünfeld | merged into Fulda FD |
HUS | Husum | Landkreis Husum | Schleswig-Holstein | Husum | merged into Nordfriesland NF |
HV | Havelberg | Landkreis Havelberg | Saxony-Anhalt | Havelberg | merged into Stendal SDL |
HVL | Havelland | Landkreis Havelland | Brandenburg | Rathenow | |
HW | Halle (Westfalen) | Kreis Halle (Westf.)[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Halle (Westfalen) | merged into Gütersloh GT |
HWI | Wismar | Hansestadt Wismar | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Wismar | merged into Nordwestmecklenburg NWM |
HX | Höxter | Kreis Höxter[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Höxter | |
HY | Hoyerswerda | Landkreis Hoyerswerda | Saxony | Hoyerswerda | merged into Bautzen BZ |
HZ | Herzberg | Landkreis Herzberg | Brandenburg | Herzberg (Elster) | merged into Elbe-Elster EE |
HZ | Harz | Landkreis Harz | Saxony-Anhalt | Halberstadt | |
IF | US Forces | American Forces in Germany | NATO | vehicles bear "regular" German plates meanwhile | |
IGB | St. Ingbert | Landkreis Sankt Ingbert | Saarland | Sankt Ingbert | merged into Saarpfalz HOM |
IK | Ilm-Kreis | Ilm-Kreis | Thuringia | Arnstadt | |
IL | Ilmenau | Landkreis Ilmenau | Thuringia | Ilmenau | merged into Ilm-Kreis IK |
ILL | Illertissen | Landkreis Illertissen | Bavaria | Illertissen | merged into Neu-Ulm NU |
IN | Ingolstadt | Stadt Ingolstadt[iv] | Bavaria | Ingolstadt | |
IS | Iserlohn | Kreis Iserlohn[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Iserlohn | merged into Märkischer Kreis MK |
IZ | Steinburg | Kreis Steinburg | Schleswig-Holstein | Itzehoe | |
J | Jena | Stadt Jena[iv] | Thuringia | Jena | |
JB | Jüterbog | Landkreis Jüterbog | Brandenburg | Jüterbog | merged into Teltow-Fläming TF |
JE | Jessen | Landkreis Jessen | Saxony-Anhalt | Jessen (Elster) | merged into Wittenberg WB |
JEV | Friesland | Landkreis Friesland | Lower Saxony | Jever | changed into Friesland FRI |
JL | Jerichower Land | Landkreis Jerichower Land | Saxony-Anhalt | Burg | |
JÜL | Jülich | Kreis Jülich[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Jülich | merged into Düren DN |
K | Köln (Cologne) | Stadt Köln[iv] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Köln | |
KA | Karlsruhe | Stadt Karlsruhe | Baden-Württemberg | Karlsruhe | |
Karlsruhe | Landkreis Karlsruhe | Baden-Württemberg | Karlsruhe[i] | ||
KAR | Karlstadt | Landkreis Karlstadt | Bavaria | Karlstadt am Main | merged into Main-Spessart MSP |
KB | Waldeck-Frankenberg | Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg | Hesse | Korbach | |
KC | Kronach | Landkreis Kronach | Bavaria | Kronach | |
KE | Kempten | Stadt Kempten[iv] | Bavaria | Kempten im Allgäu | |
KEH | Kelheim | Landkreis Kelheim | Bavaria | Kelheim | |
KEL | Kehl | Landkreis Kehl | Baden-Württemberg | Kehl | merged into Ortenaukreis OG |
KEM | Kemnath | Landkreis Kemnath | Bavaria | Kemnath | merged into Tirschenreuth TIR |
KF | Kaufbeuren | Stadt Kaufbeuren[iv] | Bavaria | Kaufbeuren | |
KG | Bad Kissingen | Landkreis Bad Kissingen | Bavaria | Bad Kissingen | |
KH | Bad Kreuznach | Landkreis Bad Kreuznach | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Kreuznach | |
KI | Kiel | Landeshauptstadt Kiel | Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel | |
KIB | Donnersbergkreis | Donnersbergkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kirchheimbolanden[iv] | |
KK | Kempen-Krefeld | Kreis Kempen-Krefeld[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Kempen | merged into Viersen VIE |
KL | Kaiserslautern | Stadt Kaiserslautern | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern | |
Kaiserslautern | Landkreis Kaiserslautern | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern[i] | ||
KLE | Kleve (Cleves) | Kreis Kleve[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Kleve | |
KLZ | Klötze | Landkreis Klötze | Saxony-Anhalt | Klötze | merged into Altmarkkreis Salzwedel SAW |
KM | Kamenz | Landkreis Kamenz | Saxony | Kamenz | merged into Bautzen BZ |
KN | Konstanz | Landkreis Konstanz | Baden-Württemberg | Konstanz | |
KO | Koblenz | Stadt Koblenz[iv] | Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz | |
KÖN | Königshofen | Landkreis Königshofen im Grabfeld | Bavaria | Bad Königshofen | merged into Rhön-Grabfeld NES |
KÖT | Köthen | Landkreis Köthen | Saxony-Anhalt | Köthen (Anhalt) | merged into Anhalt-Bitterfeld ABI |
KÖZ | Kötzting | Landkreis Kötzting | Bavaria | Kötzting | merged into Cham CHA |
KR | Krefeld | Stadt Krefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | Krefeld | |
KRU | Krumbach | Landkreis Krumbach (Schwaben) | Bavaria | Krumbach | merged into Günzburg GZ |
KS | Kassel | Stadt Kassel | Hesse | Kassel | |
Kassel | Landkreis Kassel | Hesse | Kassel[i] | ||
KT | Kitzingen | Landkreis Kitzingen | Bavaria | Kitzingen | |
KU | Kulmbach | Landkreis Kulmbach | Bavaria | Kulmbach | |
KÜN | Hohenlohe | Hohenlohekreis | Baden-Württemberg | Künzelsau[iv] | |
KUS | Kusel | Landkreis Kusel | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kusel | |
KW | Königs Wusterhausen | Landkreis Königs Wusterhausen | Brandenburg | Königs Wusterhausen | merged into Dahme-Spreewald LDS |
KY | Kyritz | Landkreis Kyritz | Brandenburg | Kyritz | merged into Ostprignitz-Ruppin OPR |
KYF | Kyffhäuserkreis | Kyffhäuserkreis | Thuringia | Sondershausen | |
L | Leipzig | Stadt Leipzig | Saxony | Leipzig | |
Leipzig | Landkreis Leipzig | Saxony | Borna[viii] | ||
L | Lahn | Stadt Lahn | Hesse | Lahn | split up again into Gießen GI and Lahn-Dill-Kreis LDK |
LA | Landshut | Stadt Landshut | Bavaria | Landshut | |
Landshut | Landkreis Landshut | Bavaria | Landshut[i] | ||
LAN | Landau an der Isar | Landkreis Landau a.d. Isar | Bavaria | Landau an der Isar | merged into Dingolfing-Landau DGF |
LAT | Lauterbach | Landkreis Lauterbach | Hesse | Lauterbach | merged into Vogelsbergkreis VB |
LAU | Nürnberger Land | Landkreis Nürnberger Land | Bavaria | Lauf an der Pegnitz[iv] | |
LB | Ludwigsburg | Landkreis Ludwigsburg | Baden-Württemberg | Ludwigsburg | |
LBS | Lobenstein | Landkreis Lobenstein | Thuringia | Lobenstein | merged into Saale-Orla-Kreis SOK |
LBZ | Lübz | Landkreis Lübz | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Lübz | merged into Parchim PCH |
LC | Luckau | Landkreis Luckau | Brandenburg | Luckau | merged into Dahme-Spree LDS |
LD | Landau in der Pfalz | Stadt Landau | Rhineland-Palatinate | Landau in der Pfalz | |
LDK | Lahn-Dill-Kreis | Lahn-Dill-Kreis | Hesse | Wetzlar | |
LDS | Dahme-Spreewald | Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald | Brandenburg | Lübben | |
LE | Lemgo | Kreis Lemgo[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lemgo | merged into Lippe LIP |
LEO | Leonberg | Kreis Leonberg | Baden-Württemberg | Leonberg | split up into Böblingen BB and Ludwigsburg LB |
LER | Leer | Landkreis Leer | Lower Saxony | Leer | |
LEV | Leverkusen | Stadt Leverkusen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Leverkusen | |
LF | Laufen | Landkreis Laufen | Bavaria | Laufen (Salzach) | split up into Berchtesgadener Land BGL and Traunstein TS |
LG | Lüneburg | Landkreis Lüneburg | Lower Saxony | Lüneburg | |
LH | Lüdinghausen | Kreis Lüdinghausen[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lüdinghausen | merged into Coesfeld COE |
LI | Lindau | Landkreis Lindau (Bodensee) | Bavaria | Lindau | |
LIB | Bad Liebenwerda | Landkreis Bad Liebenwerda | Brandenburg | Bad Liebenwerda | merged into Elbe-Elster EE |
LIF | Lichtenfels | Landkreis Lichtenfels | Bavaria | Lichtenfels | |
LIN | Lingen | Landkreis Lingen | Lower Saxony | Lingen (Ems) | merged into Emsland EL |
LIP | Lippe | Kreis Lippe | North Rhine-Westphalia | Detmold | |
LK | Lübbecke | Kreis Lübbecke[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lübbecke | merged into Minden-Lübbecke MI |
LL | Landsberg | Landkreis Landsberg am Lech | Bavaria | Landsberg | |
LM | Limburg-Weilburg | Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg | Hesse | Limburg an der Lahn[iv] | |
LN | Lübben | Landkreis Lübben | Brandenburg | Lübben (Spreewald) | merged into Dahme-Spreewald LDS |
LÖ | Lörrach | Landkreis Lörrach | Baden-Württemberg | Lörrach | |
LÖB | Löbau | Landkreis Löbau | Saxony | Löbau | merged into Löbau-Zittau ZI |
LOH | Lohr am Main | Landkreis Lohr am Main | Bavaria | Lohr am Main | merged into Main-Spessart MSP |
LOS | Oder-Spree | Landkreis Oder-Spree | Brandenburg | Beeskow | |
LP | Lippstadt | Kreis Lippstadt[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lippstadt | merged into Soest SO |
LR | Lahr | Kreis Lahr | Baden-Württemberg | Lahr | merged into Ortenaukreis OG |
LRO | Rostock | Landkreis Rostock (2011–) | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Güstrow[viii] | |
LS | Lüdenscheid | Kreis Lüdenscheid[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lüdenscheid | merged into Märkischer Kreis MK |
LSA[vii] | Saxony-Anhalt | Land Sachsen-Anhalt | Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg | |
LSN[vii] | Saxony | Freistaat Sachsen | Saxony | Dresden | |
LSZ | Bad Langensalza | Landkreis Bad Langensalza | Thuringia | Bad Langensalza | merged into Unstrut-Hainich UH |
LU | Ludwigshafen | Stadt Ludwigshafen[iv] | Rhineland-Palatinate | Ludwigshafen | |
LÜD | Lüdenscheid | Stadt Lüdenscheid | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lüdenscheid | merged into Lüdenscheid district LS |
LUK | Luckenwalde | Landkreis Luckenwalde | Brandenburg | Luckenwalde | merged into Teltow-Fläming TF |
LÜN | Lünen | Kreis Lünen[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lünen | merged into Unna UN |
LUP | Ludwigslust-Parchim | Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Parchim | |
LWL | Ludwigslust | Landkreis Ludwigslust | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Ludwigslust | merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim LUP |
M | München (Munich) | Landeshauptstadt München | Bavaria | München | |
München (Munich) | Landkreis München | Bavaria | Munich[i] (München) | ||
MA | Mannheim | Stadt Mannheim[iv] | Baden-Württemberg | Mannheim | |
MAB | Marienberg | Landkreis Marienberg | Saxony | Marienberg | merged into Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis MEK |
MAI | Mainburg | Landkreis Mainburg | Bavaria | Mainburg | split up into Kelheim KEL, Freising FS and Landshut LA districts |
MAK | Marktredwitz | Stadt Marktredwitz | Bavaria | Marktredwitz | merged into Wunsiedel WUN |
MAL | Mallersdorf | Landkreis Mallersdorf | Bavaria | Mallersdorf | split up into Straubing-Bogen SR, Landshut LA, Regensburg R and Dingolfing-Landau DGF |
MAR | Marktheidenfeld | Landkreis Marktheidenfeld | Bavaria | Marktheidenfeld | merged into Main-Spessart MSP |
MB | Miesbach | Landkreis Miesbach | Bavaria | Miesbach | |
MC | Malchin | Landkreis Malchin | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Malchin | merged into Demmin DM |
MD | Magdeburg | Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg | Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg | |
ME | Mettmann | Kreis Mettmann[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mettmann | |
MED | Süderdithmarschen (Southern Ditmarsh) | Kreis Süderdithmarschen | Schleswig-Holstein | Meldorf | merged into Dithmarschen HEI |
MEG | Melsungen | Landkreis Melsungen | Hesse | Melsungen | merged into Schwalm-Eder HR |
MEI | Meissen | Landkreis Meißen | Saxony | Meißen | |
MEK | Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis | Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis | Saxony | Marienberg | merged into Erzgebirgskreis ERZ |
MEL | Melle | Landkreis Melle | Lower Saxony | Melle | merged into Osnabrück OS |
MEP | Meppen | Landkreis Meppen | Lower Saxony | Meppen | merged into Emsland EL |
MER | Merseburg | Landkreis Merseburg | Saxony-Anhalt | Merseburg | merged into Merseburg-Querfurt MQ |
MES | Meschede | Kreis Meschede[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Meschede | merged into Hochsauerlandkreis HSK |
MET | Mellrichstadt | Landkreis Mellrichstadt | Bavaria | Mellrichstadt | merged into Rhön-Grabfeld NES |
MG | Mönchengladbach | Stadt Mönchengladbach | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mönchengladbach | |
MGH | Mergentheim | Landkreis Mergentheim | Baden-Württemberg | Bad Mergentheim | merged into Main-Tauber-Kreis TBB |
MGN | Meiningen | Landkreis Meiningen | Thuringia | Meiningen | merged into Schmalkalden-Meiningen SM |
MH | Mülheim an der Ruhr | Stadt Mülheim a.d. Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mülheim an der Ruhr | |
MHL | Mühlhausen | Landkreis Mühlhausen i.Th. | Thuringia | Mühlhausen | merged into Unstrut-Hainich UH |
MI | Minden-Lübbecke | Kreis Minden-Lübbecke[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Minden[iv] | |
MIL | Miltenberg | Landkreis Miltenberg | Bavaria | Miltenberg | |
MK | Märkischer Kreis | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lüdenscheid | |
MKK | Main-Kinzig-Kreis | Main-Kinzig-Kreis | Hesse | Gelnhausen | |
ML | Mansfelder Land | Landkreis Mansfelder Land | Saxony-Anhalt | Eisleben | merged into Mansfeld-Südharz MSH |
MM | Memmingen | Stadt Memmingen[iv] | Bavaria | Memmingen | |
MN | Unterallgäu | Landkreis Unterallgäu | Bavaria | Mindelheim[iv] | |
MO | Moers | Kreis Moers[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Moers | merged into Wesel WES |
MOD | Marktoberdorf | Landkreis Marktoberdorf | Bavaria | Marktoberdorf | merged into Oberallgäu OA |
MOL | Märkisch-Oderland | Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland | Brandenburg | Seelow | |
MON | Monschau | Kreis Monschau[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Monschau | merged into Aachen AC |
MOS | Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis | Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg | Mosbach[iv] | |
MQ | Merseburg-Querfurt | Landkreis Merseburg-Querfurt | Saxony-Anhalt | Merseburg | merged into Saalkreis SK |
MR | Marburg-Biedenkopf | Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf | Hesse | Marburg[iv] | |
MS | Münster | Stadt Münster[iv] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Münster | |
MSE | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Neubrandenburg | |
MSH | Mansfeld-Südharz | Landkreis Mansfeld-Südharz | Saxony-Anhalt | Sangerhausen | |
MSP | Main-Spessart | Landkreis Main-Spessart | Bavaria | Karlstadt am Main | |
MST | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Landkreis Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Neustrelitz | merged into Mecklenburger Seenplatte MSE |
MT | Unterwesterwald | Unterwesterwaldkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Montabaur | merged into Westerwaldkreis WW |
MTK | Main-Taunus-Kreis | Main-Taunus-Kreis | Hesse | Hofheim | |
MTL | Muldentalkreis | Muldentalkreis | Saxony | Grimma | merged into Leipzig district L |
MÜ | Mühldorf | Landkreis Mühldorf am Inn | Bavaria | Mühldorf | |
MÜB | Münchberg | Landkreis Münchberg | Bavaria | Münchberg | merged into Hof HO |
MUC | München (Munich) | Landeshauptstadt München | Bavaria | München | additional code, introduced in 2023 due to lack of possible combinations with M |
MÜL | Müllheim | Landkreis Müllheim | Baden-Württemberg | Müllheim (Baden) | merged into Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald FR |
MÜN | Münsingen | Landkreis Münsingen | Baden-Württemberg | Münsingen | merged into Rottweil RW |
MÜR | Müritz | Landkreis Müritz | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Waren (Müritz) | merged into Mecklenburger Seenplatte MSE |
MVL[vii] | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Schwerin | |
MW | Mittweida | Landkreis Mittweida | Saxony | Mittweida | merged into Mittelsachsen FG |
MY | Mayen | Landkreis Mayen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Mayen | merged into Mayen-Koblenz MYK |
MYK | Mayen-Koblenz | Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz | Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz[v] | |
MZ | Mainz | Landeshauptstadt Mainz | Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz[iv] | |
Mainz-Bingen | Landkreis Mainz-Bingen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Ingelheim[viii] | ||
MZG | Merzig-Wadern | Landkreis Merzig-Wadern | Saarland | Merzig | |
N | Nürnberg | Stadt Nürnberg | Bavaria | Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | |
Nürnberg | Landkreis Nürnberg | Bavaria | Altdorf bei Nürnberg | split up into Nürnberger Land LAU, Nuremberg city N and Fürth (district) FÜ | |
NAB | Nabburg | Landkreis Nabburg | Bavaria | Nabburg | merged into Schwandorf SAD |
NAI | Naila | Landkreis Naila | Bavaria | Naila | merged into Hof HO |
NAU | Nauen | Landkreis Nauen | Brandenburg | Nauen | merged into Havelland HVL |
NB | Neubrandenburg | Landkreis Neubrandenburg | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Neubrandenburg | merged into Mecklenburgische Seenplatte MSE |
ND | Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | Landkreis Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | Bavaria | Neuburg an der Donau[iv] | |
NDH | Nordhausen | Landkreis Nordhausen | Thuringia | Nordhausen | |
NE | Neuss | Rhein-Kreis Neuss[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Neuss | |
NEA | Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim | Landkreis Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim | Bavaria | Neustadt (Aisch)[iv] | |
NEB | Nebra | Landkreis Nebra | Saxony-Anhalt | Nebra | merged into Burgenlandkreis BLK |
NEC | Neustadt bei Coburg | Stadt Neustadt bei Coburg | Bavaria | Neustadt bei Coburg | merged into Coburg district CO |
NEN | Neunburg vorm Wald | Landkreis Neunburg vorm Wald | Bavaria | Neunburg vorm Wald | merged into Schwandorf SAD |
NES | Rhön-Grabfeld | Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld | Bavaria | Bad Neustadt | formerly Landkreis Neustadt an der Saale |
NEU | Hochschwarzwald | Landkreis Hochschwarzwald | Baden-Württemberg | Neustadt im Schwarzwald | merged into Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald FR |
NEW | Neustadt an der Waldnaab | Landkreis Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab | Bavaria | Neustadt an der Waldnaab | |
NF | Nordfriesland | Kreis Nordfriesland | Schleswig-Holstein | Husum | |
NH | Neuhaus am Rennweg | Landkreis Neuhaus am Rennweg | Thuringia | Neuhaus am Rennweg | split up into Sonneberg SON and Saalfeld-Rudolstadt SLF |
NI | Nienburg | Landkreis Nienburg a.d. Weser | Lower Saxony | Nienburg | |
NIB | Südtondern | Kreis Südtondern | Schleswig-Holstein | Niebüll | merged into Nordfriesland NF |
NK | Neunkirchen | Landkreis Neunkirchen/Saar | Saarland | Ottweiler | |
NL[vii] | Niedersachsen | Land Niedersachsen | Lower Saxony | Hanover | |
NM | Neumarkt | Landkreis Neumarkt i.d.OPf. | Bavaria | Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz | |
NMB | Naumburg | Landkreis Naumburg | Saxony-Anhalt | Naumburg (Saale) | merged into Burgenlandkreis BLK |
NMS | Neumünster | Stadt Neumünster | Schleswig-Holstein | Neumünster | |
NÖ | Nördlingen | Landkreis Nördlingen | Bavaria | Nördlingen | merged into Donau-Ries DON |
NOH | Grafschaft Bentheim | Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim | Lower Saxony | Nordhorn | |
NOL | Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis | Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis | Saxony | Niesky | merged into Görlitz GR |
NOM | Northeim | Landkreis Northeim | Lower Saxony | Northeim | |
NOR | Norden | Landkreis Norden | Lower Saxony | Norden (Ostfriesland) | merged into Aurich AUR |
NP | Neuruppin | Landkreis Neuruppin | Brandenburg | Neuruppin | merged into Ostprignitz-Ruppin OPR |
NR | Neuwied | Landkreis Neuwied | Rhineland-Palatinate | Neuwied | |
NRÜ | Neustadt am Rübenberge | Landkreis Neustadt a. Rbge. | Lower Saxony | Neustadt am Rübenberge | merged into Hannover Region H |
NRW[vii] | Nordrhein-Westfalen | Land Nordrhein-Westfalen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Düsseldorf | |
NT | Nürtingen | Landkreis Nürtingen | Baden-Württemberg | Nürtingen | merged into Esslingen ES |
NU | Neu-Ulm | Landkreis Neu-Ulm | Bavaria | Neu-Ulm | |
NVP | Nordvorpommern | Landkreis Nordvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Grimmen | merged into Vorpommern-Rügen VR |
NW | Neustadt an der Weinstraße | Stadt Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße | Rhineland-Palatinate | Neustadt an der Weinstraße | |
NWM | Nordwestmecklenburg | Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Wismar | |
NY | Niesky | Landkreis Niesky | Saxony | Niesky | merged into Görlitz GR |
NZ | Neustrelitz | Landkreis Neustrelitz | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Neustrelitz | merged into Mecklenburg-Strelitz MST |
OA | Oberallgäu | Landkreis Oberallgäu | Bavaria | Sonthofen | |
OAL | Ostallgäu | Landkreis Ostallgäu | Bavaria | Marktoberdorf | |
OB | Oberhausen | Stadt Oberhausen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Oberhausen | |
OBB | Obernburg am Main | Landkreis Obernburg am Main | Bavaria | Obernburg | merged into Miltenberg MIL |
OBG | Osterburg | Landkreis Osterburg | Saxony-Anhalt | Osterburg | merged into Stendal SDL |
OC | Oschersleben | Landkreis Oschersleben | Saxony-Anhalt | Oschersleben | merged into Börde BK |
OCH | Ochsenfurt | Landkreis Ochsenfurt | Bavaria | Ochsenfurt | merged into Würzburg WÜ |
OD | Stormarn | Kreis Stormarn | Schleswig-Holstein | Bad Oldesloe | |
OE | Olpe | Kreis Olpe[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Olpe | |
OF | Offenbach am Main | Stadt Offenbach | Hesse | Offenbach am Main | |
Offenbach | Kreis Offenbach | Hesse | Dietzenbach[viii] | ||
OG | Ortenaukreis | Ortenaukreis | Baden-Württemberg | Offenburg[iv] | |
OH | Ostholstein | Kreis Ostholstein | Schleswig-Holstein | Eutin | |
OHA | Osterode | Landkreis Osterode am Harz | Lower Saxony | Osterode am Harz | merged into Göttingen GÖ |
ÖHR | Öhringen | Landkreis Öhringen | Baden-Württemberg | Öhringen | merged into Hohenlohe KÜN |
OHV | Oberhavel | Landkreis Oberhavel | Brandenburg | Oranienburg | |
OHZ | Osterholz | Landkreis Osterholz | Lower Saxony | Osterholz-Scharmbeck | |
OK | Ohrekreis | Ohrekreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Haldensleben | merged into Börde BK |
OL | Oldenburg | Stadt Oldenburg (Oldb) | Lower Saxony | Oldenburg | |
Oldenburg | Landkreis Oldenburg | Lower Saxony | Wildeshausen[viii] | ||
OLD | Oldenburg in Holstein | Kreis Oldenburg in Holstein | Schleswig-Holstein | Oldenburg in Holstein | merged into Ostholstein OH |
OP | Rhein-Wupper-Kreis | Rhein-Wupper-Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Opladen | split up into Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis GL, Oberbergischer Kreis GM, Mettmann ME and the cities Leverkusen LEV, Remscheid RS and Solingen SG |
OPR | Ostprignitz-Ruppin | Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin | Brandenburg | Neuruppin | |
OR | Oranienburg | Landkreis Oranienburg | Brandenburg | Oranienburg | merged into Oberhavel OHV |
OS | Osnabrück | Stadt Osnabrück | Lower Saxony | Osnabrück | |
Osnabrück | Landkreis Osnabrück | Lower Saxony | Osnabrück[i] | ||
OSL | Oberspreewald-Lausitz | Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz | Brandenburg | Senftenberg | |
OTT | Land Hadeln | Landkreis Land Hadeln | Lower Saxony | Otterndorf | merged into Cuxhaven CUX |
OTW | Ottweiler | Landkreis Ottweiler | Saarland | Ottweiler | changed to Neunkirchen NK |
OVI | Oberviechtach | Landkreis Oberviechtach | Bavaria | Oberviechtach | merged into Schwandorf SAD |
OVL | Klingenthal (Obervogtland) | Landkreis Klingenthal | Saxony | Klingenthal | merged into Vogtland V |
Oelsnitz (Obervogtland) | Landkreis Oelsnitz/Vogtl. | Saxony | Oelsnitz, Vogtland | merged into Vogtland V | |
OVP | Ostvorpommern | Landkreis Ostvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Anklam | merged into Vorpommern-Greifswald VG |
OZ | Oschatz | Landkreis Oschatz | Saxony | Oschatz | merged into Torgau-Oschatz TO |
P | Potsdam | Landeshauptstadt Potsdam | Brandenburg | Potsdam[iv] | |
PA | Passau | Stadt Passau | Bavaria | Passau | |
Passau | Landkreis Passau | Bavaria | Passau[i] | ||
PAF | Pfaffenhofen | Landkreis Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm | Bavaria | Pfaffenhofen a.d.Ilm | |
PAN | Rottal-Inn | Landkreis Rottal-Inn | Bavaria | Pfarrkirchen[iv] | |
PAR | Parsberg | Landkreis Parsberg | Bavaria | Parsberg | split up into Neumarkt NM, Regensburg R and Kelheim KEH |
PB | Paderborn | Kreis Paderborn[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn | |
PCH | Parchim | Landkreis Parchim | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Parchim | merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim LUP |
PE | Peine | Landkreis Peine | Lower Saxony | Peine | |
PEG | Pegnitz | Landkreis Pegnitz | Bavaria | Pegnitz | merged into Bayreuth BT |
PER | Perleberg | Landkreis Perleberg | Brandenburg | Perleberg | merged into Prignitz PR |
PF | Pforzheim | Stadt Pforzheim | Baden-Württemberg | Pforzheim | |
Enzkreis | Enzkreis | Baden-Württemberg | Pforzheim[v] | ||
PI | Pinneberg | Kreis Pinneberg | Schleswig-Holstein | Pinneberg | |
PIR | Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge | Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz, 1994–2008 Landkreis Pirna, –1994 |
Saxony | Pirna[iv] | |
PK | Pritzwalk | Landkreis Pritzwalk | Brandenburg | Pritzwalk | merged into Prignitz PR |
PL | Plauen | Stadt Plauen Landkreis Plauen |
Saxony | Plauen | both merged into Vogtlandkreis V |
PLÖ | Plön | Kreis Plön | Schleswig-Holstein | Plön | |
PM | Potsdam-Mittelmark | Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark | Brandenburg | Bad Belzig | |
PN | Pößneck | Landkreis Pößneck | Thuringia | Pößneck | merged into Saale-Orla-Kreis SOK |
PR | Prignitz | Landkreis Prignitz | Brandenburg | Perleberg | |
PRÜ | Prüm | Landkreis Prüm | Rhineland-Palatinate | Prüm | merged into Bitburg-Prüm BIT |
PS | Pirmasens | Stadt Pirmasens | Rhineland-Palatinate | Pirmasens | |
Südwestpfalz | Landkreis Südwestpfalz | Rhineland-Palatinate | Pirmasens[v] | ||
PW | Pasewalk | Landkreis Pasewalk | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Pasewalk | merged into Uecker-Randow UER |
PZ | Prenzlau | Landkreis Prenzlau | Brandenburg | Prenzlau | merged into Uckermark UM |
QFT | Querfurt | Landkreis Querfurt | Saxony-Anhalt | Querfurt | merged into Merseburg-Querfurt MQ |
QLB | Quedlinburg | Landkreis Quedlinburg | Saxony-Anhalt | Quedlinburg | merged into Harz HZ |
R | Regensburg | Stadt Regensburg | Bavaria | Regensburg | |
Regensburg | Landkreis Regensburg | Bavaria | Regensburg[i] | ||
RA | Rastatt | Landkreis Rastatt | Baden-Württemberg | Rastatt | |
RC | Reichenbach | Landkreis Reichenbach | Saxony | Reichenbach im Vogtland | merged into Vogtlandkreis V |
RD | Rendsburg-Eckernförde | Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde | Schleswig-Holstein | Rendsburg[iv] | |
RDG | Ribnitz-Damgarten | Landkreis Ribnitz-Damgarten | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Ribnitz-Damgarten | merged into Nordvorpommern NVP |
RE | Recklinghausen | Kreis Recklinghausen[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Recklinghausen | |
REG | Regen | Landkreis Regen | Bavaria | Regen | |
REH | Rehau | Landkreis Rehau | Bavaria | Rehau | split up into Hof HO and Wunsiedel WUN |
REI | Bad Reichenhall | Landkreis Bad Reichenhall | Bavaria | Bad Reichenhall | merged into Berchtesgadener Land BGL |
RG | Riesa-Großenhain | Landkreis Riesa-Großenhain | Saxony | Großenhain | merged into Meißen MEI |
RH | Roth | Landkreis Roth | Bavaria | Roth | |
RI | Grafschaft Schaumburg | Landkreis Grafschaft Schaumburg | Lower Saxony | Rinteln | merged into Schaumburg SHG |
RID | Riedenburg | Landkreis Riedenburg | Bavaria | Riedenburg | split up into Kelheim KEH, Eichstätt EI and Neumarkt NM |
RIE | Riesa | Landkreis Riesa | Saxony | Riesa | merged into Riesa-Großenhain RG |
RL | Rochlitz | Landkreis Rochlitz | Saxony | Rochlitz | merged into Mittelsachsen FG |
RM | Röbel/Müritz | Landkreis Röbel/Müritz | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Röbel | merged into Müritz MÜR |
RN | Rathenow | Landkreis Rathenow | Brandenburg | Rathenow | merged into Havelland HVL |
RO | Rosenheim | Stadt Rosenheim | Bavaria | Rosenheim | |
Rosenheim | Landkreis Rosenheim | Bavaria | Rosenheim[i] | ||
ROD | Roding | Landkreis Roding | Bavaria | Roding | merged into Cham CHA |
ROF | Rotenburg a.d. Fulda | Landkreis Rotenburg (Fulda) | Hesse | Rotenburg an der Fulda | merged into Hersfeld-Rotenburg HEF |
ROH | Rotenburg | Landkreis Rotenburg in Hannover | Lower Saxony | Rotenburg (Hannover) | renamed Rotenburg (Wümme) ROW |
ROK | Rockenhausen | Landkreis Rockenhausen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Rockenhausen | merged into Donnersbergkreis KIB |
ROL | Rottenburg an der Laaber | Landkreis Rottenburg a.d. Laaber | Bavaria | Rottenburg an der Laaber | split up into Landshut LA and Kelheim KEH |
ROS | Rostock | Landkreis Rostock (1990–94) | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock[i] | merged into Bad Doberan DBR |
ROT | Rothenburg | Landkreis Rothenburg ob der Tauber Stadt Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
Bavaria | Rothenburg ob der Tauber | both urban and rural districts merged into Ansbach AN |
ROW | Rotenburg | Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme) | Lower Saxony | Rotenburg (Wümme) | |
RP | Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis | Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Ludwigshafen[v] | formerly Landkreis Ludwigshafen LU |
RPL[vii] | Rhineland-Palatinate | Land Rheinland-Pfalz | Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz | |
RS | Remscheid | Stadt Remscheid | North Rhine-Westphalia | Remscheid | |
RSL | Roßlau | Landkreis Roßlau | Saxony-Anhalt | Roßlau | merged into Anhalt-Zerbst AZE |
RT | Reutlingen | Landkreis Reutlingen | Baden-Württemberg | Reutlingen | |
RU | Rudolstadt | Landkreis Rudolstadt | Thuringia | Rudolstadt | merged into Saalfeld-Rudolstadt SLF |
RÜD | Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis | Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis | Hesse | Bad Schwalbach | |
Rheingaukreis | Rheingaukreis | Hesse | Rüdesheim am Rhein | merged into Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis RÜD | |
RÜG | Rügen | Landkreis Rügen | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Bergen | merged into Vorpommern-Rügen VR |
RV | Ravensburg | Landkreis Ravensburg | Baden-Württemberg | Ravensburg | |
RW | Rottweil | Landkreis Rottweil | Baden-Württemberg | Rottweil | |
RY | Rheydt | Stadt Rheydt | North Rhine-Westphalia | Rheydt | merged into Mönchengladbach MG |
RZ | Herzogtum Lauenburg | Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg | Schleswig-Holstein | Ratzeburg | |
S | Stuttgart | Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | Stuttgart | |
SAB | Saarburg | Landkreis Saarburg | Rhineland-Palatinate | Saarburg | merged into Trier-Saarburg TR |
SAD | Schwandorf | Landkreis Schwandorf | Bavaria | Schwandorf | |
SÄK | Säckingen | Landkreis Säckingen | Baden-Württemberg | Säckingen | merged into Waldshut WT |
SAL[vii] | Saarland | Land Saarland | Saarland | Saarbrücken | |
SAN | Stadtsteinach | Landkreis Stadtsteinach | Bavaria | Stadtsteinach | merged into Kulmbach KU |
SAW | Salzwedel | Altmarkkreis Salzwedel | Saxony-Anhalt | Salzwedel | |
SB | Saarbrücken | Regionalverband Saarbrücken[ii] | Saarland | Saarbrücken | |
SBG | Strasburg | Landkreis Strasburg | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Strasburg | split up into Mecklenburg-Strelitz MST and Uecker-Randow UER |
SBK | Schönebeck | Landkreis Schönebeck | Saxony-Anhalt | Schönebeck (Elbe) | merged into Salzlandkreis SLK |
SC | Schwabach | Stadt Schwabach | Bavaria | Schwabach[iv] | |
SCZ | Schleiz | Landkreis Schleiz | Thuringia | Schleiz | merged into Saale-Orla-Kreis SOK |
SDH | Sondershausen | Landkreis Sondershausen | Thuringia | Sondershausen | merged into Kyffhäuserkreis KYF |
SDL | Stendal | Landkreis Stendal | Saxony-Anhalt | Stendal | |
SDT | Schwedt | Stadt Schwedt/Oder | Brandenburg | Schwedt | merged into Uckermark UM |
SE | Segeberg | Kreis Segeberg | Schleswig-Holstein | Bad Segeberg | |
SEB | Sebnitz | Landkreis Sebnitz | Saxony | Sebnitz | merged into Sächsische Schweiz PIR |
SEE | Seelow | Landkreis Seelow | Brandenburg | Seelow | merged into Märkisch Oderland MOL |
SEF | Scheinfeld | Landkreis Scheinfeld | Bavaria | Scheinfeld | split up into Neustadt-Windsheim NEA and Kitzingen KT |
SEL | Selb | Stadt Selb | Bavaria | Selb | merged into Wunsiedel WUN |
SF | Sonthofen | Landkreis Sonthofen | Bavaria | Sonthofen | merged into Oberallgäu OA |
SFA | Soltau-Fallingbostel | Landkreis Soltau-Fallingbostel | Lower Saxony | Bad Fallingbostel | renamed Heidekreis HK |
SFB | Senftenberg | Landkreis Senftenberg | Brandenburg | Senftenberg | merged into Oberspreewald-Lausitz OSL |
SFT | Staßfurt | Landkreis Staßfurt | Saxony-Anhalt | Staßfurt | split up into Aschersleben-Staßfurt ASL, Bernburg BBG, Bördekreis BÖ and Schönebeck SBK |
SG | Solingen | Stadt Solingen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Solingen | |
SGH | Sangerhausen | Landkreis Sangerhausen | Saxony-Anhalt | Sangerhausen | merged into Mansfeld-Südharz MSH |
SH[vii] | Schleswig-Holstein | Land Schleswig-Holstein | Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel | |
SHA | Schwäbisch Hall | Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall | Baden-Württemberg | Schwäbisch Hall | |
SHG | Schaumburg | Landkreis Schaumburg | Lower Saxony | Stadthagen | |
SHK | Saale-Holzland-Kreis | Saale-Holzland-Kreis | Thuringia | Eisenberg | |
SHL | Suhl | Stadt Suhl | Thuringia | Suhl | |
Suhl | Landkreis Suhl | Thuringia | Zella-Mehlis[viii] | split up into Schmalkalden-Meiningen SM and Hildburghausen HBN | |
SI | Siegen-Wittgenstein | Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein | North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen[iv][iii] | |
SIG | Sigmaringen | Landkreis Sigmaringen | Baden-Württemberg | Sigmaringen | |
SIM | Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis | Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Simmern[iv] | |
SK | Saalekreis | Saalekreis Saalkreis (before 2007) |
Saxony-Anhalt | Merseburg | |
SL | Schleswig-Flensburg | Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg | Schleswig-Holstein | Schleswig[iv] | |
SLE | Schleiden | Kreis Schleiden[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Schleiden | merged into Euskirchen EU |
SLF | Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | Thuringia | Saalfeld[iv] | |
SLG | Saulgau | Landkreis Saulgau | Baden-Württemberg | Saulgau | split up into Sigmaringen SIG, Biberach BC and Ravensburg RV |
SLK | Salzlandkreis | Salzlandkreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Bernburg | |
SLN | Schmölln | Landkreis Schmölln | Thuringia | Schmölln | merged into Altenburger Land ABG |
SLS | Saarlouis | Landkreis Saarlouis | Saarland | Saarlouis | |
SLÜ | Schlüchtern | Landkreis Schlüchtern | Hesse | Schlüchtern | merged into Main-Kinzig-Kreis MKK |
SLZ | Bad Salzungen | Landkreis Bad Salzungen | Thuringia | Bad Salzungen | merged into Wartburgkreis WAK |
SM | Schmalkalden-Meiningen | Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen | Thuringia | Meiningen | |
Schmalkalden | Landkreis Schmalkalden | Thuringia | Schmalkalden | merged into Schmalkalden-Meiningen | |
SMÜ | Schwabmünchen | Landkreis Schwabmünchen | Bavaria | Schwabmünchen | merged into Augsburg (district) A |
SN | Schwerin | Landeshauptstadt Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Schwerin | |
SNH | Sinsheim | Landkreis Sinsheim | Baden-Württemberg | Sinsheim | split up into Rhein-Neckar-Kreis HD and Heilbronn HN |
SO | Soest | Kreis Soest[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Soest | |
SOB | Schrobenhausen | Landkreis Schrobenhausen | Bavaria | Schrobenhausen | merged into Neuburg-Schrobenhausen ND |
SOG | Schongau | Landkreis Schongau | Bavaria | Schongau | merged into Weilheim-Schongau WM |
SOK | Saale-Orla-Kreis | Saale-Orla-Kreis | Thuringia | Schleiz | |
SOL | Soltau | Landkreis Soltau | Lower Saxony | Soltau | merged into Soltau-Fallingbostel SFA, later Heidekreis HK |
SÖM | Sömmerda | Landkreis Sömmerda | Thuringia | Sömmerda | |
SON | Sonneberg | Landkreis Sonneberg | Thuringia | Sonneberg | |
SP | Speyer | Stadt Speyer[iv] | Rhineland-Palatinate | Speyer | |
SPB | Spremberg | Landkreis Spremberg | Brandenburg | Spremberg | merged into Spree-Neiße SPN |
SPN | Spree-Neiße | Landkreis Spree-Neiße | Brandenburg | Forst | |
SPR | Springe | Landkreis Springe | Lower Saxony | Springe | merged into Hannover (region) H, Hildesheim HI, Hameln-Pyrmont HM and Schaumburg SHG |
SR | Straubing | Stadt Straubing | Bavaria | Straubing | |
Straubing-Bogen | Landkreis Straubing-Bogen | Bavaria | Straubing[v] | ||
SRB | Strausberg | Landkreis Strausberg | Brandenburg | Strausberg | merged into Märkisch-Oderland MOL |
SRO | Stadtroda | Landkreis Stadtroda | Thuringia | Stadtroda | merged into Saale-Holzland-Kreis |
ST | Steinfurt | Kreis Steinfurt[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Steinfurt | |
STA | Starnberg | Landkreis Starnberg | Bavaria | Starnberg | |
STB | Sternberg | Landkreis Sternberg | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Sternberg | split up into Parchim PCH and Nordwestmecklenburg NWM |
STD | Stade | Landkreis Stade | Lower Saxony | Stade | |
STE | Staffelstein | Landkreis Staffelstein | Bavaria | Staffelstein | split up into Lichtenfels LIF, Coburg CO and Bamberg BA |
STH | Schaumburg-Lippe | Landkreis Schaumburg-Lippe | Lower Saxony | Stadthagen | merged into Schaumburg SHG |
STL | Stollberg | Landkreis Stollberg | Saxony | Stollberg/Erzgebirge | merged into Erzgebirgskreis ERZ |
STO | Stockach | Landkreis Stockach | Baden-Württemberg | Stockach | split up into Konstanz KN and Sigmaringen SIG |
SU | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegburg[iv][iii] | |
SUL | Sulzbach-Rosenberg | Landkreis Sulzbach-Rosenberg | Bavaria | Sulzbach-Rosenberg | merged into Amberg-Sulzbach AS |
SÜW | Südliche Weinstraße | Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße | Rhineland-Palatinate | Landau in der Pfalz[v] | |
SW | Schweinfurt | Stadt Schweinfurt | Bavaria | Schweinfurt | |
Schweinfurt | Landkreis Schweinfurt | Bavaria | Schweinfurt[i] | ||
SWA | Untertaunuskreis | Untertaunuskreis | Hesse | Bad Schwalbach | merged into Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis RÜD |
SY | Grafschaft Hoya | Landkreis Grafschaft Hoya | Lower Saxony | Syke | split up into Oldenburg OL, Nienburg NI and Diepholz DH |
SZ | Salzgitter | Stadt Salzgitter | Lower Saxony | Salzgitter | |
SZB | Schwarzenberg | Landkreis Schwarzenberg | Saxony | Schwarzenberg/Erzgebirge | merged into Aue-Schwarzenberg ASZ |
TBB | Main-Tauber-Kreis | Main-Tauber-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg | Tauberbischofsheim[iv] | |
TDO | Nordsachsen | Landkreis Nordsachsen | Saxony | Torgau | code refers to Torgau, Delitzsch and Oschatz districts |
TE | Tecklenburg | Kreis Tecklenburg[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Tecklenburg | merged into Steinfurt ST |
TET | Teterow | Landkreis Teterow | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Teterow | merged into Rostock LRO |
TF | Teltow-Fläming | Landkreis Teltow-Fläming | Brandenburg | Luckenwalde | |
TG | Torgau | Landkreis Torgau | Saxony | Torgau | merged into Torgau-Oschatz TO |
THL[vii] | Thuringia | Freistaat Thüringen | Thuringia | Erfurt | |
THW[vii] | Technisches Hilfswerk | Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk | Germany | ||
TIR | Tirschenreuth | Landkreis Tirschenreuth | Bavaria | Tirschenreuth | |
TO | Torgau-Oschatz | Landkreis Torgau-Oschatz | Saxony | Torgau | merged into Nordsachsen TDO |
TÖL | Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen | Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen | Bavaria | Bad Tölz | |
TÖN | Eiderstedt | Kreis Eiderstedt | Schleswig-Holstein | Tönning | merged into Nordfriesland NF |
TP | Templin | Landkreis Templin | Brandenburg | Templin | merged into Uckermark UM |
TR | Trier | Stadt Trier | Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier | |
Trier-Saarburg | Landkreis Trier-Saarburg | Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier[v] | ||
TS | Traunstein | Landkreis Traunstein | Bavaria | Traunstein | |
TT | Tettnang | Landkreis Tettnang | Baden-Württemberg | Tettnang | merged into Bodenseekreis FN |
TÜ | Tübingen | Landkreis Tübingen | Baden-Württemberg | Tübingen | |
TUT | Tuttlingen | Landkreis Tuttlingen | Baden-Württemberg | Tuttlingen | |
ÜB | Überlingen | Landkreis Überlingen | Baden-Württemberg | Überlingen | merged into Bodenseekreis FN |
UE | Uelzen | Landkreis Uelzen | Lower Saxony | Uelzen | |
UEM | Ueckermünde | Landkreis Ueckermünde | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Ueckermünde | merged into Uecker-Randow UER |
UER | Uecker-Randow | Landkreis Uecker-Randow | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Pasewalk | merged into Vorpommern-Greifswald VG |
UFF | Uffenheim | Landkreis Uffenheim | Bavaria | Uffenheim | merged into Neustadt-Windsheim NEA |
UH | Unstrut-Hainich | Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis | Thuringia | Mühlhausen | |
UL | Ulm | Stadt Ulm | Baden-Württemberg | Ulm | |
Alb-Donau-Kreis | Alb-Donau-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg | Ulm[v] | ||
UM | Uckermark | Landkreis Uckermark | Brandenburg | Prenzlau | |
UN | Unna | Kreis Unna[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Unna | |
USI | Usingen | Landkreis Usingen | Hesse | Usingen | merged into Hochtaunuskreis HG |
V | Vogtlandkreis | Vogtlandkreis | Saxony | Plauen | |
VAI | Vaihingen | Landkreis Vaihingen | Baden-Württemberg | Vaihingen an der Enz | split up into Ludwigsburg LB and Enzkreis PF |
VB | Vogelsbergkreis | Vogelsbergkreis | Hesse | Lauterbach | |
VEC | Vechta | Landkreis Vechta | Lower Saxony | Vechta | |
VER | Verden | Landkreis Verden | Lower Saxony | Verden an der Aller | |
VG | Vorpommern-Greifswald | Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald | |
VIB | Vilsbiburg | Landkreis Vilsbiburg | Bavaria | Vilsbiburg | merged into Landshut LA |
VIE | Viersen | Kreis Viersen[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Viersen | |
VIT | Viechtach | Landkreis Viechtach | Bavaria | Viechtach | merged into Regen REG |
VK | Völklingen | Stadt Völklingen | Saarland | Völklingen | merged into Regionalverband Saarbrücken SB |
VL | Villingen | Landkreis Villingen | Baden-Württemberg | Villingen im Schwarzwald | merged into Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis VS |
VOF | Vilshofen | Landkreis Vilshofen | Bavaria | Vilshofen an der Donau | split up into Passau PA and Deggendorf DEG |
VOH | Vohenstrauß | Landkreis Vohenstrauß | Bavaria | Vohenstrauß | merged into Neustadt an der Waldnaab NEW |
VR | Vorpommern-Rügen | Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Stralsund | |
VS | Schwarzwald-Baar | Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg | Villingen-Schwenningen | |
W | Wuppertal | Stadt Wuppertal | North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal | |
WA | Waldeck | Landkreis Waldeck | Hesse | Korbach | merged into Waldeck-Frankenberg KB |
WAF | Warendorf | Kreis Warendorf[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Warendorf | |
WAK | Wartburgkreis | Wartburgkreis | Thuringia | Eisenach[v] | |
WAN | Wanne-Eickel | Stadt Wanne-Eickel | North Rhine-Westphalia | Wanne-Eickel | merged into Herne city HER |
WAR | Warburg | Kreis Warburg[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Warburg | merged into Höxter HX |
WAT | Wattenscheid | Stadt Wattenscheid | North Rhine-Westphalia | Wattenscheid | merged into Bochum city BO |
WB | Wittenberg | Landkreis Wittenberg | Saxony-Anhalt | Wittenberg | |
WBS | Worbis | Landkreis Worbis | Thuringia | Worbis | merged into Eichsfeld EIC |
WD | Wiedenbrück | Kreis Wiedenbrück[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Wiedenbrück | merged into Gütersloh GT |
WDA | Werdau | Landkreis Werdau | Saxony | Werdau | merged into Zwickauer Land Z |
WE | Weimar | Stadt Weimar | Thuringia | Weimar | |
WEB | Oberwesterwald | Oberwesterwaldkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Westerburg | merged into Westerwaldkreis WW |
WEG | Wegscheid | Landkreis Wegscheid | Bavaria | Wegscheid | merged into Passau PA |
WEL | Oberlahnkreis | Oberlahnkreis | Hesse | Weilburg | merged into Limburg-Weilburg LM |
WEM | Wesermünde | Landkreis Wesermünde | Lower Saxony | Bremerhaven[v] | |
WEN | Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Stadt Weiden i.d. OPf. | Bavaria | Weiden | |
WER | Wertingen | Landkreis Wertingen | Bavaria | Wertingen | split up into Dillingen DLG and Augsburg A |
WES | Wesel | Kreis Wesel[iii] | North Rhine-Westphalia | Wesel | |
WF | Wolfenbüttel | Landkreis Wolfenbüttel | Lower Saxony | Wolfenbüttel | |
WG | Wangen | Landkreis Wangen | Baden-Württemberg | Wangen im Allgäu | merged into Ravensburg RV |
WHV | Wilhelmshaven | Stadt Wilhelmshaven | Lower Saxony | Wilhelmshaven | |
WI | Wiesbaden | Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden | Hesse | Wiesbaden | |
WIL | Bernkastel-Wittlich | Kreis Bernkastel-Wittlich | Rhineland-Palatinate | Wittlich | |
WIS | Wismar | Landkreis Wismar | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Wismar[i] | merged into Nordwestmecklenburg NWM |
WIT | Witten | Stadt Witten | North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten | merged into Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis EN |
WIZ | Witzenhausen | Landkreis Witzenhausen | Hesse | Witzenhausen | merged into Werra-Meißner-Kreis ESW |
WK | Wittstock | Landkreis Wittstock | Brandenburg | Wittstock | merged into Ostprignitz-Ruppin OPR |
WL | Harburg | Landkreis Harburg | Lower Saxony | Winsen (Luhe) | |
WLG | Wolgast | Landkreis Wolgast | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Wolgast | merged into Ostvorpommern OVP |
WM | Weilheim-Schongau | Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau | Bavaria | Weilheim[iv] | |
WMS | Wolmirstedt | Landkreis Wolmirstedt | Saxony-Anhalt | Wolmirstedt | merged into Ohrekreis OK |
WN | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg | Waiblingen[iv] | |
WND | Sankt Wendel | Landkreis St. Wendel | Saarland | Sankt Wendel | |
WO | Worms | Stadt Worms[iv] | Rhineland-Palatinate | Worms | |
WOB | Wolfsburg | Stadt Wolfsburg | Lower Saxony | Wolfsburg | |
WOH | Wolfhagen | Landkreis Wolfhagen | Hesse | Wolfhagen | merged into Kassel KS |
WOL | Wolfach | Landkreis Wolfach | Baden-Württemberg | Wolfach | merged into Ortenaukreis OG |
WOR | Wolfratshausen | Landkreis Wolfratshausen | Bavaria | Wolfratshausen | merged into Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen TÖL |
WOS | Wolfstein | Landkreis Wolfstein | Bavaria | Wolfstein Castle, Freyung | merged into Freyung-Grafenau FRG |
WR | Wernigerode | Landkreis Wernigerode | Saxony-Anhalt | Wernigerode | merged into Harz HZ |
WRN | Waren | Landkreis Waren | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Waren (Müritz) | merged into Müritz MÜR |
WS | Wasserburg | Landkreis Wasserburg am Inn | Bavaria | Wasserburg am Inn | split up into Rosenheim RO, Mühldorf MÜ, Ebersberg EBE and Erding ED |
WSF | Weißenfels | Landkreis Weißenfels | Saxony-Anhalt | Weißenfels | merged into Burgenlandkreis BLK |
WST | Ammerland | Landkreis Ammerland | Lower Saxony | Westerstede | |
WSW | Weißwasser | Landkreis Weißwasser | Saxony | Weißwasser | merged into Görlitz GR |
WT | Waldshut | Landkreis Waldshut | Baden-Württemberg | Waldshut-Tiengen | |
WTL | Wittlage | Landkreis Wittlage | Lower Saxony | Wittlage | merged into Osnabrück OS |
WTM | Wittmund | Landkreis Wittmund | Lower Saxony | Wittmund | |
WÜ | Würzburg | Stadt Würzburg | Bavaria | Würzburg | |
Würzburg | Landkreis Würzburg | Bavaria | Würzburg[i] | ||
WUG | Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | Bavaria | Weißenburg in Bayern[iv] | |
WÜM | Waldmünchen | Landkreis Waldmünchen | Bavaria | Waldmünchen | merged into Cham CHA |
WUN | Wunsiedel | Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge | Bavaria | Wunsiedel | |
WUR | Wurzen | Landkreis Wurzen | Saxony | Wurzen | merged into Muldentalkreis MTL |
WW | Westerwaldkreis | Westerwaldkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Montabaur | |
WZ | Wetzlar | Landkreis Wetzlar | Hesse | Wetzlar | split up into Lahn-Dill-Kreis L and the short-lived city of Lahn L both meanwhile LDK |
WZL | Wanzleben | Landkreis Wanzleben | Saxony-Anhalt | Wanzleben | merged into Bördekreis BÖ |
X[vii] | NATO Headquarters | NATO | |||
Y[vii] | Bundeswehr | Germany | |||
Z | Zwickau | Landkreis Zwickau Landkreis Zwickauer Land |
Saxony | Zwickau[v] | |
ZE | Zerbst | Landkreis Zerbst | Saxony-Anhalt | Zerbst | merged into Anhalt-Zerbst AZE |
ZEL | Zell | Landkreis Zell (Mosel) | Rhineland-Palatinate | Zell (Mosel) | merged into Cochem-Zell COC |
ZI | Zittau | Landkreis Zittau | Saxony | Zittau | merged into Löbau-Zittau |
Löbau-Zittau | Landkreis Löbau-Zittau | Saxony | Zittau | merged into Görlitz GR | |
ZIG | Ziegenhain | Landkreis Ziegenhain | Hesse | Ziegenhain | merged into Schwalm-Eder HR |
ZP | Zschopau | Landkreis Zschopau | Saxony | Zschopau | merged into Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis MEK |
ZR | Zeulenroda | Landkreis Zeulenroda | Thuringia | Zeulenroda | merged into Greiz GRZ |
ZS | Zossen | Landkreis Zossen | Brandenburg | Zossen | merged into Teltow-Fläming TF |
ZW | Zweibrücken | Stadt Zweibrücken | Rhineland-Palatinate | Zweibrücken[iv] | |
ZZ | Zeitz | Landkreis Zeitz | Saxony-Anhalt | Zeitz | merged into Burgenlandkreis BLK |
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Seat of the eponymous rural district's administration, but not part of the district (being an urban district itself). Urban and adjacent rural district share the name of the central city.
- ^ a b c The districts of Aachen, Hanover and Saarbrücken have a different status, as a Kommunalverband besonderer Art (communal federation of a special kind).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az The rural districts of North Rhine Westphalia were called Landkreis before 1969 but Kreis thereafter.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp A rural district with the same name and area code used to exist but has meanwhile been renamed, merged or otherwise become extinct.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Seat of the rural district's administration, but not part of the district (being an urban district itself). The rural district bears a different name than the administration seat.
- ^ a b As constituent states of Germany, Berlin and Hamburg also function as separate urban districts.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Official plates of federal, state or communal owners bear a different letter/number pattern after this "area code".
- ^ a b c d e f g Rural and adjacent urban district share the name of the central city which is however not part of the district.
- ^ a b Although not formally an urban district, Aachen, Göttingen and Hanover have certain rights of urban districts, and consequently are listed twice.
- ^ a b The cities Bremen and Bremerhaven are two separate urban districts. Together they form the "city-state" Bremen.
Historic prefixes on German licence plates edit
German Empire and Weimar Republic edit
Code | Country / Province / District | Notes | |
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I … | Prussia | Preußen | |
I A | Berlin | ||
I B | Posen-West Prussia | Provinz Posen-Westpreußen | 1922–1938 |
I C | Province of East Prussia | Provinz Ostpreußen | |
I D | Province of West Prussia | Provinz Westpreußen | 1906–1922 then merged into Posen-West Prussia |
I E | Province of Brandenburg | Provinz Brandenburg | |
I H | Province of Pomerania | Provinz Pommern | |
I K | Province of Silesia | Provinz Schlesien | |
I L | Province of Hohenzollern | Hohenzollernsche Lande | |
I M | Province of Saxony | Provinz Sachsen | |
I P | Province of Schleswig-Holstein | Provinz Schleswig-Holstein | |
I S | Province of Hanover | Provinz Hannover | |
I T | Province of Hesse-Nassau | Provinz Hessen-Nassau | |
I X | Province of Westphalia | Provinz Westfalen | |
I Y | Province of Posen | Provinz Posen | 1906–1922 then merged into Posen-West Prussia |
I Y | District of Düsseldorf | Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf | 1928–1945 |
I Z | Rhine Province | Rheinprovinz | excl. Bezirk Düsseldorf 1928–1945 |
II … | Kingdom of Bavaria Free State of Bavaria |
Königreich Bayern Freistaat Bayern |
1906–1918 1918–1945 |
II A | Munich City District | Stadtbezirk München | |
II B | Upper Bavaria | Kreis Oberbayern | |
II C | Lower Bavaria | Kreis Niederbayern | |
II D | Circle of the Rhine | Kreis Pfalz | |
II E | Upper Palatinate | Kreis Oberpfalz | |
II H | Upper Franconia | Kreis Oberfranken | |
II M | Bavarian Military | 1910–1919 | |
II N | City of Nuremberg incl. Fürth |
Stadtbezirk Nürnberg | |
II P | Post | 1910–1923 | |
II S | Middle Franconia | Kreis Mittelfranken | |
II U | Lower Franconia | Kreis Unterfranken | |
II Z | Swabia | Kreis Schwaben | |
III … | Kingdom of Württemberg Free People's State of Württemberg |
Königreich Württemberg Freier Volksstaat Württemberg |
1906–1918 1918–1945 |
III A | Neckarkreis: Stuttgart | ||
III C | Neckarkreis: Oberämter Backnang, Besigheim, Brackenheim, Cannstatt, Esslingen | ||
III D | Neckarkreis: Oberämter Heilbronn, Leonberg, Ludwigsburg, Marbach, Maulbronn | ||
III E | Neckarkreis: Oberämter Neckarsulm, Oberamt Stuttgart, Vaihingen, Waiblingen, Weinsberg | ||
III H | Schwarzwaldkreis: Oberämter Balingen, Calw, Freudenstadt, Herrenberg, Horb, Nagold | ||
III K | Schwarzwaldkreis: Oberämter Neuenburg, Nürtingen, Oberndorf, Reutlingen, Rottenburg | ||
III M | Schwarzwaldkreis: Oberämter Rottweil, Spaichingen, Sulz, Tübingen, Tuttlingen, Urach | ||
III P | Jagstkreis: Oberämter Aalen, Crailsheim, Ellwangen, Gaildorf, Gerabronn | ||
III S | Jagstkreis: Oberämter Gmünd, Hall, Heidenheim, Künzelsau | ||
III T | Jagstkreis: Oberämter Mergentheim, Neresheim, Öhringen, Schorndorf, Welzheim | ||
III X | Donaukreis: Oberämter Biberach, Blaubeuren, Ehingen, Geislingen, Göppingen, Kirchheim | ||
III Y | Donaukreis: Oberämter Laupheim, Leutkirch, Münsingen, Ravensburg, Riedlingen | ||
III Z | Donaukreis: Oberämter Saulgau, Tettnang, Ulm, Waldsee, Wangen | ||
III WP | Württembergische Post | 1912–1923 | |
Kingdom of Saxony Free State of Saxony |
Königreich Sachsen Freistaat Sachsen |
1906–1918 1918–1945 | |
I | Kreishauptmannschaft Bautzen Kreishauptmannschaft Dresden-Bautzen |
1906–1932 1932–1945 | |
II | Kreishauptmannschaft Dresden Kreishauptmannschaft Dresden-Bautzen |
1906–1932 1932–1945 | |
III | Kreishauptmannschaft Leipzig | ||
IV | Kreishauptmannschaft Chemnitz | ||
V | Kreishauptmannschaft Zwickau and police authorities (Polizeiämter) Zwickau and Plauen |
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IV … | Grand Duchy of Baden Republic of Baden |
Großherzogtum Baden Republik Baden |
1906–1918 1918–1945 |
IV B | Baden | ||
V … | Grand Duchy of Hesse People's State of Hesse |
Großherzogtum Hessen Volksstaat Hessen |
1906–1918 1918–1945 |
V O | Province of Upper Hesse | Provinz Oberhessen | 1906–1937 |
V R | Province of Rhenish Hesse | Provinz Rheinhessen | 1906–1937 |
V S | Province of Starkenburg | Provinz Starkenburg | 1906–1937 |
V H | People's State of Hesse | Volksstaat Hessen | 1937–1945 |
VI … | Alsace-Lorraine | Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen | 1906–1918 |
VI A | Lower Alsace | Bezirk Unterelsaß | 1906–1918 |
VI B | Upper Alsace | Bezirk Oberelsaß | 1906–1918 |
VI C | Lorraine | Bezirk Lothringen | 1906–1918 |
Further states and realms | |||
Code | Country / Province / District | Notes | |
A | Duchy of Anhalt Free State of Anhalt |
Herzogtum Anhalt Freistaat Anhalt |
1906–1918 1918–1945 |
B | Duchy of Brunswick | Herzogtum Braunschweig | |
CG | Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha | 1906–1918 |
Free State of Gotha | Freistaat Gotha | 1918–1920 then merged into Thuringia | |
Free State of Coburg | Freistaat Coburg | 1918–1920 then united with Bavaria | |
HB | Hansestadt Bremen | ||
HH | Hansestadt Hamburg | ||
HL | Hansestadt Lübeck | 1906–1937 | |
L | Hansestadt Lübeck | 1903–1906 | |
L | Lippe | 1906–1945 | |
M | Mecklenburg | 1934–1945 | |
M I | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1906–1934 then merged into Mecklenburg | |
M II | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1906–1934 then merged into Mecklenburg | |
O I | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | Großherzogtum Oldenburg | |
O II | Oldenburg, Lübeck exclave | Landesteil Lübeck | 1906–1937 |
O III | Oldenburg, Birkenfeld exclave | Landesteil Birkenfeld | 1906–1937 |
RA | Reuss Elder Line | Reuß älterer Linie | 1906–1920 then merged into Thuringia |
RJ | Reuss Younger Line | Reuß jüngerer Linie | 1906–1920 then merged into Thuringia |
S | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach | 1906–1920 then merged into Thuringia |
SA | Saxe-Altenburg | Sachsen-Altenburg | 1906–1920 then merged into Thuringia |
SAAR | Saar Basin | Saargebiet | 1920–1935 |
Saar | Saarland | 1935–1945 | |
SL | Schaumburg-Lippe | ||
SM | Saxe-Meiningen | Sachsen-Meiningen | 1906–1920 then merged into Thuringia |
SR | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | 1906–1920 then merged into Thuringia | |
SS | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 1906–1920 then merged into Thuringia | |
T | Thuringia | Thüringen | 1920–1922 |
Th | Thuringia | 1922–1945 | |
W | Waldeck | 1906–1929 then merged into Hessen-Nassau |
Additional prefixes of the Third Reich edit
Institution / Organisation | Notes | Years issued | |
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DR | Deutsche Reichsbahn | German state railway | 1933–1945 |
FG | Feldgendarmerie | Military police | 1944 |
LC | Legion Condor | German troops in Spain | 1936–1939 |
OT | Organisation Todt | civil and military engineering | 1943–1945 |
POL | Deutsche Polizei / "Orpo" | police | 1935–1945 |
RAD | Reichsarbeitsdienst | state labour service | 1941–1945 |
RK | Deutsches Rotes Kreuz | Red Cross | 1943–1945 |
RP | Reichspost | postal service | 1923–1945 |
RW | Reichswehr | armed forces | 1923–1935 |
SP | Sicherheitspolizei | detective force incl. secret service | 1941–1945 |
SS | Schutzstaffel | "protection squadron", using the doppelte Siegrune (double sig rune) insignia | 1936–1945 |
WH | Wehrmacht Heer | Army | 1935–1945 |
WL | Wehrmacht Luftwaffe | Air Force | 1935–1945 |
WM | Wehrmacht Kriegsmarine | Navy | 1935–1945 |
WT | Wehrmacht Straßentransportdienst | army transport service | 1935–1945 |
Postwar Germany edit
Occupation zones
A | American zone | B | British zone | F | French zone | S | Soviet zone |
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AB | Bayern / Bavaria | BH | Hamburg | FBy | Lindau am Bodensee [note 1] | SB | Brandenburg |
B | Bayern | BN | Niedersachsen / Lower Saxony | By | Lindau am Bodensee | SL | Sachsen / Saxony (L standing for Leipzig) |
AE | American Enclave = Bremen | N | Niedersachsen | FB | Baden | SM | Mecklenburg |
AH | Hessen | BR | Rheinland / Rhine Region | FR | Rheinland-Pfalz / Rhineland-Palatinate | SN | Sachsen-Anhalt |
H | Hessen | R | Rheinland | FW | Württemberg-Hohenzollern | ST | Thüringen / Thuringia |
AW | Württemberg-Baden | BS | Schleswig-Holstein | ||||
W | Württemberg-Baden |
Code | Zone | Land | Years issued | Notes |
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BY | Bavaria (=Bayern) | 1946–1947 | ||
AB[α] | Bavaria | 1948–1956 | ||
B | Bavaria | 1950–1956 | ||
HE | Hessen | 1946–1947 | ||
AH[α] | Hesse | 1946–1956 | ||
H | Hesse | 1950–1956 | ||
AW[α] | Württemberg-Baden | 1948–1956 | ||
W | Württemberg-Baden | 1950–1956 | ||
WB | Württemberg-Baden | 1950–1956 | ||
БM | Berlin | 1945–1946 | =BM; for motor bikes | |
ГФ | Berlin | 1945–1946 | =GF; cars, lorries, and busses | |
БГ | Berlin | 1945–1947 | =BG; cars, lorries, and busses | |
ГM | Berlin | 1945–1947 | =GM; for motor bikes | |
KB | Berlin | 1947–1948 | Kommandatura Berlin | |
GB | East-Berlin | 1948–1953 | ||
KB | West-Berlin | 1948-1956 | ||
MGH | Hamburg | 1945 | ||
H | Hamburg | 1945–1947 | ||
HG | Hamburg | 1947 | ||
BH[β] | Hamburg | 1948–1956 | ||
BD | Baden | 1945–1949 | ||
FB[γ] | Baden | 1949–1956 | ||
WT | Württemberg-Hohenzollern | 1945–1949 | ||
FW[γ] | Württemberg-Hohenzollern | 1949–1956 |
adopted from German WP edit
for the time being
Code | Zone | District | Years |
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BY | Bayern | 1946–1947 | |
AB | Bayern | 1948–1956 | |
B | Bayern | 1950–1956 | |
HB | Bremen | 1945–1947 | |
BM | Bremen | 1947 | |
AE | Bremen, „amerikanische Exklave“ | 1948–1956 | |
HE | Hessen | 1946–1947 | |
AH | Hessen | 1948–1956 | |
H | Hessen | 1950–1956 | |
AW | Württemberg-Baden | 1948–1956 | |
W | Württemberg-Baden | 1950–1956 | |
WB | Württemberg-Baden | 1950–1956 | |
БM (=BM) | Berlin | 1945–1946 | |
ГФ (=GF) | Berlin | 1945–1946 | |
БГ (=BG) | Berlin | 1945–1947 | |
ГM (=GM) | Berlin | 1945–1947 | |
KB | Berlin | 1947–1948 | |
GB | Ost-Berlin | 1948–1953 | |
KB | West-Berlin | 1948–1956 | |
MGH | Hamburg | 1945 | |
H | Hamburg | 1945–1947 | |
HG | Hamburg | 1947 | |
BH | Hamburg | 1948–1956 | |
AUR | Niedersachsen, Reg.-Bez. Aurich | 1945–1947 | |
BRA | Niedersachsen, Land Braunschweig | 1945–1947 | |
HAN | Niedersachsen, Reg.-Bez. Hannover | 1945–1947 | |
HIL | Niedersachsen, Reg.-Bez. Hildesheim | 1945–1947 | |
LUN | Niedersachsen, Reg.-Bez. Lüneburg | 1945–1947 | |
OLD | Niedersachsen, Land Oldenburg | 1945–1947 | |
OSN | Niedersachsen, Reg.-Bez. Osnabrück | 1945–1947 | |
STA | Niedersachsen, Reg.-Bez. Stade | 1945–1947 | |
HA | Niedersachsen | 1947 | |
BN | Niedersachsen | 1948–1956 | |
N | Niedersachsen | 1950–1956 | |
AAC | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Reg.-Bez. Aachen | 1945–1947 | |
ARN | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Reg.-Bez. Arnsberg | 1945–1947 | |
DUS | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Reg.-Bez. Düsseldorf | 1945–1947 | |
KOL | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Reg.-Bez. Köln | 1945–1947 | |
LIP | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Land Lippe | 1945–1947 | |
MIN | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Reg.-Bez. Minden | 1945–1947 | |
MUN | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Reg.-Bez. Münster | 1945–1947 | |
NR | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nordrhein | 1947 | |
WF | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Westfalen | 1947 | |
BR | Nordrhein-Westfalen | 1948–1956 | |
R | Nordrhein-Westfalen | 1950–1956 | |
S | Schleswig-Holstein | 1945–1947 | |
SH | Schleswig-Holstein | 1947 | |
BS | Schleswig-Holstein | 1948–1956 | |
BD | Baden | 1945–1949 | |
FB | Baden | 1949–1956 | |
X | Lindau (Bodensee), Stadt und Landkreis | 1947(?)–1949 | |
FBY | Lindau (Bodensee), Stadt und Landkreis | 1948–1950 | |
By | Lindau (Bodensee), Stadt und Landkreis | 1950–1956 | |
RL | Rheinland-Pfalz, Rheinland | 1945–1949 | |
PF | Rheinland-Pfalz, Pfalz | 1945–1949 | |
FR | Rheinland-Pfalz | 1949–1956 | |
SA | Saarland | 1945–1948 | |
FS | Saarland | scheduled 1948 | |
OE | Saarland | 1949–1956 | |
WT | Württemberg-Hohenzollern | 1945–1949 | |
FW | Württemberg-Hohenzollern | 1949–1956 | |
BP | Brandenburg, Province | 1945–1947 | |
SB | Brandenburg | 1948–1953 | |
MP | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1945–1947 | |
SM | Mecklenburg | 1948–1953 | |
SB | Sachsen | 1945–1947 | |
SC | Sachsen | 1945–1947 | |
SF | Sachsen | 1945–1947 | |
SH | Sachsen | 1945–1947 | |
SK | Sachsen | 1945–1947 | |
SM | Sachsen | 1945–1947 | |
SL | Sachsen („Leipzig“) | 1948–1953 | |
SP | Sachsen, Province of Prussia | 1945–1947 | |
SN | Sachsen-Anhalt | 1947–1953 | |
TF | Thüringen | 1945–1947 | |
TH | Thüringen | 1945–1947 | |
IM | Thüringen | 1946(?)–1947 | |
ST | Thüringen | 1948–1953 | |
A | / | Trailer (Anhänger) (British and American Zone) | 1946–1947 |
AGR | Agricultural vehicles | 1945–1947 | |
BT | SBZ, Central administration and subordinate institutions | 1947–(?) | |
DR | Government of the GDR | 1949 | |
DDR | Government of the GDR | 1949–1951 | |
DR | Deutsche Reichsbahn | 1945 | |
RP | Reichspost | 1945 | |
TEM | Temporary, additional plate | 1945–1947 |
cf list by kennzeichenwelt.de edit
Code | Zone | District | Years |
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BY | USA | Bayern | 1946–1947 |
BM | USA | Bremen | 1947 |
HB | USA | Bremen | 1945–1947 |
HE | USA | Hessen | 1946–1947 |
WB | USA | Nord-Baden, Nord-Württemberg | 1946–1947 |
AAC | UK | Aachen | 1945–1947 |
ARN | UK | Arnsberg | 1945–1947 |
AUR | UK | Aurich | 1945–1947 |
BRA | UK | Braunschweig | 1945–1947 |
DUS | UK | Düsseldorf | 1945–1947 |
H | UK | Hamburg | 1945–1947 |
HA | UK | Niedersachsen (Hannover) | 1947 |
HAN | UK | Hannover | 1945–1947 |
HG | UK | Hamburg | 1947 |
HIL | UK | Hildesheim | 1945–1947 |
KOL | UK | Köln | 1945–1947 |
LIP | UK | Lippe | 1945–1947 |
LUN | UK | Lüneburg | 1945–1947 |
MGH | UK | Hamburg (Military Government) | 1945 |
MIN | UK | Minden | 1945–1947 |
MUN | UK | Münster | 1945–1947 |
NR | UK | Nord-Rhein | 1947 |
OLD | UK | Oldenburg | 1945–1947 |
OSN | UK | Osnabrück | 1945–1947 |
S | UK | Schleswig-Holstein | 1945–1947 |
SH | UK | Schleswig-Holstein | 1947 |
STA | UK | Stade | 1945–1947 |
WF | UK | Westfalen | 1947 |
BD | FRA | Südbaden | 1945–1949 |
PF | FRA | Hessen-Pfalz | 1945–1949 |
RL | FRA | Rheinland | 1945–1949 |
SA | FRA | Saarland | 1945–1949 |
WT | FRA | Süd-Württemberg, Hohenzollern | 1945–1949 |
X | FRA | Lindau | 1947–1949 |
BP | URS | Brandenburg (Provinz) | 1945–1947 |
LA | URS | Zugmaschinen (nur Mecklenburg) | ~1946–1947 |
MP | URS | Mecklenburg (Provinz) 1945–1947 | |
SB | URS | Sachsen (föderales Land) | 1945–1947 |
SC | URS | Sachsen (föderales Land) | 1945–1947 |
SF | URS | Sachsen (föderales Land) | 1945–1947 |
SH | URS | Sachsen (föderales Land) | 1945–1947 |
SK | URS | Sachsen (föderales Land) | 1945–1947 |
SM | URS | Sachsen (föderales Land) | 1945–1947 |
SN | URS | Sachsen (föderales Land) | 1945–1947 |
SP | URS | Sachsen (Provinz) | 1945–1947 |
TF | URS | Thüringen (föderales Land) | 1945–1947 |
TH | URS | Thüringen (föderales Land) | 1945–1947 |
AGR | Agrarfahrzeuge | 1945–1947 |
German Democratic Republic edit
In the registration system employed by the GDR during the years 1953–90, the first letter on the number plate signified the respective bezirk or district of registration. After German reunification, the West German system was adopted with further one-, two- or three-letter codes signifying the kreise of registration, as listed above.
Prefix | Bezirk |
---|---|
A | Rostock |
B | Schwerin |
C | Neubrandenburg |
D, P | Potsdam |
E | Frankfurt |
F, L | Erfurt |
H, M | Magdeburg |
I | East Berlin |
K, V | Halle |
N | Gera |
O | Suhl |
R, Y | Dresden |
S, U | Leipzig |
T, X | Karl-Marx-Stadt |
VA | Volksarmee (Armed Forces) |
Volkspolizei (Police) | |
Z | Cottbus |
Photo test row edit
(Not altogether to be retained in any published article)
Cars from East German districts in the (then new) West German pre-1995 typeface edit
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Chemnitz Fire Dept.?
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Trabant from Stendal
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Trabant from Klötze
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Trabant from Oschersleben
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Trabant from Bad Liebenwerda
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Trabant from Burg b.Magdeburg
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From Bautzen, on the highway
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Rally Trabant from Zwickau
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Export Trabant from Schönebeck
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An early (pre-1995) "export" to Bavaria
Cars with GDR plates in FRG typeface edit
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Old beside new …
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… plates on Trabants
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GDR plate from KMS district, FRG typeface
Cars plated as historical edit
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H-Trabant from Schönebeck
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H-Trabant from Vogtland
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H-Trabant from Herzberg
ADAC and other trivia edit
List of Diplomatic Codes edit
These codes are issued in both Berlin and Bonn, starting with B and BN respectively. The list had initially been compiled around 19xx in alphabetical order, in German language. A change in the name of the state would leave its number unchanged. States which came into existence in later years were either allotted numbers which had become free but would not exactly match their place in the alphabet, or added to the end of the list, starting with No. 154.
List of Diplomatic Codes on German Licence Plates [1] | |||
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Code | Flag with State | State in German | Notes |
10 | Vatican City | Vatikanstadt | |
11 | Egypt | Ägypten | |
12 | Angola | Angola | |
13 | Albania | Albanien | |
14 | Ethiopia | Äthiopien | |
15 | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | |
16 | Algeria | Algerien | |
17 | United States | Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika | Amerika |
18 | Argentina | Argentinien | |
19 | Australia | Australien | |
20 | Bangladesh | Bangladesch | |
21 | Belgium | Belgien | |
22 | Brunei | Brunei | |
23 | Bulgaria | Bulgarien | |
24 | Myanmar | Myanmar | formerly Birma |
25 | Bolivia | Bolivien | |
26 | Brazil | Brasilien | |
27 | Burundi | Burundi | |
28 | Chile | Chile | |
29 | China | China | |
30 | Costa Rica | Costa Rica | |
31 | Belarus | Belarus / Weißrussland | |
32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnien und Herzegowina | |
33 | Equatorial Guinea | Äquatorialguinea | |
34 | Denmark | Dänemark | |
35 | Benin | Benin | formerly Dahomey |
36 | Dominican Republic | Dominikanische Republik | |
37 | Ecuador | Ecuador / Ekuador | |
38 | Ivory Coast | Elfenbeinküste | |
39 | El Salvador | El Salvador | |
40 | Kosovo | Kosovo | |
41 | Estonia | Estland | |
42 | Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | |
43 | Montenegro | Montenegro | |
44 | Finland | Finnland | |
45 | France | Frankreich | |
46 | Gabon | Gabun | |
47 | Ghana | Ghana | |
48 | Greece | Griechenland | |
49 | United Kingdom | Vereinigtes Königreich | Großbritannien |
50 | Guatemala | Guatemala | |
51 | Guinea | Guinea | |
52 | Latvia | Lettland | |
53 | Lithuania | Litauen | |
54 | Haiti | Haiti | |
55 | Honduras | Honduras | |
56 | India | Indien | |
57 | Indonesia | Indonesien | |
58 | Iraq | Irak | |
59 | Iran | Iran | |
60 | Ireland | Irland | |
61 | Iceland | Island | |
62 | Laos | Laos | |
63 | Cape Verde | Kap Verde | |
64 | Israel | Israel | |
65 | Italy | Italien | |
66 | Jamaica | Jamaika | |
67 | Japan | Japan | |
68 | Yemen | Jemen | |
69 | Jordan | Jordanien | |
70 | Serbia | Serbien | formerly Jugoslawien |
71 | Kuwait | Kuwait | |
72 | Cuba | Kuba | |
73 | Qatar | Katar | |
74 | Cameroon | Kamerun | |
75 | Canada | Kanada | |
76 | Kenya | Kenia | |
77 | Colombia | Kolumbien | |
78 | Republic of the Congo | Kongo | |
79 | South Korea | Korea (Republik) | a.k.a. Südkorea |
80 | Lebanon | Libanon | |
81 | Liberia | Liberia | |
82 | Libya | Libyen | |
83 | Lesotho | Lesotho | |
84 | Luxembourg | Luxemburg | |
85 | Madagascar | Madagaskar | |
86 | Malawi | Malawi | |
87 | Malaysia | Malaysia | |
88 | Mali | Mali | |
89 | Morocco | Marokko | |
90 | Mauritania | Mauretanien | |
91 | Mexico | Mexiko | |
92 | Malta | Malta | |
93 | Monaco | Monaco | |
94 | Nepal | Nepal | |
95 | New Zealand | Neuseeland | |
96 | Nicaragua | Nicaragua | |
97 | Netherlands | Niederlande | |
98 | Niger | Niger | |
99 | Nigeria | Nigeria | |
100 | Norway | Norwegen | |
101 | Mongolia | Mongolei | |
102 | Mozambique | Mosambik | a.k.a. Moçambique |
103 | Oman | Oman | |
104 | Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | formerly Obervolta |
105 | Austria | Österreich | |
106 | Pakistan | Pakistan | |
107 | Panama | Panama | |
108 | Paraguay | Paraguay | |
109 | Peru | Peru | |
110 | Philippines | Philippinen | |
111 | Poland | Polen | |
112 | Portugal | Portugal | |
113 | Papua New Guinea | Papua-Neuguinea | |
114 | Namibia | Namibia | |
115 | Rwanda | Ruanda | |
116 | Romania | Rumänien | |
117 | Zambia | Sambia | |
118 | Saudi Arabia | Saudi-Arabien | |
119 | Sweden | Schweden | |
120 | Switzerland | Schweiz | |
121 | Senegal | Senegal | |
122 | Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone | |
123 | Singapore | Singapur | |
124 | Zimbabwe | Simbabwe | |
125 | Somalia | Somalia | |
126 | Spain | Spanien | |
127 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | |
128 | Sudan | Sudan | |
129 | South Africa | Südafrika | |
130 | Syria | Syrien | |
131 | Tanzania | Tansania | |
132 | Thailand | Thailand | |
133 | Togo | Togo | |
134 | Tonga | Tonga | |
135 | Czech Republic | Tschechien | formerly Tschechoslowakei |
136 | Chad | Tschad | |
137 | Turkey | Türkei | |
138 | Tunisia | Tunesien | |
139 | Uganda | Uganda | |
140 | Russia | Russland | formerly UdSSR = Soviet Union |
141 | Uruguay | Uruguay | |
142 | Hungary | Ungarn | |
143 | Ukraine | Ukraine | |
144 | Grenada | Grenada | |
146 | Venezuela | Venezuela | |
147 | Vietnam | Vietnam | |
148 | United Arab Emirates | Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | |
151 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Demokratische Republik Kongo | formerly Zaire |
152 | Central African Republic | Zentralafrikanische Republik | |
153 | Cyprus | Zypern | |
154 | Croatia | Kroatien | |
155 | Slovenia | Slowenien | |
156 | Azerbaijan | Aserbaidschan | |
157 | Slovakia | Slowakei | |
158 | Kazakhstan | Kasachstan | |
159 | North Macedonia | Nordmazedonien | |
160 | Uzbekistan | Usbekistan | |
161 | Eritrea | Eritrea | |
162 | Georgia | Georgien | |
163 | Tajikistan | Tadschikistan | |
164 | Bahrain | Bahrain | |
165 | Cambodia | Kambodscha | |
166 | Armenia | Armenien | |
167 | Kyrgyzstan | Kirgisistan | |
168 | Moldova | Moldawien / Republik Moldau | |
169 | Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan | |
170 | International Labour Organization | Internationale Arbeitsorganisation | ILO |
171 | European Central Bank | Europäische Zentralbank | ECB |
172 | European Union Aviation Safety Agency | Europäische Agentur für Flugsicherheit | EASA |
173 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Der Hohe Flüchtlings-Kommissar | UNHCR |
174 | Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation | Gemeinsame Organisation für Rüstungskooperation | OCCAR |
175 | International Organization for Migration | Verbindungsstelle der Internationalen Organisation für Migration | IOM |
176 | Arab League | Liga der Arabischen Staaten | جامعة الدول العربية |
177 | Franco-German Youth Office | Deutsch-Französisches Jugendwerk | Office franco-allemand pour la Jeunesse, OFAJ |
178 | European Space Operations Centre | Europäisches Operations-Zentrum für Weltraumforschung | ESOC |
179 | NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency | NATO-Agentur für Entwicklung, Produktion und Logistische Betreuung der Waffensysteme EF 2000 und Tornado | NETMA |
180 | European Southern Observatory | Europäische Südsternwarte | ESO |
181 | European Molecular Biology Laboratory | Europäisches Laboratorium für Molekularbiologie | EMBL |
182 | European Commission | Europäische Kommission | |
183 | European Patent Office | Europäisches Patentamt | EPO |
184 | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung | OECD |
185 | World Food Programme | Welternährungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen (UNEP) | WFP |
186 | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites | Europäische Organisation für die Nutzung meteorologischer Satelliten | EUMETSAT |
187 | European Astronaut Centre | Europäisches Astronautenzentrum | EAC |
188 | UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning | UNESCO-Institut für lebenslanges Lernen | UIL |
189 | German-Polish Youth Office | Deutsch-Polnisches Jugendwerk (DPJW) | Polsko-Niemiecka Współpraca Młodzieży (PNWM) |
190 | World Bank | Weltbank | IFC |
191 | European Center for Environment and Health | Europäisches Zentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit | |
192 | UNEP Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals | Umweltprogramm der UN, Sekretariat zur Erhaltung der wandernden wildlebenden Tierarten | CMS |
193 | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | Sekretariat der Klimarahmen-Konvention | UNFCCC |
194 | United Nations Volunteers | Freiwilligenprogramm der Vereinten Nationen | UNV |
195 | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea | Internationaler Seegerichtshof | ITLOS |
196 | United Nations Information Centres | Informationszentrum der Vereinten Nationen | UNIC |
197 | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification | UN-Sekretariat der Wüstenkonvention | UNCCD |
198 | International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training | Internationales Zentrum für Berufsbildung | UNEVOC |
199 | United Nations University | Universität der Vereinten Nationen, Forschungsinstitut für Katastrophenmanagement | UNU |
200 | Mauritius | Mauritius | |
201 | North Korea | Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea | Nordkorea |
202 | Djibouti | Dschibuti | |
203 | Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | |
204 | South Sudan | Südsudan | |
205 | Botswana | Botswana | |
206 | Maldives | Malediven | |
300 | United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs / United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response | Plattform der Vereinten Nationen für raumfahrtgestützte Informationen für Katastrophenmanagement und Notfallmaßnahmen | UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER |
301 | UNEP Study The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity | Studie "Die Ökonomie der Ökosysteme und der biologischen Vielfalt" | TEEB |
302 | International Renewable Energy Agency | Internationale Organisation für Erneuerbare Energien | IRENA |
303 | Global Crop Diversity Trust | Welttreuhandfonds für Kulturpflanzenvielfalt | GCDT |
Sources edit
- Klemann, Pablo; Schlegel, Thomas; Aabe, Alex (2021). Das große Autokennzeichen-Buch [The Big Car Plate Book] (in German). Singen (Hohentwiel): Unterwegs Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86112-355-2.
- Immat, Urs (2019). Autokennzeichen Deutschland & Europa (in German). Königswinter: HEEL Verlag. ISBN 978-3-95843-698-5.
References edit
- ^ Trapp, Peter, MdA; Sen. Henkel, Frank (16 May 2014). "Schriftliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Peter Trapp und Antwort: Ermittlungen gegen Angehörige des Diplomatischen Dienstes in Berlin 2013, Drucksache 17/13660" [Investigation against Members of the Diplomatic Service in Berlin, in 2013; Written Question and Answer] (PDF). PARDOK – Parlamentsdokumentation (in German). Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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