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Information about Area Codes In Germany

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

(0)1 are special numbers such as mobile phones (015, 016, 017), shared cost service (0180), televoting numbers (013) and 010 for dial-around services. The former codes 0130 for free phone numbers and 0190 for premium-rate numbers are now moved to 0800 and 0900 to meet international standards. 0700 is used for personal national phone numbers.

01

The 01 prefix is for special numbers, and is not tied to any particular geographic area.

010

  • 010 call-by-call (dial-around-services - alternative carrier)

011

  • 011 formerly Value-added services

012

  • 012 Innovative Services
  • 012-12 Web.de, Karlsruhe, between €0.12 and €1.86 per minute
  • 012-230 tesion, Stuttgart
  • 012-3000 3U Telecom, Marburg
  • 012-3131 BBA Netkom, Hamburg
  • 012-3333 BBA Netkom, Hamburg
  • 012-3456 CommAssist, Lübeck

013

  • 013 voting and lottery numbers
  • 0130 formerly toll-free numbers, now unassigned (now 0800)
  • 0137 Massenverkehr zu bestimmten Zielen (MABEZ)
  • 01371 €0.14 per call
  • 01372 €0.14 per minute
  • 01373 €0.14 per minute
  • 01374 €0.14 per minute
  • 01375 €0.14 per call
  • 01376 €0.25 per call
  • 01377 €1.00 per call
  • 01378 €0.50 per call
  • 01379 €0.50 per call
  • 0138 T-VoteCall €0.14 per minute

014

  • 014 unassigned

015

  • 015 mobile phones
  • 0150 reserved for Group3G/Quam
  • 0151 T-Mobile
  • 0152 reserved for Vodafone
  • 01520 Vodafone
  • 01522 Vodafone
  • 0155 reserved for E-Plus
  • 0156 reserved for Mobilcom
  • 0157 reserved for E-Plus
  • 01570 vistream
  • 01577 E-Plus
  • 0159 reserved for O2 Germany

016

  • 016 mobile phones, Trunked radio system, Pager
  • 0160 T-Mobile
  • 0161 formerly analog C-Netz
  • 0162 Vodafone
  • 0163 E-Plus
  • 0164 Cityruf (e*message)
  • 0165 formerly Quix)
  • 0166 Telmi (e*message)
  • 0167 Trunked radio systems
  • 01672 Dolphin Telecom
  • 0168 Scall (e*message)
  • 0169 Cityruf, Scall, Skyper (e*cityruf, e*message, e*skyper)

017

  • 017 mobile phones
  • 0170 T-Mobile
  • 0171 T-Mobile
  • 0172 Vodafone
  • 0173 Vodafone
  • 0174 Vodafone
  • 0175 T-Mobile
  • 0176 O2 Germany
  • 0177 E-Plus
  • 0178 E-Plus
  • 0179 O2 Germany

018

  • 018 international virtual private networks (IVPNs) and shared-cost services
  • 0180 shared-cost services
  • 01801 €0.039 per minute
  • 01802 €0.06 per connection
  • 01803 €0.09 per minute
  • 01804 €0.20 per connection
  • 01805 €0.14 per minute
  • 0181 international virtual private networks (IVPNs)
  • 0182 closed user groups
  • 0183 closed user groups
  • 0184 closed user groups
  • 0185 closed user groups
  • 0186 closed user groups
  • 0187 closed user groups
  • 0188 closed user groups
  • 01888 IVBB (Informationsverbund Berlin-Bonn)
  • 0189 closed user groups

019

  • 0190 formerly premium-rate services, now unassigned (now 0900)
  • 0191 online services
  • 0192 online services
  • 0193 online services
  • 0194 online services
  • 01987 Routing numbers for (0)116xxx
  • 01988 target network service identification for routing international toll-free value-added services (Freecall)
  • 01989 routing numbers for outgoing services
  • 0199 network-internal traffic control

02

020 – Western Ruhrgebiet (Essen and surroundings)

021 – Düsseldorf and surroundings

022 – Cologne and surroundings

023 – Dortmund and surroundings

024 – Aachen and surroundings

025 – Münster and surroundings

026 – Koblenz and surroundings

027 – Siegen and surroundings

028 – Wesel and surroundings

029 – Sauerland (Meschede and surroundings)

03

030

031

test numbers for carrier selection
  • 0310 test number (long distance)
  • 0311 test number (local)

032

033 – Brandenburg

0330 – Oranienburg and surroundings
0331/0332 – Potsdam and surroundings
0333 – Angermünde and surroundings
0334 – Strausberg and surroundings
0335/0336 – Frankfurt (Oder) and surroundings
0337 – Luckenwalde and surroundings
0338 – Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings
0339 – Neuruppin and surroundings
  • * 03391 Neuruppin
  • 03392
  • 033920 Walsleben bei Neuruppin
  • 033921 Zechlinerhütte
  • 033922 Karwesee
  • 033923 Flecken Zechlin
  • 033924 Rägelin
  • 033925 Wustrau-Altfriesack
  • 033926 Herzberg (Mark)
  • 033928 Wildberg
  • 033929 Gühlen-Glienicke
  • 03393
  • 033931 Rheinsberg
  • 033932 Fehrbellin
  • 033933 Lindow (Mark)
  • 03394 Wittstock/Dosse
  • 03395 Pritzwalk
  • 03396
  • 033962 Heiligengrabe
  • 033963 Wulfersdorf bei Wittstock
  • 033964 Fretzdorf
  • 033965 Herzsprung bei Wittstock
  • 033966 Dranse
  • 033967 Freyenstein
  • 033968 Meyenburg
  • 033969 Stepenitz
  • 03397
  • 033970 Neustadt (Dosse)
  • 033971 Kyritz
  • 033972 Breddin
  • 033973 Zernitz bei Neustadt
  • 033974 Dessow
  • 033975 Dannenwalde
  • 033976 Wutike
  • 033977 Gumtow
  • 033978 Segeletz
  • 033979 Wusterhausen/Dosse
  • 03398
  • 033981 Putlitz
  • 033982 Hoppenrade
  • 033983 Groß Pankow
  • 033984 Blumenthal bei Pritzwalk
  • 033986 Falkenhagen
  • 033989 Sadenbeck

034 – Leipzig and surroundings

035 – Dresden

0350 – Pirna and surroundings
0351 – Dresden
0352 – Meißen and surroundings
0353 – Finsterwalde and surroundings
0354 – Calau and surroundings
  • * 03541 Calau
  • 03542 Lübbenau
  • 03543
  • 035433 Vetschau/Spreewald
  • 035434 Altdöbern
  • 035435 Gollmitz
  • 035436 Laasow
  • 035439 Zinnitz
  • 03544 Luckau
  • 03545
  • 035451 Dahme
  • 035452 Golßen
  • 035453 Drahnsdorf
  • 035454 Uckro
  • 035455 Walddrehna
  • 035456 Terpt
  • 03546 Lübben (Spreewald)
  • 03547
  • 035471 Birkenhainchen
  • 035472 Schlepzig
  • 035473 Neu Lübbenau
  • 035474 Schönwald (Brandenburg)
  • 035475 Straupitz
  • 035476 Wittmannsdorf
  • 035477 Rietz Neuendorf
  • 035478 Goyatz
0355/0356 – Cottbus and surroundings
0357 – Hoyerswerda and surroundings
0358 – Görlitz and surroundings
0359 – Bautzen and surroundings

036 – Thüringen

0360 – Mühlhausen/Thür. and surroundings
0361 – Erfurt
0362 – Gotha and surroundings
0363 – Nordhausen and surroundings
0364 – Jena/Weimar and surroundings
0365/0366 – Gera and surroundings
0367 – Saalfeld/Saale – Ilmenau – Sonneberg
0368 – Suhl and surroundings
0369 – Eisenach and surroundings

037 – Chemnitz and surroundings

038 – Rostock

0382 – Rostocker Umgebung
0383 – Stralsund/Greifswald and surroundings
0384 – Wismar and surroundings