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German City Codes

German City Codes – How it relates to plates

History about Germany

Germany is a traveler’s paradise for its geographic diversity, cultural richness, historic archives and monuments. Hills and forested areas are rich and fertile plains that support agriculture in the east. There are many other scenic landscapes that attract tourists across the world for Germany vacations. The infrastructure of the country is quite developed, along with its railroad capabilities. The accessibility with the cities across the country is very well maintained. In addition, roadways and airways are also highly developed. There are several international airports in Germany.
Small German town

Basic European Plate Format

  • A blue strip on the left that shows a shortened country code in white text (D for Deutschland = Germany)
  • The flag of Europe (12 golden stars forming a circle on a blue background)
  • black print on a white background
  • Just after the country code strip is a one, two or three letter abbreviation, which represents the city or region where the car was registered (ie – B for Berlin)
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Format of City Codes

The largest German cities generally only have one letter codes (B=Berlin, M=Munich, K=Cologne (Köln), F=Frankfurt, L=Leipzig, S=Stuttgart), most other districts in Germany have two or three letter codes. Therefore, cities or districts with fewer letters are generally assumed to be bigger and more important. Reflecting that, most districts tried to get a combination with fewer letters for their prefix code.

Districts in eastern Germany usually have more letters

  1. Since less people live in eastern German districts the number of cars registered is smaller requiring a smaller requirement for digits
  2. During the creation of the system in 1949, letters were set aside for all East German districts

Current Plate Registration Rules (Since 1994)

  1. Number displays where the car is registered
  2. A new plate is required when a resident changes their main address (out of town) in Germany, or buy a new car.
  3. Number plates can be purchased for a range of 2-11 months within any 12 month period

    4. This allows changing between summer and winter cars, such as a convertible and a sedan/saloon without wasting time and money for de- and re-registering. As of 2007, new number plates cost around €30 and €10 to €40. This covers De-registering the old plates and registration of the new plate

  4. If a car is sold, but stays within the same city/region, the number may stay the same. Registration fees however are applied for name changes in the official car papers

Select a letter :
  • AB – Aschaffenburg, Bavaria
  • ABG – Altenburger Land, Thuringia
  • AC – Aachen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • AH – Ahaus, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • AIB – Bad Aibling, Bavaria
  • AIC – Aichach-Friedberg, Bavaria
  • AE – Auerbach, Saxony
  • AK – Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Rhineland Palatinate
  • AL – Altena, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • ALF – Alfeld, Lower Saxony
  • ALS – Alsfeld, Hesse
  • ALZ – Alzenau, Bavaria
  • AM – Amberg, Bavaria
  • AN – Ansbach, Bavaria
  • ANA – Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony
  • ANG – Angermünde, Brandenburg
  • ANK – Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • AÖ – Altötting, Bavaria
  • AP – Apolda & Weimarer Land, Thuringia
  • APD – Apolda, Thuringia
  • AR – Arnsberg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • ARN – Arnstadt, Thuringia
  • ART – Artern, Thuringia
  • AS – Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria
  • ASD – Aschendorf, Lower Saxony
  • ASL – Aschersleben-Staßfurter Landkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
  • ASZ – Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony
  • AT – Alten-Treptow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • AU – Aue, Saxony
  • AUR – Aurich, Lower Saxony
  • AW – Ahrweiler, Rhineland Palatinate
  • AZ – Alzey-Worms, Rhineland Palatinate
  • AZE – Anhalt-Zerbst, Saxony-Anhalt
  • B – Berlin
  • BA – Bamberg, Bavaria
  • BAD – Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg
  • BAR – Barnim (Eberswalde), Brandenburg
  • BB – Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • BBG – Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt
  • BBL – Brandenburg Land official vehicles
  • BC – Biberach, Baden-Württemberg
  • BCH – Buchen, Baden-Württemberg
  • BD – Federal German government vehicles (Bundestag /
  • Bundesrat / Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
  • BE – Bechum, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BED – Brand-Erbisdorf, Saxony
  • BEI – Beilingries, Bavaria
  • BEL – Blezig, Brandenburg
  • BER – Bernau, Brandenburg
  • BF – Burgsteinfurt, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BG – Border police vehicles (Bundesgrenzschutz)
  • BGD – Berchtesgaden, Bavaria
  • BGL – Berchtesgardener Land, Bavaria
  • BH – Bühl, Baden-Württenmberg
  • BI – Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BID – Biedenkopf, Hesse
  • BIN – Bingen, Rhineland Palatinate
  • BIR – Birkenfeld, Rhineland Palatinate
  • BIT – Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland Palatinate
  • BIW – Bischofswerda, Saxony
  • BK – Bicknang, Baden-Württemberg
  • BKS – Bernkastel, Rhineland Palatinate
  • BL – Balingen & Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg
  • BLB – Bad Berleburg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BLK – Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
  • BM – Bergheim & Erftkreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BN – Bonn, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BNA – Borna, Saxony
  • BO – Bochum, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BÖ – Bördekreis, Saxony-Anhalt
  • BOG – Bogen, Bavaria
  • BOH – Bocholt, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BOR – Borkum, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BOT – Bottrop, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BP – Postal authority vehicles (Bundespost)
  • BR – Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg
  • BRA – Brake (Unterweser) & Wesermarsch, Lower Saxony
  • BRB – Brandenburg, Brandenburg
  • BRG – Burg, Saxony-Anhalt
  • BRI – Brilon, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BRK – Bad Brückenau, Bavaria
  • BRL – Braunlage, Lower Saxony
  • BRV – Bremervörde, Lower Saxony
  • BS – Brunswick (Braunschweig), Lower Saxony
  • BSB – Bersenbrück, Lower Saxony
  • BSK – Beeskow, Brandenburg
  • BT – Bayreuth, Bavaria
  • BTF – Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt
  • BU – Burgdorf, Lower Saxony
  • BÜD – Büdingen, Hesse
  • BUL – Burglengenfeld, Bavaria
  • BUR – Buren, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • BÜS – Büsingen & Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg
  • BÜZ – Bützow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • BW – Maritime authority vehicles (Bundes-Wasser- und
  • Schiffahrtsverwaltung)
  • BWL – Badem-Württemberg Land official vehicles
  • BYL – Bavaria State (Bayern Land) official vehicles
  • BZ – Bautzen, Saxony
  • BZA – Bergzabern, Rhineland Palatinate
  • C – Chemnitz, Saxony
  • CA – Calau, Brandenburg
  • CAS – Castrop-Rauxel, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • CB – Cottbus, Brandenburg
  • CE – Celle, Lower Saxony
  • CHA – Cham, Bavaria
  • CLP – Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony
  • CLZ – Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony
  • CO – Coburg, Bavaria
  • COC – Cochem-Zell, Rhineland Palatinate
  • COE – Coesfeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • CR – Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg
  • CUX – Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony
  • CW – Calw, Baden-Württemberg
  • D – Düsseldorf, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • DA – Darmstadt & Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse
  • DAH – Dachau, Bavaria
  • DAN – Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lower Saxony
  • DAU – Daun, Rhineland Palatinate
  • DB – Rail authority vehicles (Deutsche Bundesbahn)
  • DBR – Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • DD – Dresden
  • DE – Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt
  • DEG – Deggendorf, Bavaria
  • DEL – Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony
  • DGF – Dingolfing-Landau, Bavaria
  • DH – Diepholz, Lower Saxony
  • DI – Dieburg, Hesse
  • DIL – Dillenburg, Hesse
  • DIN – Dinslaken, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • DIZ – Diez, Rhineland Palatinate
  • DKB – Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria
  • DL – Döbeln, Saxony
  • DLG – Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria
  • DM – Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • DN – Düren, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • DO – Dortmund, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • DON – Donau-Ries, Bavaria
  • DS – Donaueschingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • DT – Detmold & Lippe, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • DU – Duisburg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • DUD – Duderstadt, Lower Saxony
  • DÜW – Bad Dürkheim & Weinstraße, Rhineland Palatinate
  • DW – Dippoldiswalde & Weißeritzkreis, Saxony
  • DZ – Delitzsch, Saxony
  • E – Essen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • EA – Eisenach, Thuringia
  • EB – Eilenburg, Saxony
  • EBE – Ebersberg, Bavaria
  • EBN – Ebern, Bavaria
  • EBS – Ebermannstadt, Bavaria
  • ECK – Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein
  • ED – Erding, Bavaria
  • EE – Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg
  • EF – Erfurt, Thuringia
  • EG – Eggenfelden, Bavaria
  • EH – Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg
  • EHI – Ehingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • EI – Eichstätt, Bavaria
  • EIC – Eichsfeld, Thuringia
  • EIH – Eichstätt, Bavaria
  • EIL – Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt
  • EIN – Einbeck, Lower Saxony
  • EL – Emsland, Lower Saxony
  • EM – Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • EMD – Emden, Lower Saxony
  • EMS – Bad Ems & Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland Palatinate
  • EN – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • ER – Erlangen, Bavaria
  • ERB – Erbach & Oldenwaldkreis, Hesse
  • ERH – Erlangen-Höchstadt, Bavaria
  • ERK – Erkelenz, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • ES – Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • ESA – Eisenach, Thuringia
  • ESB – Eschenbach, Bavaria
  • ESW – Eschwege & Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Hesse
  • EU – Euskirchen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • EUT – Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein
  • EW – Eberswalde, Brandenburg
  • F – Frankfurt am Main, Hesse
  • FAL – Fallingbostel, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • FB – Friedberg (Hessen) & Wetteraukreis, Hesse
  • FD – Fulda, Hesse
  • FDB – Friedberg bei Augsburg, Bavaria
  • FDS – Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg
  • FEU – Feuchtwangen, Bavaria
  • FF – Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, Brandenburg
  • FFB – Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria
  • FG – Freiberg, Saxony
  • FH – Frankfurt am Main/Höchst, Hesse
  • FI – Finsterwalde, Brandenburg
  • FKB – Frankenberg, Hesse
  • FL – Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
  • FLÖ – Flöha, Saxony
  • FN – Friedrichshafen & Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg
  • FO – Forchheim, Bavaria
  • FOR – Forst, Brandenburg
  • FR – Freiburg im Breisgau & Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald,
  • Baden-Württemberg
  • FRG – Freyung-Grafenau, Bavaria
  • FRI – Friesland, Lower Saxony
  • FRW – Bad Freienwalde, Brandenburg
  • FS – Freising, Bavaria
  • FT – Frankenthal (Pfalz), Rhineland Palatinate
  • FTL – Freital, Saxony
  • FÜ – Fürth, Bavaria
  • FÜS – Füssen, Bavaria
  • FW – Fürstenwalde, Brandenburg
  • FZ – Fritzlar, Hesse
  • G – Gera, Thuringia
  • GA – Gardelegen, Saxony Anhalt
  • GAN – Bad Gandersheim, Lower Saxony
  • GAP – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria
  • GC – Glauchau & Chemnitzer Land, Saxony
  • GD – Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg
  • GDB – Gadesbusch, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • GE – Gelsenkirchen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • GEL – Geldern, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • GEM – Gemünden, Bavaria
  • GEO – Gerolzhofen, Bavaria
  • GER – Germersheim, Rhineland Palatinate
  • GF – Gifhorn, Lower Saxony
  • GG – Groß-Gerau, Hesse
  • GHA – Geithain, Saxony
  • GHC – Gräfenhainichen, Saxony Anhalt
  • GI – Gießen, Hesse
  • GK – Geilenkirchen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • GL – Bergisch-Gladbach & Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, North-
  • Rhine-Westphalia
  • GLA – Gladbeck, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • GM – Gummersbach & Oberbergischer Kreis, North-Rhine-
  • Westphalia
  • GMN – Grimmen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • GN – Gelnhausen, Hesse
  • GNT – Genthin, Saxony Anhalt
  • GÖ – Göttingen, Lower Saxony
  • GOA – St Goar, Rheinland Palatinate
  • GOH – St Goarshausen, Rheinland Palatinate
  • GP – Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • GR – Görlitz, Saxony
  • GRA – Grafenau, Bavaria
  • GRI – Griesbach, Bavaria
  • GRM – Grimma, Saxony
  • GRS – Gransee, Brandenburg
  • GRZ – Greiz, Thuringia
  • GS – Goslar, Lower Saxony
  • GT – Gütersloh, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • GTH – Gotha, Thuringia
  • GÜ – Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • GUB – Guben, Brandenburg
  • GUN – Gunzenhausen, Bavaria
  • GV – Gravenbroich, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • GVM – Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • GW – Greifswald Land, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • GZ – Günzburg, Bavaria
  • H – Hanover (Hannover), Lower Saxony
  • HA – Hagen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • HAB – Hammelburg, Bavaria
  • HAL – Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
  • HAM – Hamm, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • HAS – Haßberge, Bavaria
  • HB – Hansestadt Bremen
  • HBN – Hildburghausen, Thuringia
  • HBS – Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt
  • HC – Hainichen, Saxony
  • HCH – Hechingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • HD – Heidelberg & Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
  • HDH – Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg
  • HDL – Haldensleben, Saxony Anhalt
  • HE – Helmstedt, Lower Saxony
  • HEB – Hersbruck, Bavaria
  • HEF – Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse
  • HEI – Heide & Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein
  • HEL – Hesse State (Hesse Land) official vehicles
  • HER – Herne, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • HET – Hettstedt, Saxony Anhalt
  • HF – Herford, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • HG – Bad Homburg vor der Höhe & Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse
  • HGN – Hagenow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • HGW – Hansestadt Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • HH – Hansestadt Hamburg
  • HHM – Hohenmölsen, Saxony Anhalt
  • HI – Hildesheim, Lower Saxony
  • HIG – Heiligenstadt, Thuringia
  • HIP – Hilpoltstein, Bavaria
  • HL – Hansestadt Lübeck
  • HM – Hamelin(Hameln)-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony
  • HMU – Hanoversch Münden, Lower Saxony
  • HN – Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg
  • HO – Hof, Bavaria
  • HOG – Hofgeismar, Hesse
  • HOH – Hofheim, Bavaria
  • HOL – Holzminden, Lower Saxony
  • HOM – Homburg & Saar-Pfalz-Kreis, Saarland
  • HOR – Horb, Baden-Württemberg
  • HÖS – Höchstadt, Bavaria
  • HOT – Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony
  • HP – Heppenheim an der Bergstraße & Bergstraße, Hesse
  • HR – Homberg & Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse
  • HRO – Hansestadt Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • HS – Heinsberg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • HSK – Hochsauerlandkreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • HST – Hansestadt Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • HU – Hanau & Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse
  • HÜN – Hünfeld, Schleswig-Holstein
  • HUS – Husum, Schleswig-Holstein
  • HV – Havelberg, Saxony Anhalt
  • HVL – Havelland, Brandenburg
  • HW – Halle Westfalen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • HWI – Hansestadt Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • HX – Höxter, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • HY – Hoyerswerda, Saxony
  • HZ – Herzberg, Brandenburg
  • IGB – Stadt St Ingbert & Saar-Pfalz-Kreis, Saarland
  • IK – Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia
  • IL – Ilmenau, Thuringia
  • ILL – Illertissen, Bavaria
  • IN – Ingolstadt, Bavaria Audi is headquarted here.
  • IS – Iserlohn, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • IZ – Itzehoe & Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein
  • J – Jena, Thuringia
  • JB – Jüterbog, Brandenburg
  • JE – Jessen, Saxony Anhalt
  • JEV – Jever, Lower Saxony
  • JL – Jerichower Land, Saxony-Anhalt
  • JÜL – Jülich, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • K – Cologne (Köln), North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • KA – Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
  • KAR – Karlstadt, Bavaria
  • KB – Korbach & Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse
  • KC – Kronach, Bavaria
  • KE – Kempten (Allgäu), Bavaria
  • KEH – Kelheim, Bavaria
  • KEL – Kehl, Baden-Württemberg
  • KEM – Kemnath, Bavaria
  • KF – Kaufbeuren, Bavaria
  • KG – Bad Kissingen, Bavaria
  • KH – Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland Palatinate
  • KI – Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
  • KIB – Kirchheimbolanden & Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland
  • Palatinate
  • KK – Kempen-Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • KL – Kaiserslauten, Rhineland Palatinate
  • KLE – Cleves (Kleve), North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • KLT – Klingental, Saxony
  • KLZ – Klötze, Saxony Anhalt
  • KM – Kamenz, Saxony
  • KN – Constance (Konstanz), Baden-Württemberg
  • KO – Koblenz, Rhineland Palatinate
  • KÖN – Kötzting, Bavaria
  • KÖT – Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt
  • KR – Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • KRU – Krumbach, Bavaria
  • KS – Kassel, Hesse
  • KT – Kitzingen, Bavaria
  • KU – Kulmbach, Bavaria
  • KÜN – Küzelsau & Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg
  • KUS – Kusel, Rhineland Palatinate
  • KW – Königs-Wusterhausen, Brandenburg
  • KY – Kyritz, Brandenburg
  • KYF – Kyffhäuserkreis, Thuringia
  • L – Leipzig, Saxony (since c1990; previously used for Lahn-Dill-
  • Kreis)
  • LA – Landshut, Bavaria
  • LAN – Landau Isar, Bavaria
  • LAT – Lauterbach, Hesse
  • LAU – Lauf an der Pegnitz & Nürnberger Land, Bavaria
  • LB – Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg
  • LBS – Lobenstein, Thuringia
  • LBZ – Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • LC – Luckau, Brandenburg
  • LD – Landau in der Pfalz, Rhineland Palatinate
  • LDK – Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse
  • LDS – Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald, Brandenburg
  • LE – Lemgo, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • LEO – Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg
  • LER – Leer (Ostfriesland), Lower Saxony
  • LEV – Leverkusen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • LF – Laufen, Bavaria
  • LG – Lüneburg, Lower Saxony
  • LH – Lüdinghausen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • LI – Lindau (Bodensee), Bavaria
  • LIB – Bad Liebenwerda, Brandenburg
  • LIF – Lichtenfels, Bavaria
  • LIN – Lingen, Lower Saxony
  • LIP – Lippe, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • LK – Lübbecke, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • LL – Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria
  • LM – Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse
  • LN – Lübben, Brandenburg
  • LÖ – Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg
  • LÖB – Löbau, Saxony
  • LOH – Lohr am Main, Bavaria
  • LOS – Landkreis Oder-Spree, Brandenburg
  • LP – Lippstadt, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • LR – Lahr, Baden-Württemberg
  • LS – Lüdenscheid, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • LSA – Saxony Anhalt State (Sachsen-Anhalt Land) official
  • vehicles
  • LSN – Saxony State (Sachsen Land) official vehicles
  • LSZ – Bad Langensalza, Thuringia
  • LU – Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland Palatinate
  • LÜD – Lüdenscheid, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • LUK – Luckenwalde, Brandenburg
  • LÜN – Lünen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • LWL – Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • M – Munich (München), BavariaBMW calls the city home
  • MA – Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg
  • MAB – Marienberg, Saxony
  • MAI – Mainburg, Bavaria
  • MAK – Marktredwitz, Bavaria
  • MAL – Mallersdorf, Bavaria
  • MAR – Marktheidenfeld, Bavaria
  • MB – Miesbach, Bavaria
  • MC – Malchin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • MD – Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
  • ME – Mettmann, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • MED – Meldorf, Schleswig-Holstein
  • MEG – Melsungen, Hesse
  • MEI – Meissen, Saxony
  • MEK – Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony
  • MEL – Melle, Lower Saxony
  • MEP – Meppen,Lower Saxony
  • MER – Merseburg, Saxony Anhalt
  • MES – Meschede, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • MET – Mellrichstadt, Bavaria
  • MG – Mönchengladbach, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • MGH – Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Württemberg
  • MGN – Meiningen, Thuringia
  • MH – Mülheim an der Ruhr, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • MHL – Mühlhausen
  • MI – Minden-Lübbecke, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • MIL – Miltenberg, Bavaria
  • MK – Märkischer Kreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • ML – Mansfelder Land, Saxony-Anhalt
  • MM – Memmingen, Bavaria
  • MN – Mindelheim & Unterallgäu, Bavaria
  • MO – Moers, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • MOD – Marktoberdorf, Bavaria
  • MOL – Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg
  • MON – Monschau, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • MOS – Mosbach & Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-
  • Württemberg
  • MQ – Merseburg-Querfurt, Saxony-Anhalt
  • MR – Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse
  • MS – Münster, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • MSP – Main-Spessart-Kreis, Bavaria
  • MST – Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • MT – Montabaur, Rhineland Palatinate
  • MTK – Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse
  • MTL – Muldentalkreis, Saxony
  • MÜ – Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria
  • MÜB – Münchberg, Bavaria
  • MÜL – Müllheim, Baden-Württemberg
  • MÜN – Münsingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • MÜR – Müritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • MVL – Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Land official vehicles
  • MW – Mittweida, Saxony
  • MY – Mayen, Rhineland Palatinate
  • MYK – Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland Palatinate
  • MZ – Mainz & Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland Palatinate
  • MZG – Merzig-Wadern, Saarland
  • N – Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Bavaria
  • NAB – Nabburg, Bavaria
  • NAI – Naila, Bavaria
  • NAU – Nauen, Brandenburg
  • NB – Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • ND – Neuberg an der Donau & Neuberg-Schrobenhausen,
  • Bavaria
  • NDH – Nordhausen, Thuringia
  • NE – Neuss, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • NEA – Neustadt an der Aisch & Bad Windsheim, Bavaria
  • NEB – Nebra, Saxony Anhalt
  • NEC – Neustadt Coburg, Bavaria
  • NEN – Neunburg, Bavaria
  • NES – Bad Neustadt an der Saale & Rhön-Grabfeld, Bavaria
  • NEU – Neustadt Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg
  • NEW – Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria
  • NF – Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein
  • NH – Neuhaus an der Rennweg, Thuringia (1991-c1994;
  • previously used for Neustadt Haardt, Rhineland Palatinate
  • before 1959)
  • NI – Nienberg (Weser), Lower Saxony
  • NIB – Niebüll, Schleswig-Holstein
  • NK – Neunkirchen/Saar, Saarland
  • NL – Lower Saxony State (Niedersachsen Land) official vehicles
  • NM – Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria
  • NMB – Naumberg, Saxony Anhalt
  • NMS – Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein
  • NÖ – Nördlingen, Bavaria
  • NOH – Nordhorn & Grafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony
  • NOL – Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, Saxony
  • NOM – Northeim, Lower Saxony
  • NOR – Norden, Lower Saxony
  • NP – Neuruppin, Brandenburg
  • NR – Neuwied am Rhein, Rhineland Palatinate
  • NRÜ – Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lower Saxony
  • NRW – North-Rhine-Westphalia State (Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • Land) official vehicles
  • NU – Neu-Ulm, Bavaria
  • NT – Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • NVP – Nordvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • NW – Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland Palatinate
  • NWM – Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • NY – Niesky, Saxony
  • NZ – Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • O – Diplomatic vehicles
  • OA – Oberallgäu, Bavaria
  • OAL – Ostallgäu, Bavaria
  • OB – Oberhausen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • OBB – Obernburg, Bavaria
  • OBG – Osterburg, Saxony Anhalt
  • OC – Oschersleben, Saxony
  • OCH – Ochsenfurt, Bavaria
  • OD – Bad Oldesloe & Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein
  • OE – Olpe, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • OF – Offenbach am Main, Hesse
  • OG – Offenburg & Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg
  • OH – Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein
  • OHA – Osterode am Harz, Lower Saxony
  • ÖHR – Öhringen, Baden-Württemberg
  • OHV – Oberhavel, Brandenburg
  • OHZ – Osterholz, Lower Saxony
  • OK – Ohre-Kreis, Saxony-Anhalt
  • OL – Oldenburg, Lower Saxony
  • OLD – Oldenburg (Holstein), Schleswig-Holstein
  • OP – Opladen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • OPR – Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg
  • OR – Oranienburg, Brandenburg
  • OS – Osnabrück, Lower Saxony
  • OSL – Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Brandenburg
  • OTT – Otterndorf, Lower Saxony
  • OTW – Ottweiler, Saarland
  • OVI – Oberviechtach, Bavaria
  • OVL – Obervogtland, Saxony
  • OVP – Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • OZ – Oschatz, Saxony
  • P – Potsdam, Brandenburg
  • PA – Passau, Bavaria
  • PAF – Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria
  • PAN – Pfarrkirchen & Rottal-Inn, Bavaria
  • PAR – Parsberg, Bavaria
  • PB – Paderborn, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • PCH – Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • PE – Peine, Lower Saxony
  • PEG – Pegnitz, Bavraia
  • PER – Perleberg, Brandenburg
  • PF – Pforzheim & Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg
  • PI – Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein
  • PIR – Pirna, Saxony
  • PK – Pritzwalk, Brandenburg
  • PL – Plauen, Saxony
  • PLÖ – Plön, Schleswig-Holstein
  • PM – Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg
  • PN – Pößneck, Thuringia
  • PR – Prignitz, Brandenburg
  • PRÜ – Prüm, Rhineland Palatinate
  • PS – Pirmasens & Südwestpfalz, Rhineland Palatinate
  • PW – Pasewalk, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • PZ – Prenzlau, Brandenburg
  • QFT – Querfurt, Saxony Anhalt
  • QLB – Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt
  • R – Regensberg, Bavaria
  • RA – Ratstatt, Baden-Württemberg
  • RC – Reichenbach, Saxony
  • RD – Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein
  • RDG – Ribnitz-Damgarten, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • RE – Recklinghausen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • REG – Regen, Bavaria
  • REH – Rehau, Bavaria
  • REI – Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
  • RG – Riesa-Großenhain, Saxony
  • RH – Roth bei Nürnberg, Bavaria
  • RI – Rinteln, Lower Saxony
  • RID – Riedenburg, Bavaria
  • RIE – Riesa, Saxony
  • RL – Rochlitz, Saxony
  • RM – Röbel/Muritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • RN – Rathenow, Brandenburg
  • RO – Rosenheim, Bavaria
  • ROD – Roding, Bavaria
  • ROF – Rotenburg bei Fulda, Hesse
  • ROH – Rotenburg Wümme, Lower Saxony
  • ROK – Rockenhausen, Rhineland Palatinate
  • ROL – Rottenburg Laaber, Bavaria
  • ROS – Rostock Land,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • ROT – Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria
  • ROW – Rotenburg (Wümme) & Bremervörde, Lower Saxony
  • RPL – Rhineland Palatinate State (Rheinland-Pfalz Land) official
  • vehicles
  • RS – Remscheid, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • RSL – Roßlau, Saxony Anhalt
  • RT – Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • RÜD – Rüdesheim & Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse
  • RÜG – Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • RV – Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg
  • RW – Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg
  • RWL – North-Rhine-Westphalia State (Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • Land) official vehicles
  • RY – Rheydt, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • RZ – Ratzeburg & Hertzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein
  • S – Stuttgart, Baden-WürttembergMercedes Benz and Porsche both reside here
  • SAB – Saarburg, Rhineland Palatinate
  • SAD – Schwandorf, Bavaria
  • SÄK – Säckingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • SAL – Saarland official vehicles
  • SAN – Stadtsteinach, Bavaria
  • SAW – Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt
  • SB – Saarbrücken, Saarland
  • SBG – Strasburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • SBK – Schönebeck, Saxony-Anhalt
  • SC – Schwabach, Bavaria
  • SCZ – Schleiz, Thuringia
  • SDH – Sondershausen, Thuringia
  • SDL – Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt
  • SDT – Schwedt, Brandenburg
  • SE – Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein
  • SEB – Sebnitz, Saxony
  • SEE – Seelow, Brandenburg
  • SEF – Scheinfeld, Bavaria
  • SEL – Selb, Bavaria
  • SF – Sonthofen, Bavaria
  • SFA – Soltau-Fallingbostel, Lower Saxony
  • SFB – Senftenberg, Brandenburg
  • SFT – Staßfurt, Saxony Anhalt
  • SG – Solingen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • SGH – Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt
  • SH – Schleswig-Holstein Land official vehicles
  • SHA – Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg
  • SHG – Stadthagen & Schaumburg, Lower Saxony
  • SHK – Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia
  • SHL – Suhl, Thuringia
  • SI – Siegen-Wittgenstein, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • SIG – Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg
  • SIM – Simmern & Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland Palatinate
  • SK – Saalkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
  • SL – Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
  • SLE – Schleiden (Eifel), North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • SLF – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia
  • SLG – Saulgau, Baden-Württemberg
  • SLN – Schmölin, Thuringia
  • SLS – Saarlouis, Saarland
  • SLÜ – Schlüchtern, Hesse
  • SLZ – Bad Salzungen, Thuringia
  • SM – Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia
  • SMÜ – Schwabmünchen, Bavaria
  • SN – Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • SNH – Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
  • SO – Soest, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • SOB – Schrobenhausen, Bavaria
  • SOG – Schongau, Bavaria
  • SOK – Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thuringia
  • SOL – Soltau, Lower Saxony
  • SÖM – Sömmerda, Thuringia
  • SON – Sonneberg, Thuringia
  • SP – Speyer, Rhineland Palatinate
  • SPB – Spremberg, Brandenburg
  • SPN – Spree-Neiße, Brandenburg
  • SPR – Springe, Lower Saxony
  • SR – Straubing & Straubing-Bogen, Bavaria
  • SRB – Strausberg, Brandenburg
  • SRO – Stadtroda, Thuringia
  • ST – Steinfurt, North-Rhine-Westphalia (since 1975; previously
  • used for Stade in 1956)
  • STA – Starnberg, Bavaria
  • STB – Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • STD – Stade, Lower Saxony
  • STE – Staffelstein, Bavaria
  • STH – Stadthagen, Lower Saxony
  • STL – Stollberg, Saxony
  • STO – Stockach, Baden-Württemberg
  • SU – Siegburg & Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • SUL – Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria
  • SÜW – Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland Palatinate
  • SW – Schweinfurt, Bavaria
  • SWA – Bad Schwalbach & Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse
  • SY – Syke, Lower Saxony
  • SZ – Salzgitter, Lower Saxony
  • SZB – Schwarzenberg, Saxony
  • TBB – Tauberbischofsheim & Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-
  • Württemberg
  • TE – Teterow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1991-c1994;
  • previously used for Tecklenburg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • before 1974)
  • TF – Teltow-Fläming, Brandenburg
  • TG – Torgau, Saxony
  • THL – Thuringia State (Thüringen Land) official vehicles
  • THW – Technical help (Technisches Hilfswerk) vehicles
  • TIR – Tirschenreuth, Bavaria
  • TO – Torgau-Oschatz, Saxony
  • TÖL – Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Bavaria
  • TÖN – Tönning, Schleswig-Holstein
  • TP – Templin, Brandenburg
  • TR – Trier, Rhineland Palatinate
  • TS – Traunstein, Bavaria
  • TT – Tettnang, Baden-Württemberg
  • TÜ – Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • TUT – Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • ÜB – Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • UE – Uelzen, Lower Saxony
  • UEM – Ueckermünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • UER – Uecker-Randow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • UFF – Uffenheim, Bavaria
  • UH – Unstrut-Hainich, Thuringia
  • UL – Ulm & Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
  • UM – Uckermark, Brandenburg
  • UN – Unna, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • USI – Usingen, Hesse
  • V – Vogtlandkreis, Saxony
  • VAI – Vaihingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • VB – Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse
  • VEC – Vechta, Lower Saxony
  • VER – Verden, Lower Saxony
  • VIB – Vilsbiburg, Bavaria
  • VIE – Viersen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • VIT – Viechtach, Bavaria
  • VK – Völklingen, Saarland
  • VL – Villingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • VOF – Vilshofen, Bavaria
  • VOH – Vohenstrauß, Bavaria
  • VS – Villingen-Schwenningen & Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis,
  • Baden-Württemberg
  • W – Wuppertal, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • WA – Waldeck, Hesse
  • WAF – Kreis Warendorf, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • WAK – Wartburgkreis, Thuringia
  • WAN – Wanne-Eickel, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • WAR – Warburg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • WAT – Wattenscheid, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • WB – Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt
  • WBS – Worbis, Thuringia
  • WD – Weidenbrück, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • WDA – Werdau, Saxony
  • WE – Weimar, Thuringia
  • WEB – Westerburg, Rhineland Palatinate
  • WEG – Wegscheid, Bavaria
  • WEL – Weilburg, Hesse
  • WEM – Wesermünde, Lower Saxony
  • WEN – Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria
  • WER – Wertingen, Bavaria
  • WES – Wesel, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • WF – Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony
  • WG – Wangen, Baden-Württemberg
  • WHV – Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony
  • WI – Wiesbaden, Hesse
  • WIL – Wittlich & Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland Palatinate
  • WIS – Wismarer Land
  • WIT – Witten, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  • WIZ – Witzenhausen, Hesse
  • WK – Wittstock, Brandenburg
  • WL – Winsen (Luhe) & Harburg, Lower Saxony
  • WLG – Wolgast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • WM – Weilheim-Schongau, Bavaria
  • WMS – Wolmirstedt, Saxony Anhalt
  • WN – Waiblingen & Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
  • WND – St Wendel, Saarland
  • WO – Worms, Rhineland Palatinate
  • WOB – Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony Volkswagen Massive Plant is here; hence the Wolfsburg Edition
  • WOH – Wolfhagen, Hesse
  • WOL – Wolfach, Baden-Württemberg
  • WOR – Wolfratshausen, Bavaria
  • WOS – Wolfstein, Bavaria
  • WR – Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt
  • WRN – Waren, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • WS – Wasserburg, Bavaria
  • WSF – Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt
  • WST – Westerstede & Ammerland, Lower Saxony
  • WSW – Weißwasser, Saxony
  • WT – Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg
  • WTL – Wittlage, Lower Saxony
  • WTM – Wittmund, Lower Saxony
  • WÜ – Würzburg, Bavaria
  • WUG – Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Bavaria
  • WUM – Waldmünchen, Bavaria
  • WUN – Wunsiedel am Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria
  • WUR – Wurzen, Saxony
  • WW – Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland Palatinate
  • WZ – Wetzlar, Hesse
  • WZL – Wanzleben, Saxony Anhalt
  • X – NATO Forces vehicles
  • Y – Armed Forces vehicles (Bundeswehr)
  • Z – Zwickauer Land, Saxony (since 1991; previously used for
  • Customs (Zoll) vehicles before 1988)
  • ZE – Zerbst, Saxony-Anhalt
  • ZEL – Zell, Rhineland Palatinate
  • ZI – Löbau-Zittau
  • ZIG – Ziegenhain, Hesse
  • ZP – Zschopau, Saxony
  • ZR – Zeulenroda, Thuringia
  • ZS – Zossen, Brandenburg
  • ZW – Zweibrücken, Rhineland Palatinate
  • ZZ – Zeitz, Saxony Anhalt

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