Telephone numbers in Germany

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Country Code: 49
International Call Prefix: 00

There are no standard lengths for either area codes or subscribers' numbers in Germany, meaning that some subscribers' numbers may be as short as three digits. Larger towns have shorter area codes permitting longer subscriber numbers in that area. Some examples:


For complete list see: area codes in Germany

Area code zones in Germany
Area code zones in Germany
00     International access code
010xx(x) dial-around-services (Call by Call - alternative carrier)
011xx  service numbers
012xx  "innovative services", Unified Messaging & non-geographical VoIP
0137x  televoting & TV call-in-shows
0138   teledialog (radio and TV stations)
015x   cell phone *
016x   pagers & cell phone *
017x   cell phone *
0180x  shared-cost-service (partly more expensive than national calls)
0181x  virtual private network (VPN)
01888  government numbers (departments in Berlin or the former capital Bonn) 
0190x  premium rate until December 31st, 2005 (migrated to 0900)
0192x  internet dial-up numbers
0201   Essen
0202   Wuppertal
0203   Duisburg
0211   Düsseldorf
0221   Köln/Cologne
0228   Bonn
0231   Dortmund
0241   Aachen
030    Berlin
0310   announcement of current carrier for long-distance calls
0311   announcement of current carrier for local calls
032x   non-geographical VoIP
0331   Potsdam
0341   Leipzig
0351   Dresden
0361   Erfurt
0381   Rostock
040    Hamburg
0421   Bremen
0431   Kiel
0451   Lübeck
0511   Hannover
0521   Bielefeld
0611   Wiesbaden
0621   Mannheim
06221  Heidelberg
0681   Saarbrücken
069    Frankfurt
0700   lifetime personal numbers (non-geographical)
0711   Stuttgart
0721   Karlsruhe
0800   toll free (within Germany)
089    München/Munich
09001  premium rate (information services)
09003  premium rate (entertainment services)
09005  premium rate (adult services)
09009  premium rate (internet premium dial-up services)
0911   Nürnberg/Nuremberg
0941   Regensburg
110    police
112    fire & ambulance
116116 blocking service (report loss of credit cards, SIM card etc.)
118xx  directory assistance services
19222  medical emergency operator (only in some regions)
19449  local public transportation information (only in some regions)
*(not longer assignable to specific operators due to number portability)

The default length for newly assigned numbers (area code without 0 + subscriber number) is 10 or 11 digits, but there are older shorter numbers in use. Although these have not been lengthened to fit in with newer numbers, they are not reassigned if they fall into disuse. The area codes are, if not counting the national trunk prefix '0', from 2 digits (only for Berlin +49 30, Hamburg +49 40, Frankfurt +49 69 and Munich +49 89) to 5 digits long (for smaller towns in the former East German states +49 3xxxx).

The former East German states were integrated into the Federal Republic's numbering system at 03xxx because Berlin's 030 was the only 03 area code before. The used range is from 0331 (Potsdam) to 039999 (small village Tutow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). Due to limited number range also 5-digit area codes are used there, whereas in the old Federal Republic only 4-digit area codes (without the leading 0) are used.

Callers from the U.S. & Canada need to dial 01149 for Germany and the area code without the "0" prefix and then the local number, like 01149-69-123456789 (example).

Emergency numbers in Germany are 110 for police and 112 for fire and ambulance. In some states, the non-prioritised number 19222 is used for ambulance services, though this is heavily lobbied against and expected to be phased out in the future.

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[edit] 01

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

[edit] 010

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

[edit] 011

  • 011 formerly Value-added services

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 014

  • 014 unassigned

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 090

  • 0900
    • 0900-1 premium-rate information services
    • 0900-3 premium-rate entertainment services
    • 0900-5 premium-rate services (miscellaneous)
    • 0900-9 premium-rate dialer
  • 0901 premium-rate numbers, reserved
  • 0902 replacement for 0137/0138, planned

[edit] 11

  • 110 Emergency number Police
  • 112 Emergency number Fire Service, Ambulance Service
  • 115 proposed as special information number [1]
  • 116116 number for blocking electronic authorisations

[edit] 118

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