Area codes in Germany
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see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc.

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.

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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

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

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)