The German word for "postal code" is "Postleitzahl". The abbreviated form is PLZ.
All German postal codes are 5 digits long.
The postal codes for Munich city begin with either 80 or 81.
Significant areas within Munich are as follows:
- City center/Altstadt - 803xx, eg. 80331,
- Isarvorstadt - 804xx, eg. 80469,
- Lehel - 805xx, eg. 80538,
- Neuhausen - 806xx, eg. 80634,
- Schwabing - 808xx, eg. 80801, 80802, 80803, 80804
- Giesing - 815xx, eg. 81539,
- Haidhausen - 816xx, eg. 81669,
- Bogenhausen - 816xx, eg. 81675,
See also: Munich city districts
The postal codes for other areas of Germany are as follows. Note that PLZ borders do not adhere strictly to the state borders (PLZ != Bundesländer). The numbers follow the broad pattern of lower numbers in the north, higher numbers in the south.
- 0xxxx - Saxony, Brandenburg
- 1xxxx - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Berlin
- 2xxxx - Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen
- 3xxxx - Lower Saxony
- 4xxxx - Lower Saxony, Saarland
- 5xxxx - Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate
- 6xxxx - Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate
- 7xxxx - Baden-Württemberg, eg. Stuttgart, Freiburg
- 8xxxx - Munich and Bavaria
- 9xxxx - Northern Bavaria
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