Telephone numbers in Germany

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

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 0251 Münster 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 0345 Halle (Saale) 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 0951 Bamberg 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 outside Germany do not dial the "0" prefix , like (international call prefix)-49-69-123456789 (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.

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

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

11

*110 Emergency number Police
*112 Emergency number Fire Service, Ambulance Service
*115 proposed as special information number [http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/enid/Nummernverwaltung/ssss5_3vh.html]
*116116 number for blocking electronic authorisations

118

*118xx Directory assistance
**11833 Deutsche Telekom domestic numbers
**11834 Deutsche Telekom foreign numbers
**11837 Deutsche Telekom domestic numbers, English
**11880 Telegate

ee also

*Area codes in Germany

Links

* [http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/enid/Nummernverwaltung/ssss5_3vh.html 115 as special number]