Germany phone book / telephone directory: important phone numbers in Germany, city and federated states codes, how to call

§ German phone book

List of important phone numbers for living and working in Germany. The help desks phone numbers and migrant support services in German and other languages can be found at the links below on the page.

§ The right way to call around Germany. How to make inland calls?

For calling around Germany, first dial "0" (zero) - this is for the domestic long-distance call (DLD), then the city code and the telephone number itself. For intracity calls, you don’t have to tap "0" (zero) and the code of this city. For example: you want to call your friend by 12-34-123 in Hamburg, Germany, so dial as follows:

• Call from another city (DLD): 0 40 12 34 123
• Call within the city (Intracity call): 12 34 123

§ The right way to call from Germany to other countries

For calling from Germany to another country, first tap “00” (two zeros) - this is for the international long-distance call (ILD), then the country code, the city code and the telephone number itself. For example, you want to call London, UK, from Germany by 12-34-123, so dial as follows:

• Call from Germany to London: 00 44 20 12 34 123

§ The right way to call Germany from other countries

For calls from another country to Germany, different rules apply. Usually you have to dial the domestic long-distance (DLD) intercity code first. It may differ depending on the country, for example in United Kingdom it is “00”, then dial the German code “49”, the city code and the phone number itself. Please note: when calling from another country, you don’t have to dial the long-distance access code of Germany. For example, you want to call 12-34-123 from UK to Germany, Hamburg, tap as follows:

• UK call to Germany, Hamburg: 00 49 40 12 34 123

§ International country codes

In the table below you will find international telephone codes of the countries across the world for making calls from Germany. First dial 00 for the international long-distance call (ILD), and then the country code. You can search the directory in English or just browse it from start to finish. To display absolutely all the countries across the world in the table, click on the respective link below the table.

§ Special German telephone codes

A phone code is the beginning of a telephone number, a prefix, following which the telephone number itself is dialed.

Below you will find a list of special telephone codes used in Germany. A phone code is the beginning of a telephone number, a prefix, following which the telephone number itself is dialed.

• 00 - Access to the ILD/ international long-distance line
• 01 - Codes of mobile and service numbers
• 0180 - Codes of paid service and call centers
• from 02 to 09 - City phone numbers, depending on the geographic location
• 032 - Telephone code, regardless of the geographical location (non-geographic numbers)
• 0700 - Personal telephone numbers, regardless of the geographical location (non-geographic numbers)
• 0800 - Codes of telephone numbers for toll-free services
• 0900 - Codes of paid telephone numbers

§ Phone codes of the German lands / federated states

Distribution of the telephone codes in Germany by land (federated state): one land in Germany may use several telephone codes at a time.

• 02 - Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz
• 03 - Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Sachsen, Thüringen
• 04 - Bremen, Hamburg, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein
• 05 - Hessen, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• 06 - Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland
• 07 - Bayern, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz
• 08 - Bayern
• 09 - Bayern, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen

For more information about the distribution of the telephone codes in Germany, see the PDF document at the following link.

§ Telephone codes of the cities in Germany

In the list below, you will find the codes of the major cities in Germany. For calls around Germany, dial “0” (zero) to access the DLD, domestic long-distance line and then the city code. For calls from other countries, first dial the international access code and then the city code, but without zero at the beginning.

• 0 - 30 - Berlin
• 0 - 521 - Bielefeld
• 0 - 234 - Bochum
• 0 - 421 - Bremen
• 0 - 231 - Dortmund
• 0 - 351 - Dresden
• 0 - 203 - Duisburg
• 0 - 211 - Dusseldorf
• 0 - 201 - Essen, Ruhr
• 0 - 69 - Frankfurt am Main
• 0 - 40 - Hamburg
• 0 - 511 - Hannover
• 0 - 221 - Cologne
• 0 - 341 - Leipzig
• 0 - 89 - Munich
• 0 - 911 - Nuremberg
• 0 - 711 - Stuttgart
• 0 - 202 - Wuppertal

You can view a comprehensive list of all telephone codes of the German cities in a PDF document at the following link.

§ Mobile operators in Germany

In the table below, you will find the codes for mobile phone numbers and their respective mobile / cellular operators in Germany.

§ Useful links

• The Central Help Desk for migrants in Germany
• Centers for assistance to victims of forced labour and human trafficking
• Telephone directories of private citizens numbers in Germany online
• How to find a person in Germany by the last and first name?

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