What is Postal codes in Germany?
[[File:German postcode information.png|thumb|350px|German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits]] '''Postal codes in Germany''', {{lang-de|Postleitzahl}} (PLZ) (plural Postleitzahlen), have five numbers. The first two show the wide area, the three other show the postal district. The present system was introduced on [[1 July]] [[1993]]. Before reunification, both the [[Federal Republic of Germany]] (FRG) and the [[German Democratic Republic]] (DDR) used four-digit [[postal code|codes]]. There was a temporary system after [[Reunification of Germany|reunification]]. Between 1989 and 1993 postal codes in the west started with ''W'', [[eg]] ''W-1000 Berlin 30'' (postal districts in western cities were separate from the postal code) and those in the east with ''O'' (for ''Ost''), e.g.: ''O-1234 Berlin''. Companies that posted a lot of letters, {{lang-de|Großkunden}} have their own postal codes, separate from those used for postal districts or PO Box number ranges. Postal regions do not always follow state borders. This is because sometimes it is easier to deliver mail to a place on the border from the other state. The postal regions and some postal codes are: == Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt == === 01 Region Dresden === * 01001-01462 - [[Dresden]] * 01616 - [[Strehla]] * 01654 - 01664 - [[Meißen]] ** 01654 - Meißen ** 01664 - Meißen (centre) * 01731 - [[Kreischa]] * 01762 - [[Hartmannsdorf-Reichenau]], [[Schmiedeberg, Saxony|Schmiedeberg]] * 01774 - [[Pretzchendorf]] * 01809 - [[Dohna]] * 01816 - [[Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel]], [[Bad Gottleuba]], [[Oelsen]], [[Hellendorf]], [[Markersbach]] * 01819 - [[Bahretal]], [[Berggießhübel]], [[Zwiesel]], [[Bahra]], [[Langenhennersdorf]], [[Forsthaus]] * 01825 - [[Börnersdorf]], [[Breitenau]], [[Hennersbach]] * 01833 - [[Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach]], [[Stolpen]] * 01847 - [[Lohmen (Saxony)|Lohmen]] * 01945-01987 are in Brandenburg === 02 Region Bautzen === * 02xxx * 02601-02626 - [[Bautzen]] * 02627 - [[Ratibor]] * 02747 - [[Berthelsdorf]], [[Großhennensdorf]], [[Herrnhut]],