Lower Saxony postal codes — Germany

Lower Saxony is a state of Germany, made up of one city, 48 (Lower Saxony).

Towns in Lower Saxony include Hanover region, Luneburg, Harburg, Emsland, Luchow-Dannenberg and Grafschaft Bentheim, together with the surrounding localities whose postal codes are listed above.

How postal codes work in Lower Saxony

Germany uses a single national postal-code format, written as 99999. Five digits, numeric only. Codes in Lower Saxony follow that format like everywhere else in the country, for example 48455 for Bad Bentheim.

Codes listed here for Lower Saxony begin with one of these prefixes: 19, 21, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 37, 38, 48 and 49. Each prefix covers the delivery areas of one part of the state.

Postal codes across Germany, Lower Saxony included, are issued and maintained by Deutsche Post (DHL Group).

Addressing format

Addresses in Germany are written [Street name] [House number], [Postal code] [City], and an address in Lower Saxony follows that same order:

Recipient name
[Street name] [House number], 48455 Bad Bentheim

What this dataset covers

This reference dataset lists 50 postal codes for Lower Saxony across its cities, each paired with its locality and, where the source provides them, coordinates and a time zone.