North Rhine-Westphalia postal codes — Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia is a state of Germany, made up of 5 cities.

Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia include Cologne, Dusseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Mettmann and Hochsauerlandkreis, together with the surrounding localities whose postal codes are listed above.

• 33Detmold
• 47Dusseldorf
• 48Munster
• 52Cologne
• 59Arnsberg

How postal codes work in North Rhine-Westphalia

Germany uses a single national postal-code format, written as 99999. Five digits, numeric only. Codes in North Rhine-Westphalia follow that format like everywhere else in the country, for example 59909 for Bestwig.

Codes listed here for North Rhine-Westphalia begin with one of 18 prefixes, ranging from 32 to 59. Each prefix covers the delivery areas of one part of the state.

Postal codes across Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia 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 North Rhine-Westphalia follows that same order:

Recipient name
[Street name] [House number], 59909 Bestwig

What this dataset covers

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