How to address a letter to Germany

Learn how to address and mail letters to Germany - with address examples and many tips.

How to write an address to Germany

Here’s what a typical address in Germany looks like for postal mail.

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Recipient name

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Street name House number

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Postal code City

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Country

Learn more about addresses in Germany

Address example Germany
Basic structure:

Quincy Happy
Wacholderweg 52
26133 Oldenburg
Deutschland

Address example Germany
With additional Information:

Herrn
Quincy Happy
Wacholderweg 52a // Türe Rechts
26133 Oldenburg
Deutschland

Address example Germany
For P.O. box:

Sitftung Warentest
Postfach 3 41 41
10724 Berlin
GERMANY

Postal information

Domestic postal service

Deutsche Post

Country name

Germany

Postal code format

5 digits (eg: 01234)

Standard address field position

Bottom right

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^(\d{5})$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

DE

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

DEU

UN M49 numeric country code

276

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Country information

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Common name (English)

Germany

Official name (English)

Federal Republic of Germany

Native name

Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Deutschland)

Capital

Berlin

Continent

Europe

Subregion

Western Europe

Area

357,114 km²

Borders with

Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland

Currency

EUR (Euro, Symbol: €)

Time zone

UTC+01:00

Google Maps link

https://goo.gl/maps/mD9FBMq1nvXUBrkv6

OpenStreetMap link

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/51477

Total population

83,491,249

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