There is also another website where you can find more information on German registration plates www.kfz-nummern.de. It has a fuller listing of old, superseded codes than this webpage.

German vehicle registration plates (Autokennzeichen) start with a group of one, two or three letters, indicating the town or area of current registration: [with thanks to Stefan Heymann]

• 0 - Diplomatic vehicles

• A - Augsburg, Bavaria
• AA - Aalen & Ostalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg
• AB - Aschaffenburg, Bavaria
• ABG - Altenburger Land, Thuringia
• AC - Aachen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• AH - Ahaus, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• AIB - Bad Aibling, Bavaria
• AIC - Aichach-Friedberg, Bavaria
• AE - Auerbach, Saxony
• AK - Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Rhineland Palatinate
• AL - Altena, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• ALF - Alfeld, Lower Saxony
• ALS - Alsfeld, Hesse
• ALZ - Alzenau, Bavaria
• AM - Amberg, Bavaria
• AN - Ansbach, Bavaria
• ANA - Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony
• ANG - Angermünde, Brandenburg
• ANK - Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• AÖ - Altötting, Bavaria
• AP - Apolda & Weimarer Land, Thuringia
• APD - Apolda, Thuringia
• AR - Arnsberg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• ARN - Arnstadt, Thuringia
• ART - Artern, Thuringia
• AS - Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria
• ASD - Aschendorf, Lower Saxony
• ASL - Aschersleben-Staßfurter Landkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
• ASZ - Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony
• AT - Alten-Treptow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• AU - Aue, Saxony
• AUR - Aurich, Lower Saxony
• AW - Ahrweiler, Rhineland Palatinate
• AZ - Alzey-Worms, Rhineland Palatinate
• AZE - Anhalt-Zerbst, Saxony-Anhalt

• B - Berlin
• BA - Bamberg, Bavaria
• BAD - Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg
• BAR - Barnim (Eberswalde), Brandenburg
• BB - Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg
• BBG - Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt
• BBL - Brandenburg Land official vehicles
• BC - Biberach, Baden-Württemberg
• BCH - Buchen, Baden-Württemberg
• BD - Federal German government vehicles (Bundestag / Bundesrat / Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
• BE - Bechum, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BED - Brand-Erbisdorf, Saxony
• BEI - Beilingries, Bavaria
• BEL - Blezig, Brandenburg
• BER - Bernau, Brandenburg
• BF - Burgsteinfurt, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BG - Border police vehicles (Bundesgrenzschutz)
• BGD - Berchtesgaden, Bavaria
• BGL - Berchtesgardener Land, Bavaria
• BH - Bühl, Baden-Württenmberg
• BI - Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BID - Biedenkopf, Hesse
• BIN - Bingen, Rhineland Palatinate
• BIR - Birkenfeld, Rhineland Palatinate
• BIT - Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland Palatinate
• BIW - Bischofswerda, Saxony
• BK - Bördekreis, Saxony-Anhalt (was, pre-1973, Bicknang, Baden-Württemberg)
• BKS - Bernkastel, Rhineland Palatinate
• BL - Balingen & Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg
• BLB - Bad Berleburg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BLK - Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
• BM - Bergheim & Erftkreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BN - Bonn, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BNA - Borna, Saxony
• BO - Bochum, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BÖ - Bördekreis, Saxony-Anhalt
• BOG - Bogen, Bavaria
• BOH - Bocholt, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BOR - Borken, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BOT - Bottrop, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BP - Postal authority vehicles (Bundespost)
• BR - Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg
• BRA - Brake (Unterweser) & Wesermarsch, Lower Saxony
• BRB - Brandenburg, Brandenburg
• BRG - Burg, Saxony-Anhalt
• BRI - Brilon, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BRK - Bad Brückenau, Bavaria
• BRL - Braunlage, Lower Saxony
• BRV - Bremervörde, Lower Saxony
• BS - Brunswick (Braunschweig), Lower Saxony
• BSB - Bersenbrück, Lower Saxony
• BSK - Beeskow, Brandenburg
• BT - Bayreuth, Bavaria
• BTF - Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt
• BU - Burgdorf, Lower Saxony
• BÜD - Büdingen, Hesse
• BUL - Burglengenfeld, Bavaria
• BUR - Buren, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• BÜS - Büsingen & Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg
• BÜZ - Bützow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• BW - Maritime authority vehicles (Bundes-Wasser- und Schiffahrtsverwaltung)
• BWL - Badem-Württemberg Land official vehicles
• BYL - Bavaria State (Bayern Land) official vehicles
• BZ - Bautzen, Saxony
• BZA - Bergzabern, Rhineland Palatinate

• C - Chemnitz, Saxony
• CA - Calau, Brandenburg
• CAS - Castrop-Rauxel, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• CB - Cottbus, Brandenburg
• CE - Celle, Lower Saxony
• CHA - Cham, Bavaria
• CHL - Chemnitzer Land, Kreis Glochau, Saxony
• CLP - Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony
• CLZ - Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony
• CO - Coburg, Bavaria
• COC - Cochem-Zell, Rhineland Palatinate
• COE - Coesfeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• CR - Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg
• CT - Cottbus, Saxony
• CUX - Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony
• CW - Calw, Baden-Württemberg

• D - Düsseldorf, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• DA - Darmstadt & Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse
• DAH - Dachau, Bavaria
• DAN - Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lower Saxony
• DAU - Daun, Rhineland Palatinate
• DB - Rail authority vehicles (Deutsche Bundesbahn)
• DBR - Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• DD - Dresden
• DE - Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt
• DEG - Deggendorf, Bavaria
• DEL - Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony
• DG - Donaueschingen, Baden-Württemberg
• DGF - Dingolfing-Landau, Bavaria
• DH - Diepholz, Lower Saxony
• DI - Dieburg, Hesse
• DIL - Dillenburg, Hesse
• DIN - Dinslaken, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• DIZ - Diez, Rhineland Palatinate
• DKB - Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria
• DL - Döbeln, Saxony
• DLG - Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria
• DM - Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• DN - Düren, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• DO - Dortmund, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• DON - Donau-Ries, Bavaria
• DS - Donaueschingen, Baden-Württemberg
• DT - Detmold & Lippe, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• DU - Duisburg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• DUD - Duderstadt, Lower Saxony
• DÜW - Bad Dürkheim & Weinstraße, Rhineland Palatinate
• DW - Dippoldiswalde & Weißeritzkreis, Saxony
• DZ - Delitzsch, Saxony

• E - Essen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• EA - Eisenach, Thuringia
• EB - Eilenburg, Saxony
• EBE - Ebersberg, Bavaria
• EBN - Ebern, Bavaria
• EBS - Ebermannstadt, Bavaria
• ECK - Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein
• ED - Erding, Bavaria
• EE - Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg
• EF - Erfurt, Thuringia
• EG - Eggenfelden, Bavaria
• EH - Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg
• EHI - Ehingen, Baden-Württemberg
• EI - Eichstätt, Bavaria
• EIC - Eichsfeld, Thuringia
• EIH - Eichstätt, Bavaria
• EIL - Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt
• EIN - Einbeck, Lower Saxony
• EIS - Eisenberg
• EL - Emsland, Lower Saxony
• EM - Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg
• EMD - Emden, Lower Saxony
• EMS - Bad Ems & Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland Palatinate
• EN - Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• ER - Erlangen, Bavaria
• ERB - Erbach & Oldenwaldkreis, Hesse
• ERH - Erlangen-Höchstadt, Bavaria
• ERK - Erkelenz, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• ES - Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg
• ESA - Eisenach, Thuringia
• ESB - Eschenbach, Bavaria
• ESW - Eschwege & Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Hesse
• EU - Euskirchen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• EUT - Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein
• EW - Eberswalde, Brandenburg

• F - Frankfurt am Main, Hesse
• FAL - Fallingbostel, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• FB - Friedberg (Hessen) & Wetteraukreis, Hesse
• FD - Fulda, Hesse
• FDB - Friedberg bei Augsburg, Bavaria
• FDS - Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg
• FEU - Feuchtwangen, Bavaria
• FF - Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, Brandenburg
• FFB - Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria
• FG - Freiberg, Saxony
• FH - Frankfurt am Main/Höchst, Hesse
• FI - Finsterwalde, Brandenburg
• FKB - Frankenberg, Hesse
• FL - Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
• FLÖ - Flöha, Saxony
• FN - Friedrichshafen & Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg
• FO - Forchheim, Bavaria
• FOR - Forst, Brandenburg
• FR - Freiburg im Breisgau & Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg
• FRG - Freyung-Grafenau, Bavaria
• FRI - Friesland, Lower Saxony
• FRW - Bad Freienwalde, Brandenburg
• FS - Freising, Bavaria
• FT - Frankenthal (Pfalz), Rhineland Palatinate
• FTL - Freital, Saxony
• FÜ - Fürth, Bavaria
• FÜS - Füssen, Bavaria
• FW - Fürstenwalde, Brandenburg
• FZ - Fritzlar, Hesse

• G - Gera, Thuringia
• GA - Gardelegen, Saxony Anhalt
• GAN - Bad Gandersheim, Lower Saxony
• GAP - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria
• GC - Glauchau & Chemnitzer Land, Saxony
• GD - Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg
• GDB - Gadesbusch, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• GE - Gelsenkirchen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• GEL - Geldern, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• GEM - Gemünden, Bavaria
• GEO - Gerolzhofen, Bavaria
• GER - Germersheim, Rhineland Palatinate
• GF - Gifhorn, Lower Saxony
• GG - Groß-Gerau, Hesse
• GHA - Geithain, Saxony
• GHC - Gräfenhainichen, Saxony Anhalt
• GI - Gießen, Hesse
• GK - Geilenkirchen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• GL - Bergisch-Gladbach & Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• GLA - Gladbeck, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• GM - Gummersbach & Oberbergischer Kreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• GMN - Grimmen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• GN - Gelnhausen, Hesse
• GNT - Genthin, Saxony Anhalt
• GÖ - Göttingen, Lower Saxony
• GOA - St Goar, Rheinland Palatinate
• GOH - St Goarshausen, Rheinland Palatinate
• GP - Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg
• GR - Görlitz, Saxony
• GRA - Grafenau, Bavaria
• GRH - Grossenheim
• GRI - Griesbach, Bavaria
• GRM - Grimma, Saxony
• GRS - Gransee, Brandenburg
• GRZ - Greiz, Thuringia
• GS - Goslar, Lower Saxony
• GT - Gütersloh, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• GTH - Gotha, Thuringia
• GÜ - Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• GUB - Guben, Brandenburg
• GUN - Gunzenhausen, Bavaria
• GV - Gravenbroich, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• GVM - Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• GW - Greifswald Land, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• GZ - Günzburg, Bavaria

• H - Hanover (Hannover), Lower Saxony
• HA - Hagen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• HAB - Hammelburg, Bavaria
• HAL - Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
• HAM - Hamm, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• HAS - Haßberge, Bavaria
• HB - Hansestadt Bremen
• HBN - Hildburghausen, Thuringia
• HBS - Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt
• HC - Hainichen, Saxony
• HCH - Hechingen, Baden-Württemberg
• HD - Heidelberg & Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
• HDH - Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg
• HDL - Haldensleben, Saxony Anhalt
• HE - Helmstedt, Lower Saxony
• HEB - Hersbruck, Bavaria
• HEF - Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse
• HEI - Heide & Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein
• HEL - Hesse State (Hesse Land) official vehicles
• HER - Herne, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• HET - Hettstedt, Saxony Anhalt
• HF - Herford, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• HG - Bad Homburg vor der Höhe & Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse
• HGN - Hagenow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• HGW - Hansestadt Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• HH - Hansestadt Hamburg
• HHM - Hohenmölsen, Saxony Anhalt
• HI - Hildesheim, Lower Saxony
• HIG - Heiligenstadt, Thuringia
• HIP - Hilpoltstein, Bavaria
• HK - Heidekreis, Lower Saxony
• HL - Hansestadt Lübeck
• HM - Hamelin(Hameln)-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony
• HMU - Hanoversch Münden, Lower Saxony
• HN - Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg
• HO - Hof, Bavaria
• HOG - Hofgeismar, Hesse
• HOH - Hofheim, Bavaria
• HOL - Holzminden, Lower Saxony
• HOM - Homburg & Saar-Pfalz-Kreis, Saarland
• HOR - Horb, Baden-Württemberg
• HÖS - Höchstadt, Bavaria
• HOT - Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony
• HP - Heppenheim an der Bergstraße & Bergstraße, Hesse
• HR - Homberg & Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse
• HRO - Hansestadt Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• HS - Heinsberg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• HSK - Hochsauerlandkreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• HST - Hansestadt Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• HU - Hanau & Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse
• HÜN - Hünfeld, Schleswig-Holstein
• HUS - Husum, Schleswig-Holstein
• HV - Havelberg, Saxony Anhalt
• HVL - Havelland, Brandenburg
• HW - Halle Westfalen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• HWI - Hansestadt Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• HX - Höxter, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• HY - Hoyerswerda, Saxony
• HZ - Herzberg, Brandenburg

• IF - Inter-Service Fleet (official vehicles of US forces stationed in Germany - have USA and the NATO star, rather than D, in the blue field on the left)
• IGB - Stadt St Ingbert & Saar-Pfalz-Kreis, Saarland
• IK - Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia
• IL - Ilmenau, Thuringia
• ILL - Illertissen, Bavaria
• IN - Ingolstadt, Bavaria
• IS - Iserlohn, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• IZ - Itzehoe & Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein

• J - Jena, Thuringia
• JB - Jüterbog, Brandenburg
• JE - Jessen, Saxony Anhalt
• JEV - Jever, Lower Saxony
• JL - Jerichower Land, Saxony-Anhalt
• JÜL - Jülich, North-Rhine-Westphalia

• K - Cologne (Köln), North-Rhine-Westphalia
• KA - Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
• KAR - Karlstadt, Bavaria
• KB - Korbach & Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse
• KC - Kronach, Bavaria
• KE - Kempten (Allgäu), Bavaria
• KEH - Kelheim, Bavaria
• KEL - Kehl, Baden-Württemberg
• KEM - Kemnath, Bavaria
• KF - Kaufbeuren, Bavaria
• KG - Bad Kissingen, Bavaria
• KH - Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland Palatinate
• KI - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
• KIB - Kirchheimbolanden & Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland Palatinate
• KK - Kempen-Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• KL - Kaiserslauten, Rhineland Palatinate
• KLE - Cleves (Kleve), North-Rhine-Westphalia
• KLT - Klingental, Saxony
• KLZ - Klötze, Saxony Anhalt
• KM - Kamenz, Saxony
• KN - Constance (Konstanz), Baden-Württemberg
• KO - Koblenz, Rhineland Palatinate
• KÖN - Kötzting, Bavaria
• KÖT - Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt
• KOZ - Kotzting
• KR - Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• KRU - Krumbach, Bavaria
• KS - Kassel, Hesse
• KT - Kitzingen, Bavaria
• KU - Kulmbach, Bavaria
• KÜN - Küzelsau & Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg
• KUS - Kusel, Rhineland Palatinate
• KW - Königs-Wusterhausen, Brandenburg
• KY - Kyritz, Brandenburg
• KYF - Kyffhäuserkreis, Thuringia

• L - Leipzig, Saxony (since c1990; previously used for Lahn-Dill-Kreis)
• LA - Landshut, Bavaria
• LAN - Landau Isar, Bavaria
• LAT - Lauterbach, Hesse
• LAU - Lauf an der Pegnitz & Nürnberger Land, Bavaria
• LB - Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg
• LBS - Lobenstein, Thuringia
• LBZ - Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• LC - Luckau, Brandenburg
• LD - Landau in der Pfalz, Rhineland Palatinate
• LDK - Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse
• LDS - Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald, Brandenburg
• LE - Lemgo, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• LEO - Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg
• LER - Leer (Ostfriesland), Lower Saxony
• LEV - Leverkusen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• LF - Laufen, Bavaria
• LG - Lüneburg, Lower Saxony
• LH - Lüdinghausen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• LI - Lindau (Bodensee), Bavaria
• LIB - Bad Liebenwerda, Brandenburg
• LIF - Lichtenfels, Bavaria
• LIN - Lingen, Lower Saxony
• LIP - Lippe, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• LK - Lübbecke, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• LL - Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria
• LM - Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse
• LN - Lübben, Brandenburg
• LÖ - Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg
• LÖB - Löbau, Saxony
• LOH - Lohr am Main, Bavaria
• LOS - Landkreis Oder-Spree, Brandenburg
• LP - Lippstadt, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• LR - Lahr, Baden-Württemberg
• LRO - Landkreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• LS - Lüdenscheid, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• LSA - Saxony Anhalt State (Sachsen-Anhalt Land) official vehicles
• LSN - Saxony State (Sachsen Land) official vehicles
• LSZ - Bad Langensalza, Thuringia
• LU - Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland Palatinate
• LÜD - Lüdenscheid, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• LUK - Luckenwalde, Brandenburg
• LÜN - Lünen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• LUP - Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• LWL - Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

• M - Munich (München), Bavaria
• MA - Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg
• MAB - Marienberg, Saxony
• MAI - Mainburg, Bavaria
• MAK - Marktredwitz, Bavaria
• MAL - Mallersdorf, Bavaria
• MAR - Marktheidenfeld, Bavaria
• MB - Miesbach, Bavaria
• MC - Malchin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• MD - Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
• ME - Mettmann, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• MED - Meldorf, Schleswig-Holstein
• MEG - Melsungen, Hesse
• MEI - Meissen, Saxony
• MEK - Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony
• MEL - Melle, Lower Saxony
• MEP - Meppen, Lower Saxony
• MER - Merseburg, Saxony Anhalt
• MES - Meschede, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• MET - Mellrichstadt, Bavaria
• MG - Mönchengladbach, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• MGH - Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Württemberg
• MGN - Meiningen, Thuringia
• MH - Mülheim an der Ruhr, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• MHL - Mühlhausen
• MI - Minden-Lübbecke, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• MIL - Miltenberg, Bavaria
• MK - Märkischer Kreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• MKK - Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen
• ML - Mansfelder Land, Saxony-Anhalt
• MM - Memmingen, Bavaria
• MN - Mindelheim & Unterallgäu, Bavaria
• MO - Moers, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• MOD - Marktoberdorf, Bavaria
• MOL - Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg
• MON - Monschau, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• MOS - Mosbach & Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
• MQ - Merseburg-Querfurt, Saxony-Anhalt
• MR - Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse
• MS - Münster, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• MSE - Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• MSH - Mansfeld-Südharz, Sachsen-Anhalt
• MSP - Main-Spessart-Kreis, Bavaria
• MST - Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• MT - Montabaur, Rhineland Palatinate
• MTK - Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse
• MTL - Muldentalkreis, Saxony
• MÜ - Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria
• MÜB - Münchberg, Bavaria
• MÜL - Müllheim, Baden-Württemberg
• MÜN - Münsingen, Baden-Württemberg
• MÜR - Müritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• MVL - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Land official vehicles
• MW - Mittweida, Saxony
• MY - Mayen, Rhineland Palatinate
• MYK - Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland Palatinate
• MZ - Mainz & Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland Palatinate
• MZG - Merzig-Wadern, Saarland

• N - Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Bavaria
• NAB - Nabburg, Bavaria
• NAI - Naila, Bavaria
• NAU - Nauen, Brandenburg
• NB - Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• ND - Neuberg an der Donau & Neuberg-Schrobenhausen, Bavaria
• NDH - Nordhausen, Thuringia
• NE - Neuss, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• NEA - Neustadt an der Aisch & Bad Windsheim, Bavaria
• NEB - Nebra, Saxony Anhalt
• NEC - Neustadt Coburg, Bavaria
• NEN - Neunburg, Bavaria
• NES - Bad Neustadt an der Saale & Rhön-Grabfeld, Bavaria
• NEU - Neustadt Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg
• NEW - Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria
• NF - Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein
• NH - Neuhaus an der Rennweg, Thuringia (1991-c1994; previously used for Neustadt Haardt, Rhineland Palatinate before 1959)
• NI - Nienberg (Weser), Lower Saxony
• NIB - Niebüll, Schleswig-Holstein
• NK - Neunkirchen/Saar, Saarland
• NL - Lower Saxony State (Niedersachsen Land) official vehicles
• NM - Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria
• NMB - Naumberg, Saxony Anhalt
• NMS - Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein
• NÖ - Nördlingen, Bavaria
• NOH - Nordhorn & Grafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony
• NOL - Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, Saxony
• NOM - Northeim, Lower Saxony
• NOR - Norden, Lower Saxony
• NP - Neuruppin, Brandenburg
• NR - Neuwied am Rhein, Rhineland Palatinate
• NRÜ - Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lower Saxony
• NRW - North-Rhine-Westphalia State (Nordrhein-Westfalen Land) official vehicles
• NU - Neu-Ulm, Bavaria
• NT - Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg
• NVP - Nordvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• NW - Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland Palatinate
• NWM - Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• NY - Niesky, Saxony
• NZ - Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

• OA - Oberallgäu, Bavaria
• OAL - Ostallgäu, Bavaria
• OB - Oberhausen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• OBB - Obernburg, Bavaria
• OBG - Osterburg, Saxony Anhalt
• OC - Oschersleben, Saxony
• OCH - Ochsenfurt, Bavaria
• OD - Bad Oldesloe & Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein
• OE - Olpe, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• OF - Offenbach am Main, Hesse
• OG - Offenburg & Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg
• OH - Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein
• OHA - Osterode am Harz, Lower Saxony
• ÖHR - Öhringen, Baden-Württemberg
• OHV - Oberhavel, Brandenburg
• OHZ - Osterholz, Lower Saxony
• OK - Ohre-Kreis, Saxony-Anhalt
• OL - Oldenburg, Lower Saxony
• OLD - Oldenburg (Holstein), Schleswig-Holstein
• OP - Opladen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• OPR - Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg
• OR - Oranienburg, Brandenburg
• OS - Osnabrück, Lower Saxony
• OSL - Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Brandenburg
• OTT - Otterndorf, Lower Saxony
• OTW - Ottweiler, Saarland
• OVI - Oberviechtach, Bavaria
• OVL - Obervogtland, Saxony
• OVP - Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• OZ - Oschatz, Saxony

• P - Potsdam, Brandenburg
• PA - Passau, Bavaria
• PAF - Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria
• PAN - Pfarrkirchen & Rottal-Inn, Bavaria
• PAR - Parsberg, Bavaria
• PB - Paderborn, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• PCH - Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• PE - Peine, Lower Saxony
• PEG - Pegnitz, Bavraia
• PER - Perleberg, Brandenburg
• PF - Pforzheim & Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg
• PI - Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein
• PIR - Pirna, Saxony
• PK - Pritzwalk, Brandenburg
• PL - Plauen, Saxony
• PLÖ - Plön, Schleswig-Holstein
• PM - Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg
• PN - Pößneck, Thuringia
• PR - Prignitz, Brandenburg
• PRÜ - Prüm, Rhineland Palatinate
• PS - Pirmasens & Südwestpfalz, Rhineland Palatinate
• PW - Pasewalk, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• PZ - Prenzlau, Brandenburg

• QFT - Querfurt, Saxony Anhalt
• QLB - Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt

• R - Regensberg, Bavaria
• RA - Ratstatt, Baden-Württemberg
• RC - Reichenbach, Saxony
• RD - Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein
• RDG - Ribnitz-Damgarten, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• RE - Recklinghausen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• REG - Regen, Bavaria
• REH - Rehau, Bavaria
• REI - Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
• RG - Riesa-Großenhain, Saxony
• RH - Roth bei Nürnberg, Bavaria
• RI - Rinteln, Lower Saxony
• RID - Riedenburg, Bavaria
• RIE - Riesa, Saxony
• RL - Rochlitz, Saxony
• RM - Röbel/Muritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• RN - Rathenow, Brandenburg
• RO - Rosenheim, Bavaria
• ROD - Roding, Bavaria
• ROF - Rotenburg bei Fulda, Hesse
• ROH - Rotenburg Wümme, Lower Saxony
• ROK - Rockenhausen, Rhineland Palatinate
• ROL - Rottenburg Laaber, Bavaria
• ROS - Rostock Land, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• ROT - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria
• ROW - Rotenburg (Wümme) & Bremervörde, Lower Saxony
• RPL - Rhineland Palatinate State (Rheinland-Pfalz Land) official vehicles
• RS - Remscheid, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• RSL - Roßlau, Saxony Anhalt
• RT - Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg
• RU - Rudolstadt
• RÜD - Rüdesheim & Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse
• RÜG - Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• RV - Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg
• RW - Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg
• RWL - North-Rhine-Westphalia State (Nordrhein-Westfalen Land) official vehicles
• RY - Rheydt, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• RZ - Ratzeburg & Hertzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein

• S - Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
• SAB - Saarburg, Rhineland Palatinate
• SAD - Schwandorf, Bavaria
• SÄK - Säckingen, Baden-Württemberg
• SAL - Saarland official vehicles
• SAN - Stadtsteinach, Bavaria
• SAO - Saale-Orla Kreis
• SAW - Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt
• SB - Saarbrücken, Saarland
• SBG - Strasburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• SBK - Schönebeck, Saxony-Anhalt
• SC - Schwabach, Bavaria
• SCZ - Schleiz, Thuringia
• SDH - Sondershausen, Thuringia
• SDL - Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt
• SDT - Schwedt, Brandenburg
• SE - Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein
• SEB - Sebnitz, Saxony
• SEE - Seelow, Brandenburg
• SEF - Scheinfeld, Bavaria
• SEL - Selb, Bavaria
• SF - Sonthofen, Bavaria
• SFA - Soltau-Fallingbostel, Lower Saxony
• SFB - Senftenberg, Brandenburg
• SFT - Staßfurt, Saxony Anhalt
• SG - Solingen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• SGH - Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt
• SH - Schleswig-Holstein Land official vehicles
• SHA - Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg
• SHG - Stadthagen & Schaumburg, Lower Saxony
• SHK - Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia
• SHL - Suhl, Thuringia
• SHS - Sangerhausen
• SI - Siegen-Wittgenstein, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• SIG - Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg
• SIM - Simmern & Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland Palatinate
• SK - Saalkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
• SL - Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
• SLE - Schleiden (Eifel), North-Rhine-Westphalia
• SLF - Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia
• SLG - Saulgau, Baden-Württemberg
• SLK - Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
• SLN - Schmölin, Thuringia
• SLS - Saarlouis, Saarland
• SLÜ - Schlüchtern, Hesse
• SLZ - Bad Salzungen, Thuringia
• SM - Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia
• SMÜ - Schwabmünchen, Bavaria
• SN - Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• SNH - Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
• SO - Soest, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• SOB - Schrobenhausen, Bavaria
• SOG - Schongau, Bavaria
• SOK - Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thuringia
• SOL - Soltau, Lower Saxony
• SÖM - Sömmerda, Thuringia
• SON - Sonneberg, Thuringia
• SP - Speyer, Rhineland Palatinate
• SPB - Spremberg, Brandenburg
• SPN - Spree-Neiße, Brandenburg
• SPR - Springe, Lower Saxony
• SR - Straubing & Straubing-Bogen, Bavaria
• SRB - Strausberg, Brandenburg
• SRO - Stadtroda, Thuringia
• ST - Steinfurt, North-Rhine-Westphalia (since 1975; previously used for Stade in 1956)
• STA - Starnberg, Bavaria
• STB - Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• STD - Stade, Lower Saxony
• STE - Staffelstein, Bavaria
• STH - Stadthagen, Lower Saxony
• STL - Stollberg, Saxony
• STO - Stockach, Baden-Württemberg
• SU - Siegburg & Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• SUL - Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria
• SÜW - Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland Palatinate
• SW - Schweinfurt, Bavaria
• SWA - Bad Schwalbach & Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse
• SWZ - Schwarzakreis
• SY - Syke, Lower Saxony
• SZ - Salzgitter, Lower Saxony
• SZB - Schwarzenberg, Saxony

• TBB - Tauberbischofsheim & Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
• TDO - Nordsachsen [Torgau, Delitzsch & Oschatz], Saxony
• TE - Teterow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1991-c1994; previously used for Tecklenburg, North-Rhine-Westphalia before 1974)
• TET - Teterow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• TF - Teltow-Fläming, Brandenburg
• TG - Torgau, Saxony
• TGO - Thurgau-Oschatz
• THL - Thuringia State (Thüringen Land) official vehicles
• THW - German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (Technisches Hilfswerk) vehicles
• TIR - Tirschenreuth, Bavaria
• TO - Torgau-Oschatz, Saxony
• TÖL - Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Bavaria
• TÖN - Tönning, Schleswig-Holstein
• TP - Templin, Brandenburg
• TR - Trier, Rhineland Palatinate
• TS - Traunstein, Bavaria
• TT - Tettnang, Baden-Württemberg
• TÜ - Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg
• TUT - Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg

• ÜB - Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg
• UE - Uelzen, Lower Saxony
• UEM - Ueckermünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• UER - Uecker-Randow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• UFF - Uffenheim, Bavaria
• UH - Unstrut-Hainich, Thuringia
• UL - Ulm & Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
• UM - Uckermark, Brandenburg
• UN - Unna, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• USI - Usingen, Hesse

• V - Vogtlandkreis, Saxony
• VAI - Vaihingen, Baden-Württemberg
• VB - Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse
• VEC - Vechta, Lower Saxony
• VER - Verden, Lower Saxony
• VG - Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• VIB - Vilsbiburg, Bavaria
• VIE - Viersen, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• VIT - Viechtach, Bavaria
• VK - Völklingen, Saarland
• VL - Villingen, Baden-Württemberg
• VOF - Vilshofen, Bavaria
• VOH - Vohenstrauß, Bavaria
• VR - Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• VS - Villingen-Schwenningen & Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg

• W - Wuppertal, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• WA - Waldeck, Hesse
• WAF - Kreis Warendorf, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• WAK - Wartburgkreis, Thuringia
• WAM - Westliche Altmark
• WAN - Wanne-Eickel, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• WAR - Warburg, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• WAT - Wattenscheid, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• WB - Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt
• WBS - Worbis, Thuringia
• WD - Weidenbrück, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• WDA - Werdau, Saxony
• WE - Weimar, Thuringia
• WEB - Westerburg, Rhineland Palatinate
• WEG - Wegscheid, Bavaria
• WEI - Weimarer Land (Kreis Apolda)
• WEL - Weilburg, Hesse
• WEM - Wesermünde, Lower Saxony
• WEN - Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria
• WER - Wertingen, Bavaria
• WES - Wesel, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• WF - Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony
• WG - Wangen, Baden-Württemberg
• WHV - Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony
• WI - Wiesbaden, Hesse
• WIL - Wittlich & Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland Palatinate
• WIS - Wismarer Land
• WIT - Witten, North-Rhine-Westphalia
• WIZ - Witzenhausen, Hesse
• WK - Wittstock, Brandenburg
• WL - Winsen (Luhe) & Harburg, Lower Saxony
• WLG - Wolgast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• WM - Weilheim-Schongau, Bavaria
• WMS - Wolmirstedt, Saxony Anhalt
• WN - Waiblingen & Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
• WND - St Wendel, Saarland
• WO - Worms, Rhineland Palatinate
• WOB - Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
• WOH - Wolfhagen, Hesse
• WOL - Wolfach, Baden-Württemberg
• WOR - Wolfratshausen, Bavaria
• WOS - Wolfstein, Bavaria
• WR - Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt
• WRN - Waren, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• WS - Wasserburg, Bavaria
• WSF - Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt
• WST - Westerstede & Ammerland, Lower Saxony
• WSW - Weißwasser, Saxony
• WT - Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg
• WTL - Wittlage, Lower Saxony
• WTM - Wittmund, Lower Saxony
• WÜ - Würzburg, Bavaria
• WUG - Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Bavaria
• WUM - Waldmünchen, Bavaria
• WUN - Wunsiedel am Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria
• WUR - Wurzen, Saxony
• WW - Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland Palatinate
• WZ - Wetzlar, Hesse
• WZL - Wanzleben, Saxony Anhalt

• X - NATO Forces vehicles

• Y - Armed Forces vehicles (Bundeswehr)

• Z - Zwickauer Land, Saxony (since 1991; previously used for Customs (Zoll) vehicles before 1988)
• ZE - Zerbst, Saxony-Anhalt
• ZEL - Zell, Rhineland Palatinate
• ZI - Löbau-Zittau
• ZIG - Ziegenhain, Hesse
• ZP - Zschopau, Saxony
• ZR - Zeulenroda, Thuringia
• ZS - Zossen, Brandenburg
• ZW - Zweibrücken, Rhineland Palatinate
• ZZ - Zeitz, Saxony Anhalt