List of license plates of the GDR (1953–1990)

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License plate from the Karl-Marx-Stadt district ("T"), some with a German inspection sticker

The list below of the license plates of the GDR contains all the distinctive signs that were ever valid in the GDR , which were issued between 1953 and the end of 1990. They are no longer valid.

history

The new license plates in type XX 99-99 (without the combinations with 00-00) with black letters on a white background were issued from April 20, 1953. The renaming of the vehicles should be completed by July 31, 1953. From September 1, 1953, the old license plates were no longer valid.

A separate ordinance was issued for Berlin (East) on November 19, 1953. The renaming had to be completed by January 31, 1954.

The second letter (after the district letter ) initially had a special meaning. The meanings 1954 and 1956 as well as the deviating meanings in Berlin (East) from 1954 are given here.

Second
letter
GDR
1954
GDR
1956
Berlin (East)
1954
..A - Car Car
..B State-owned car Car Car
..C - omnibus omnibus
..D - motorcycle motorcycle
..E - Special vehicle -
..F - truck truck
..G Private truck truck -
..H - truck truck
..K - pendant pendant
..L - tractor tractor
..M Nationally owned motorcycle Car -
..P State-owned truck Car -
..V Private motorcycle motorcycle -
..W Private car Commercial vehicle -

Soon a second district letter had to be introduced in some districts. In the district of Karl-Marx-Stadt , this was already the case in 1956. In 1957 they were ready in the Dresden district . Magdeburg , Halle and Leipzig followed in 1959. In March 1960, the Erfurt district was the last to receive a second district letter, until Potsdam finally followed suit on January 28, 1971.

From around 1960 the previous labeling was abandoned. Instead, the second letter could now be used to identify the respective approval district. However, for this purpose it was essential to know the type of vehicle, as the license plates were often assigned twice.

When this identification system also reached its limits, from October 1, 1974, for vehicles with the exception of motorcycles, license plates with three letters and three digits of the type XXX 9-99 (without the combinations with 0-00) also have black letters introduced on a white background. The second letter indicated the approval district. The license plate dimensions have been increased. The registration of vehicles with license plates in old dimensions was allowed until December 31, 1975.

The GDR license plates were issued after October 3 until December 31, 1990. They had to be exchanged for the new (German) license plates by December 31, 1993. This exchange took place successively. It was officially announced when the respective license plates were to be exchanged.

Distinctive signs

There were two different types of distinctive signs in the GDR:

In the first series with a pair of letters, the first letter referred to the responsible district. The distribution of the second letter and the identification numbers within the respective district is not easy to see. You need license plate lists for this and you also need to know about the type of vehicle (motorcycle, car, truck, etc., including trailer), especially since it was common to assign the same letter-number combination twice.

In the second series with a triplet of letters (three consecutive letters), the first letter again referred to the responsible district. A sub-distribution to the districts and city districts is possible using the second letter. If a city is both a city district and the district town of the district of the same name surrounding it, the same letter pairs have been assigned to both administrative units. A possible division between the district and the urban district is not known.

First letter: district

The first letter of the license plate indicated the district in which the vehicle was registered. The letters were assigned from A to Z in a north-south direction. Some districts had two different possible letters as identification.

A different letter was obviously originally intended for the Cottbus district (F or G).

Letter (s) district
A. Rostock district
B. Schwerin district
C. Neubrandenburg district
D, P Potsdam district
E. Frankfurt (Oder) district
H, M Magdeburg district
I. Berlin, capital of the GDR
K, V Halle district
L, F District of Erfurt
N Gera district
O District of Suhl
R, Y Dresden district
S, U Leipzig district
T, X Karl-Marx-Stadt district
Z Cottbus district

First series of license plates: two letters

While the first letter was assigned to the respective district, the second letter and the number combination could be used to identify the respective approval district. However, for this purpose it was essential to know the type of vehicle, as the license plates were often assigned twice.

For example, the following number groups of license plates were assigned with two letters in the Weisswasser district :

motorcycles Car buses truck tensile
machine
Special vehicle Single-axle
trailer
Multi-axle
trailer
ZA 25-51 to
ZA 30-00
ZA 25-51 to
ZA 30-00
ZA 56-01 to
ZA 61-00
ZA 56-01 to
ZA 61-00
ZC 10-01 to
ZC 20-00
ZC 10-01 to
ZC 20-00
ZC 10-01 to
ZC 20-00
ZC 10-01 to
ZC 20-00
ZC 10-01 to
ZC 20-00
ZC 10-01 to
ZC 20-00
ZC 30-01 to
ZC 45-00
ZC 30-01 to
ZC 45-00
ZC 30-01 to
ZC 45-00
ZC 30-01 to
ZC 45-00
ZC 30-01 to
ZC 45-00
ZC 30-01 to
ZC 45-00
ZF 35-01 to
ZF 50-00
ZF 35-01 to
ZF 50-00
ZF 35-01 to
ZF 50-00
ZF 35-01 to
ZF 50-00
ZF 35-01 to
ZF 50-00
ZF 35-01 to
ZF 50-00
ZJ 50-01 to
ZJ 70-00
ZJ 50-01 to
ZJ 70-00
ZK 73-81 to
ZK 86-00
ZK 73-81 to
ZK 86-00
ZK 73-81 to
ZK 86-00
ZK 73-81 to
ZK 86-00
ZK 73-81 to
ZK 86-00
ZK 73-81 to
ZK 86-00
ZK 75-01 to
ZK 85-00
ZL 40-01 to
ZL 60-00
ZL 40-01 to
ZL 60-00
ZO 10-16 to
ZO 17-50
ZO 10-16 to
ZO 17-50
ZO 10-16 to
ZO 17-50
ZO 10-16 to
ZO 17-50
ZO 10-16 to
ZO 17-50
ZO 10-16 to
ZO 17-50
ZO 80-01 to
ZO 85-00
ZO 80-01 to
ZO 85-00
ZO 80-01 to
ZO 85-00
ZO 80-01 to
ZO 85-00
ZO 80-01 to
ZO 85-00
ZO 80-01 to
ZO 85-00
ZR 10-46 to
ZR 17-30
ZR 10-46 to
ZR 17-30
ZR 10-46 to
ZR 17-30
ZR 10-46 to
ZR 17-30
ZR 10-46 to
ZR 17-30
ZR 10-46 to
ZR 17-30
ZS 45-16 to
ZS 50-00
ZS 45-16 to
ZS 50-00
ZS 45-16 to
ZS 50-00
ZS 45-16 to
ZS 50-00
ZS 45-16 to
ZS 50-00
ZS 45-16 to
ZS 50-00
ZU 20-01 to
ZU 30-00
ZU 20-01 to
ZU 30-00
ZU 20-01 to
ZU 30-00
ZU 20-01 to
ZU 30-00
ZU 20-01 to
ZU 30-00
ZU 20-01 to
ZU 30-00
ZV 60-01 to
ZV 80-00
ZV 60-01 to
ZV 80-00
ZX 50-01 to
ZX 99-99

First series of license plates: motorcycles

There was a special feature for the approval of the motorcycles. While license plates with three letters were assigned to other motor vehicles and trailers as a rule from 1974, and no later than 1976 at the latest, only two-letter license plates were issued for motorcycles until 1990.

The last motorcycle series of the individual registration offices that were issued up to the end of 1990, as far as they can be determined, now follow for each district. This was the case for the districts listed below.

Gera district

District or city district letters and numbers
Eisenberg district NX 00-01 to NX 30-00 and NZ 01-01 to NZ 05-00
Gera and the Gera-Land district NZ 05-01 to NZ 30-00
Greiz district NX 30-01 to NX 60-00 and NZ 30-01 to NZ 40-00
Jena and the Jena-Land district NX 60-00 to NX 99-99 and NZ 40-01 to NZ 55-00
Lobenstein district NY 00-01 to NY 20-00 and NZ 55-01 to NZ 60-00
Pößneck district NY 20-01 to NY 50-00 and NZ 60-01 to NZ 68-00
Rudolstadt district NY 50-01 to NY 80-00 and NZ 75-01 to NZ 85-00
Saalfeld district NY 80-01 to NY 99-99 and NZ 68-01 to NZ 75-00
Schleiz district NZ 85-01 to NZ 90-00
Stadtroda district NZ 90-01 to NZ 95-00
Zeulenroda district NZ 95-01 to NZ 99-99

Halle district

District or city district Letter pairs
Artern district VE 35-01 to VE 99-99
Aschersleben district VF 00-01 to VF 99-99
Bernburg district VG 00-01 to VG 50-00
Bitterfeld district VG 50-01 to VG 99-99
Dessau VJ 00-01 to VJ 99-99 and VH 00-01 to VH 30-00 1
Eisleben district VL 00-01 to VL 50-00 and VH 30-01 to VH 60-00 1
Graefenhainichen district VL 50-01 to VL 99-99
Halle (Saale) VM 00-01 to VM 99-99 and VH 60-01 to VH 99-99 1
District of Hettstedt VO 00-01 to VO 50-00
Hohenmölsen district VO 50-01 to VO 99-99
District of Koethen VR 00-01 to VR 50-00 and VK 00-01 to VK 30-00 1
Merseburg district VS 00-01 to VS 99-99 and VK 30-01 to VK 70-00 1
Naumburg district VR 50-01 to VR 99-99
Nebra district VT 00-01 to VT 50-00
Quedlinburg district VU 00-01 to VU 99-99 and VK 70-01 to VK 99-99 1
Querfurt district VT 50-01 to VT 99-99 and VN 00-01 to VN 15-00
District of Rosslau VV 00-01 to VV 99-99
Sangerhausen district VW 00-01 to VW 99-99 and VN 80-01 to VN 99-99 1
Weißenfels district VX 00-01 to VX 99-99
Wittenberg district VY 00-01 to VY 99-99 and VN 15-01 to VN 45-00 1
Kreis Zeitz VZ 00-00 to VZ 99-99 and VN 45-01 to VN 80-00 1

footnote

1 The series with the letter pairs VH , VK and VN were assigned to the approval districts that did not get along with the previously allocated series.

Cottbus district

The series with ZW 00-01 to ZW 50-00 was not issued.

District or city district letters and numbers
Bad Liebenwerda district ZX 00-01 to ZX 50-00
Calau district ZR 00-01 to ZR 99-99
Cottbus and the Cottbus-Land district ZV 00-01 to ZV 99-99
Finsterwalde district ZT 50-01 to ZT 99-99
Forest district ZW 50-01 to ZW 99-99 and ZU 45-01 to ZU 60-00 1
District of Guben ZP 63-81 to ZP 73-80 2
Herzberg district ZT 00-01 to ZT 50-00 and ZU 60-01 to ZU 60-99 1
District of Hoyerswerda ZZ 00-01 to ZZ 99-99 and ZU 30-01 to ZU 45-00 1
Jessen district ZP 98-01 to ZP 99-99 2
Luckau district ZN 60-01 to ZN 80-00 2
Lübben district ZS 00-01 to ZS 50-00 and ZU 00-01 to ZU 10-00 1
Senftenberg district ZY 00-01 to ZY 99-99
Spremberg district ZS 50-01 to ZS 99-99 and ZU 10-01 to ZU 20-00 1
Weißwasser district ZX 50-01 to ZX 99-99 and ZU 20-01 to ZU 30-00 1

Footnotes

1 The series with the letter pair ZU was assigned to the approval districts that did not get along with the series that were previously allocated.
2 These were the last regular motorcycle series in these registration areas. Obviously, further assignments from the lower part of the alphabet were not required.

First series of license plates: highest identification numbers

district motorcycles Other vehicles
and trailers
Rostock district AZ 99-99 AZ 99-99
Schwerin district BY 99-99 BZ 75-00
Neubrandenburg district CZ 99-99 CZ 99-99
Potsdam district DY 99-99 PZ 99-99
Frankfurt (Oder) district EU 99-99 EZ 99-99
Magdeburg district HY 99-99 MZ 99-99
Halle district VZ 99-99 VZ 99-99
District of Erfurt FB 09-50 FZ 99-99
Gera district NZ 99-99 NZ 99-99
District of Suhl OZ 99-99 OZ 60-00
Dresden district YX 99-99 YZ 99-99
Leipzig district UG 99-99 UZ 99-99
Karl-Marx-Stadt district XZ 99-99 XZ 99-99
Cottbus district ZZ 99-99 ZZ 99-99

First series of license plates: unallocated pairs of letters

Were not allocated

First number plate series: special feature

The letter combination UC was reserved for vehicles sold through Genex .

Second series of license plates: three letters

These license plates could be used for all vehicles and trailers with the exception of motorcycles. The first two letters that act as distinguishing signs are given.

Rostock district

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Bad Doberan district AA
Greifswald and Greifswald-Land district AB, AC
Grevesmühlen district AD
Grimmen district AE
Ribnitz-Damgarten district AF, AG
Rostock and the Rostock-Land district AH, AI, AJ, AK, AL, AM
Rügen district AN, AO
Stralsund and the Stralsund-Land district AP, AR
Wismar and the Wismar-Land district AS, AT
Wolgast district AU, AV

Schwerin district

District or city district Letter pair (s)
District of Bützow BA
District of Gadebusch BB
District of Güstrow BC, BD
District of Hagenow BE, BF
Ludwigslust district BG, BH
District of Lübz BI, BJ
Parchim district BK, BL
Perleberg district BM, BN, BO
Schwerin and the Schwerin-Land district BP, BR, BS, BT
Sternberg district BU

Neubrandenburg district

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Altentreptow district CA
Circle Anklam CB
District Demmin CC, CD
Malchin County CE
Neubrandenburg and the district of Neubrandenburg-Land CF, CG, CH
Neustrelitz district CI, CJ
Pasewalk district CK
Prenzlau district CL
District of Röbel / Müritz CM
Strasburg district CN
Templin district CO
Teterow district CP
Ueckermünde district CR, CS
Circle goods CT, CV

Potsdam district

The Potsdam district did not need its second identification letter P for these license plates with one exception: All vehicles whose license plates began with a P came from the Oranienburg district and had the N or O as the second letter .

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Belzig district THERE
Brandenburg and the Brandenburg-Land district DB, DC
Gransee district DE
Jüterbog district DF
Koenigs Wusterhausen district DG, DH
Kyritz district DI
Luckenwalde district DJ
Nauen district DK, DL
Neuruppin district DM
Oranienburg district DN, DO, PN, PO
Potsdam and Potsdam-Land district DP, DR, DS, DT
Pritzwalk district YOU
Rathenow district DV, DW
Wittstock district DX
District of Zossen DY, DZ

Frankfurt district

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Angermünde district EA
Bad Freienwalde district EB
Beeskow district EC
Bernau district ED, EE
Eberswalde district EF, EG, EL
Eisenhüttenstadt and the Eisenhüttenstadt-Land district EH, EI
Frankfurt (Oder) EJ, EK, EL
Fürstenwalde district EM, EN, EO
Seelow district EP
District of Strausberg ER, IT, ET
Schwedt / Oder EU

Magdeburg district

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Circle castle HA, MA
Gardelegen district HB, MB
Genthin County HC, MC
Halberstadt district HD, HE, MD
District of Haldensleben HF, MF
District of Havelberg HG, MG
District Kalbe (Milde) HH
Circle blocks HI, MI
Magdeburg HJ, HK, HS, MK
Oschersleben district HL, ML
Osterburg district HMMM
Salzwedel district HN, HH 1
Schönebeck district HO, HP, MO
Staßfurt district HR, MR
Stendal district HT, MU, HV 2
Tangerhütte district HV
Wanzleben district HW, MW
Wernigerode district HX, MX
Wolmirstedt district HY, MY
Circle Zerbst HZ, MZ

Footnotes

1 First, the district of Salzwedel received the letter combination HN , from 1988 also HH from the dissolved district of Kalbe (Milde) .
2 Initially, the district of Stendal received the letter combinations HT and MU , from 1988 also HV from the dissolved district of Tangerhütte .

Berlin (East)

city Letter pairs
Berlin (East) IA, IB, IC, ... IY, IZ (without IQ)

Halle district

District or city district Letter pairs
Artern district KA, VA
Aschersleben district KB, VB
Bernburg district KC, VC
Bitterfeld district KD, KE, VD, VE
Dessau KF, VF
Eisleben district KG, VG
Graefenhainichen district KH, VH
Halle (Saale) KI, KJ, KK 1 , VI, VJ, VK 1
District of Hettstedt KL, VL
Hohenmölsen district KM, VM
District of Koethen KN, VN
Merseburg district KO, KP, VO, VP
Naumburg district KR, VR
Nebra district KS, VS
Quedlinburg district KT, VT
Querfurt district KU, VU
District of Rosslau KV, VV
Sangerhausen district KW, VW
Weißenfels district KX, VX
Wittenberg district KY, VY
Kreis Zeitz KZ, VZ

footnote

1 Initially, the city of Halle (Saale) received the letter combinations KI , KJ , VI and VJ , and in 1990 also KK and VK from the incorporated city of Halle-Neustadt .

District of Erfurt

The district of Erfurt did not need its second identification letter F for these license plates.

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Apolda district LA
Arnstadt district LB, LC
Eisenach district LD, LE, LF
Erfurt and the district of Erfurt-Land LG, LH, LI, LJ, LK
Gotha district LL, LM, LN
Heiligenstadt district LO
Langensalza district LP
Mühlhausen district LR, LS
Nordhausen district LT, LU
Sömmerda district LV
Sondershausen district LW
Weimar and the Weimar-Land district LX, LY
Worbis district LZ

Gera district

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Eisenberg district N / A
Gera and the Gera-Land district NB, NC, ND, NE, NV 1 , NW
Greiz district NF
Jena and the Jena-Land district NG, NH, NI
Lobenstein district NJ
Pößneck district NL
Rudolstadt district NM
Saalfeld district NN, NO
Schleiz district NP, NO
Stadtroda district NS
Zeulenroda district NT, NU

footnote

1 The letter combination NVA was not assigned.

District of Suhl

District or city district Letter pairs
Bad Salzungen district OA, OB, OC
Hildburghausen district OD, OE, OF
District of Ilmenau OG, OH, OI
Meiningen district OJ, OK, OL
Neuhaus district OM, ON
Schmalkalden district OO, OP, OR
Sonneberg district OS, OT, OU
Suhl and the district of Suhl-Land OV, OW, OX

Dresden district

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Bautzen district RA, RB, YA
District of Bischofswerda RC, YC
District of Dippoldiswalde RD
Dresden and Dresden-Land district RE, RF, RG, RH, YB, YE, YF, YG, YH, YI, YK, YR, YZ
Freital district RI, RJ
Görlitz and the district of Görlitz-Land RK, RL
Grossenhain district RM
Kamenz district RN
Löbau district RO, YO
Meissen district RP, RR, YP
Niesky district RS
Pirna district RT, RU, YT
Riesa district RV, RW, YV
Sebnitz district RX
Zittau district RY, RZ, YY

Leipzig district

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Altenburg district SA, SB
Borna district SC, SD
Delitzsch district SE
Chub district SF, SG
District of Eilenburg SH
Geithain district SI
Grimma district SJ
Leipzig and the Leipzig-Land district SK, SL, SM, SN, SO, SP, SR, SS, ST, SU, SV
Oschatz district SW
District of Schmölln SX
Torgau district SY
Wurzen district SZ

No license plates with three-letter combinations starting with U were assigned.

Karl-Marx-Stadt district

From January 1, 1990, the district was again called Chemnitz District .

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Annaberg district TA, XA
Aue district TB, XB
Auerbach district TC
Brand-Erbisdorf district TD, XD
Chemnitz and Chemnitz-Land TJ, TK, TL, TM, XJ, XK, XL, XM
District of Flöha TE, XE
Freiberg district TF, XF
Glauchau district TG, XG
Hainichen district TH
Hohenstein-Ernstthal district TI, XI
Karl-Marx-Stadt and Karl-Marx-Stadt-Land district TJ, TK, TL, TM, XJ, XK, XL, XM
Klingenthal district TN, XN
Marienberg district TO, XO
Oelsnitz district TP, XP
Plauen and the Plauen-Land district TR, XR
Reichenbach district TS, XS
Rochlitz district TT
Schwarzenberg district TU
Stollberg district TV, XV
Werdau district TW, XW
Zschopau district TX
Zwickau and the Zwickau-Land district TY, TZ, XY

Cottbus district

District or city district Letter pair (s)
Bad Liebenwerda district ZA
Calau district E.g.
Cottbus and the Cottbus-Land district ZC, ZD, ZE
Finsterwalde district ZF
Forest district ZG
District of Guben ZH
Herzberg district ZI
District of Hoyerswerda ZJ, ZK, ZT
Jessen district ZL
Luckau district ZM
Lübben district ZN
Senftenberg district ZO, ZP
Spremberg district ZR
Weißwasser district ZS

Second series of license plates: vehicles of foreign citizens

From around 1975, the vehicles of foreign citizens who were temporarily in the GDR were given license plates with three letters and three digits. This also applied to motorcycles.

Rostock district

District or city district Triple of letters
Bad Doberan district AAZ
Greifswald and Greifswald-Land district ABZ
Grevesmühlen district ADZ
Grimmen district AEZ
Ribnitz-Damgarten district AFZ, AGZ
Rostock and the Rostock-Land district AHZ, AKZ, AMZ
Rügen district ANZ
Stralsund and the Stralsund-Land district APZ
Wismar and the Wismar-Land district ASZ
Wolgast district AUZ

Schwerin district

District or city district Triple of letters
District of Bützow BAZ
District of Gadebusch BBZ
District of Güstrow BCZ
District of Hagenow BEZ
Ludwigslust district BGZ
District of Lübz BIZ
Parchim district BKZ
Perleberg district BMZ
Schwerin and the Schwerin-Land district BPZ
Sternberg district BUZ

Neubrandenburg district

District or city district Triple of letters
Altentreptow district CAZ
Circle Anklam CBZ
District Demmin CCZ
Malchin County CEZ
Neubrandenburg and the district of Neubrandenburg-Land CFZ
Neustrelitz district CIZ
Pasewalk district CKZ
Prenzlau district CLZ
District of Röbel / Müritz CMZ
Strasburg district CNZ
Templin district COZ
Teterow district CPZ
Ueckermünde district CSZ
Circle goods CTZ

Potsdam district

District or city district Triple of letters
Belzig district DAZ
Brandenburg and the Brandenburg-Land district DBZ
Gransee district DEC
Jüterbog district DFZ
Koenigs Wusterhausen district DGZ
Kyritz district DIZ
Luckenwalde district DJZ
Nauen district DKZ
Neuruppin district DMZ
Oranienburg district DNZ
Potsdam and Potsdam-Land district DPZ
Pritzwalk district DUZ
Rathenow district DVZ
Wittstock district DXZ
District of Zossen DYZ

Frankfurt district

District or city district Triple of letters
Angermünde district EAZ
Bad Freienwalde district EBZ
Beeskow district ECZ
Bernau district EDZ, EEZ
Eberswalde district EFZ, EGZ
Eisenhüttenstadt and the Eisenhüttenstadt-Land district EHZ
Frankfurt (Oder) EJZ
Fürstenwalde district EMZ
Seelow district EPZ
District of Strausberg ETZ
Schwedt / Oder EUA, EUZ

Magdeburg district

District or city district Triple of letters
Circle castle HAZ
Gardelegen district HBZ
Genthin County HCZ
Halberstadt district HDZ
District of Haldensleben HFZ
District of Havelberg HGZ
District Kalbe (Milde) HHZ
Circle blocks HIZ
Magdeburg HJZ, HKZ
Oschersleben district HLZ
Osterburg district HMZ
Salzwedel district HNZ
Schönebeck district HOZ
Staßfurt district HRZ
Stendal district HTZ
Tangerhütte district Peak hours
Wanzleben district HWZ
Wernigerode district HXZ
Wolmirstedt district HYZ
Circle Zerbst HZZ

Berlin (East)

city Triple of letters
Berlin (East) IZZ

Halle district

District or city district Triple of letters
Artern district KAZ
Aschersleben district KBZ
Bernburg district KCZ
Bitterfeld district KDZ
Dessau Car
Eisleben district KGZ
Graefenhainichen district KHZ
Halle (Saale) KIZ
District of Hettstedt KLZ
Hohenmölsen district KMZ
District of Koethen KNZ
Merseburg district KOZ
Naumburg district KRZ
Nebra district KSZ
Quedlinburg district KTZ
Querfurt district KUZ
District of Rosslau KVZ
Sangerhausen district KWZ
Weißenfels district KXZ
Wittenberg district KYZ
Kreis Zeitz KZZ

District of Erfurt

District or city district Triple of letters
Apolda district LAZ
Arnstadt district LBZ
Eisenach district LDZ
Erfurt and the district of Erfurt-Land LGZ
Gotha district LLZ
Heiligenstadt district LOZ
Langensalza district LPZ
Mühlhausen district LRZ
Nordhausen district LTZ
Sömmerda district LVZ
Sondershausen district LWZ
Weimar and the Weimar-Land district LXZ
Worbis district LZZ

Gera district

District or city district Triple of letters
Eisenberg district NAZ
Gera and the Gera-Land district NEZ
Greiz district Commercial vehicles
Jena and the Jena-Land district NIZ
Lobenstein district NJZ
Pößneck district NLZ
Rudolstadt district NMZ
Saalfeld district NOZ
Schleiz district NRZ
Stadtroda district NSZ
Zeulenroda district NUZ

District of Suhl

District or city district Triple of letters
Bad Salzungen district OAZ
Hildburghausen district OEZ, ODH
District of Ilmenau OGZ
Meiningen district OKZ
Neuhaus district OMZ
Schmalkalden district OOZ
Sonneberg district OSZ
Suhl and the district of Suhl-Land OVZ

Dresden district

District or city district Triple of letters
Bautzen district RAZ
District of Bischofswerda RCZ
District of Dippoldiswalde RDZ
Dresden and Dresden-Land district REZ, RFZ, RGZ, RHZ
Freital district RIZ
Görlitz and the district of Görlitz-Land RKZ
Grossenhain district RMZ
Kamenz district RNZ
Löbau district RON
Meissen district RPZ
Niesky district RSZ
Pirna district RTZ
Riesa district RVZ
Sebnitz district RXZ
Zittau district RYZ, RZZ

Leipzig district

District or city district Triple of letters
Altenburg district SAZ
Borna district SCZ
Delitzsch district SEZ, SDZ
Chub district SFZ
District of Eilenburg SHZ
Geithain district SIZ
Grimma district SJZ
Leipzig and the Leipzig-Land district SKZ
Oschatz district SWZ
District of Schmölln SXZ
Torgau district SYZ
Wurzen district SZZ

Karl-Marx-Stadt district

From January 1, 1990, the district was again called Chemnitz District .

District or city district Triple of letters
Annaberg district TAZ
Aue district TBZ
Auerbach district TCZ
Brand-Erbisdorf district TDZ
Chemnitz and Chemnitz-Land TJZ
District of Flöha TEZ
Freiberg district TFZ
Glauchau district TGZ
Hainichen district THZ
Hohenstein-Ernstthal district TIZ
Karl-Marx-Stadt and Karl-Marx-Stadt-Land district TJZ
Klingenthal district TNZ
Marienberg district TOZ
Oelsnitz district TPZ
Plauen and the Plauen-Land district TRZ
Reichenbach district TSZ
Rochlitz district TTZ
Schwarzenberg district TUZ
Stollberg district TVZ
Werdau district TWZ
Zschopau district TXZ
Zwickau and the Zwickau-Land district TZZ

Cottbus district

District or city district Triple of letters
Bad Liebenwerda district ZAZ
Calau district ZBZ
Cottbus and the Cottbus-Land district ZCZ
Finsterwalde district ZFZ
Forest district ZGZ
District of Guben ZHZ
Herzberg district ZIZ
District of Hoyerswerda ZJZ
Jessen district ZLZ
Luckau district ZMZ
Lübben district ZNZ
Senftenberg district ZOZ
Spremberg district ZRZ
Weißwasser district ZSZ

People's Police

License plate of the People's Police in the Potsdam district

The identification numbers of the People's Police bore the letters V and P on top of each other , a two-digit key number for the district and a four-digit number behind the line.

The key numbers were:

  • 00: Berlin (East)
  • 01: Rostock district
  • 02: Schwerin district
  • 03: Neubrandenburg district
  • 04: Potsdam district
  • 05: District Frankfurt (Oder)
  • 06: Cottbus district
  • 07: Magdeburg district
  • 08: Halle (Saale) district
  • 09: Erfurt district
  • 10: Gera district
  • 11: Suhl district
  • 12: Dresden district
  • 13: Leipzig district
  • 14: Karl-Marx-Stadt district (Chemnitz)

After the fall of the Wall there were also license plates that only bore the letter P.

Barracked People's Police

From June 27, 1955, license plates of the vehicles of the barracked People's Police no longer had the traditional VP plates, but new ones based on the pattern X-9-99-99. B, D, F, I and R have been used as letters, and maybe others as well.

The type of vehicle was specified with the number after the letter:

  • 1: motorcycles
  • 2: car
  • 3: cars
  • 4: Trucks (also towing vehicles and special vehicles)
  • 5: Trucks (also towing vehicles and special vehicles)
  • 6: Trucks (also towing vehicles and special vehicles)
  • 7: Tractors, half-track and chain vehicles
  • 8: Buses and medical vehicles
  • 9: Trailer (also special trailer)

National Peoples Army

NVA license plate, single line
two-line license plate for motorcycles

The National People's Army was established on March 1, 1956. Their vehicles received the distinctive sign VA . The letters were initially on top of each other. It was followed by a number, a hyphen and a four-digit number.

The type of vehicle was specified with the number after the letter:

  • 1: motorcycles
  • 2: car
  • 3: cars
  • 4: Trucks (also towing vehicles and special vehicles)
  • 5: Trucks (also towing vehicles and special vehicles)
  • 6: Trucks (also towing vehicles and special vehicles)
  • 7: Tractors, half-track and chain vehicles
  • 8: Buses and medical vehicles
  • 9: Trailer (also special trailer)

From around 1960, the distinguishing mark was followed by two digits, a hyphen and a four-digit number. Single-line license plates had the letters VA one above the other, and two -line license plates next to each other.

On January 1, 1976 the license plates were changed. The letters VA were now always next to each other. There was a division. The second digit was now decisive for the classification.

  • 91, 92: trailers and special trailers
  • 93: Motorcycles
  • 94, 95: cars
  • 90, 96, 97, 98, 99: trucks, small trucks, special trucks

The 9 stands for any digit with the exception of the 0 .

Border troops and border guards

After the establishment of the border troops on September 15, 1961, their vehicles were probably given license plates from November 15, 1961, with the letters GT as identification . This was followed - separated by a line - a two- and a four-digit number.

After March 14, 1990 (elections to the People's Chamber) the distinctive symbol GS was chosen for the border troops renamed as Border Guard . The number plate structure was otherwise not changed.

Society for sport and technology

Identification of the GST

The Society for Sport and Technology was founded on August 7, 1952. As requested, own number plates were introduced in 1953. These were yellow with black writing. They only contained the district letter and four digits in the arrangement X 99-99, whereby an allocation to the district was possible based on the first two digits (see: GDR territorial basic key ).

Diplomatic Corps

Vehicle with diplomatic license plates at Checkpoint Charlie 1982, 57 = Federal Republic of Germany

On January 31, 1968, distinctive signs for diplomatic vehicles were first introduced in the GDR. These goods

On January 1, 1974 the system was changed. The number plates now bore markings for the year of issue in white letters on a red background with the following distinguishing marks

  • CC for the Consular Corps
  • CD for the Diplomatic Corps and
  • CY for the company and private vehicles of the administrative and technical staff of the diplomatic and consular missions

In the case of the following distinguishing marks, the year of issue was marked in white on a blue background.

  • QA for official and personal vehicles of foreign correspondents
  • QB and QX for official and personal vehicles of employees of foreign trade branches, industrial representations and commercial offices
  • QC for official and personal vehicles of employees of travel agencies, airlines, cultural and information centers
  • QD for official and personal vehicles of employees of other institutions and companies

The identifier QX was introduced on September 16, 1975.

Customs and export customs plates

Customs plate

Foreign vehicles that were temporarily used in the GDR had to have their own GDR license plate from October 1, 1966 during this time. The other license plate had to be unscrewed.

The license plates had two numbers separated by a line, the first one with one and the second with four digits. The first number referred to the responsible customs district. Signs with the 9 as the first number were only issued from 1967 or 1968.

number Customs district for the districts
1 Berlin (East) Berlin (East)
2 Rostock Rostock and Schwerin
3 Magdeburg Magdeburg
4th Potsdam Potsdam and Neubrandenburg
5 Erfurt Erfurt, Gera and Suhl
6th Frankfurt (Oder) Frankfurt (Oder) and Cottbus
7th Dresden Dresden and Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz)
8th Leipzig Leipzig and Halle (Saale)

The number 9 was intended for transit between Berlin (West) and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Export customs plate

Export customs plates existed from June 1, 1976.

The export license plates for vehicles of the diplomatic series CC, CD and CY were white with red letters. On it were four digits followed by the letter C .

The export license plate for vehicles of the special series QA, QB, QC, QD and QX were white with green letters. On it were four digits followed by the letter Q .

Antique car

There were old-timer license plates from 1968. They could only be applied for at the General German Motorsport Association of the GDR (ADMV). The basic color of the small signs was black with a white border and white writing. The ADMV logo was in the middle. GDR was written below . At the top was a four-digit number or - if more than 999 signs were required, a number-letter combination according to type 9X99. The first digit indicated the vehicle class:

  • 1: Motorcycles up to 05 HP, built until 1930
  • 2: Motorcycles up to 12 hp, built until 1930
  • 3: Motorcycles over 12 hp, built until 1930
  • 4: Motor vehicles up to 20 hp, built until 1930
  • 5: Motor vehicles over 20 hp, built up to 1930
  • 6: Commercial vehicles
  • 7: Motorcycles built between 1931 and 1960
  • 8: Motor vehicles built between 1931 and 1960

literature

  • Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plates, 4th edition , German society for flag customer e. V. 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. Press report 2002. (PDF; 615 kB) Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt , December 7, 2001, p. 17 , accessed on March 8, 2015 .
  2. Codes of the countries of origin from Andreas Herzfeld

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