List of license plates of the GDR (1953–1990)
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 They are no longer valid.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 From September 1, 1953, the old license plates were no longer valid.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 |
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..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 |
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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 |
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ZA 25-51 to ZA 30-00 |
ZA 25-51 to ZA 30-00 |
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ZA 56-01 to ZA 61-00 |
ZA 56-01 to ZA 61-00 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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ZJ 50-01 to ZJ 70-00 |
ZJ 50-01 to ZJ 70-00 |
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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 |
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ZK 75-01 to ZK 85-00 |
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ZL 40-01 to ZL 60-00 |
ZL 40-01 to ZL 60-00 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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ZV 60-01 to ZV 80-00 |
ZV 60-01 to ZV 80-00 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- all combinations with Q (diplomatic license plate)
- CC, CD, CY (diplomatic license plate)
- HJ , KZ , SA , SS (abbreviations from the time of National Socialism )
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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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Berlin (East) | IA, IB, IC, ... IY, IZ (without IQ) |
Halle district
District or city district | Letter pairs |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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
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
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
On January 31, 1968, distinctive signs for diplomatic vehicles were first introduced in the GDR. These goods
- CC for the Consular Corps
- CD for the Diplomatic Corps and
- CY for members of the mission
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.
(* unoccupied in July 1990, ** reserved but never taken, 1 taken twice)
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 5 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
- ↑ Press report 2002. (PDF; 615 kB) Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt , December 7, 2001, p. 17 , accessed on March 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Codes of the countries of origin from Andreas Herzfeld