German Postal Code Areas from Deutsche Post Direkt

WMS service provides geometries for valid 5-digit postal code delivery areas across the Federal Republic of Germany. The data originates from Deutsche Post Direkt GmbH and is maintained by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie. Postal code boundaries are not always congruent with administrative territorial units.

Use Cases

• Visualize service coverage areas based on postal code geometries.
• Analyze regional data where administrative and postal boundaries differ.
• Integrate postal code areas into official mapping applications for federal use.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative source Deutsche Post Direkt GmbH.
• Covers the entire territory of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• Describes valid 5-digit delivery postal codes.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Original database of Deutsche Post Direkt GmbH.

Geography

Federal Republic of Germany