Telephone numbers in East Germany

Telephone numbers in East Germany
Location
CountryEast Germany
ContinentEurope
TypeOpen telephone numbering plan
NSN length8
Format2-xxx xxxx (Berlin)[1]
xxx-xx xxxx
xxxx-xxxxx
xxxxx-xxxx
xxxxxx-xxx
Access codes
Country code37
International access06
Long-distance0

East Germany was assigned telephone country code 37 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Despite its common telecommunication history with West Germany, the country operated its own telephone network and telephone numbering plan.

Telephone calls between East and West Germany required international dialling with the international call routing prefix 00 and country code for calls from West Germany to East Germany,[2] and 06 49 from East Germany to West Germany.[3]

  1. ^ IUPAC Handbook, Pergamon Press, 1987, page 2
  2. ^ DDR: ein Reisebuch in den Alltag, Per Ketman, Andreas Wissmach, Rowohlt, 1986, page 419
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference TAZ16 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).