A Briefzentrum (English: Letter center) is a district center for the processing of letters for Deutsche Post.
History Before 1993, there were more than 1,000 centers for the processing of letters.
After the introduction of the new postal codes in Germany, 83 different district centers were built between 1994 and 1998. In 2003, Briefzentrum 42 (Wuppertal) was closed. After which, there have only been 82 district processing centers.
Size The processing centers are organized by size, which is determined by the number of letters processed daily: S: 450,000–750,000 M: 750,000–1,500,000 L: 1,500,000–2,250,000 XL: 2,250,000–3,000,000 XXL: 3,000,000–4,500,000 IPZ: 3,000,000–5,000,000 (International Center)
List of letter processing centers
Postal Code Region Location of Center Size Operational Since 01 Dresden Ottendorf-Okrilla L 1996 02 Bautzen Bautzen S 1996 03 Cottbus Cottbus S 1998 04 Leipzig Schkeuditz XL 1996 06 Halle (Saale) Hohenthurm L 1995 07 Gera Gera M 1997 08 Zwickau Reinsdorf M 1997 09 Chemnitz Chemnitz M 1995 10 Berlin-Zentrum Berlin-Tempelhof XXL 1997 12/ 15 Berlin-Südost Schönefeld XL 1996 13/ 16 Berlin-Nord Hennigsdorf L 1996 14 Berlin-Südwest Stahnsdorf XL 1996 17 Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg M 1998 18 Rostock Roggentin M 1996 19 Schwerin Schwerin M 1997 20/ 22 Hamburg-Zentrum Hamburg XXL 1997 21 Hamburg-Süd Hamburg L 1996 23 Lübeck Lübeck M 1996 24 Kiel Kiel L 1996 25 Elmshorn Elmshorn M 1997 26 Oldenburg Oldenburg M 1997 27/ 28 Bremen Bremen XL 1996 29 Celle Celle S 1997 30/ 31 Hannover Pattensen XXL 1996 32/ 33 Herford Herford XL 1996 34 Kassel Kassel M 1995 35 Gießen Langgöns M 1997 36 Fulda Eichenzell M 1998 37 Göttingen Göttingen M 1997 38 Braunschweig Braunschweig L 1996 39 Magdeburg Sülzetal M 1996 40 Düsseldorf Langenfeld XXL 1997 41 Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach M 1996 42 Wuppertal Wuppertal L 1998–2003 44 Dortmund Dortmund L 1997 45 Essen Essen XL 1997 46/ 47 Duisburg Duisburg XL 1996 48 Münster Greven L 1994 49 Osnabrück Osnabrück M 1996 50 Köln-West Frechen XXL 1997 51 Köln-Ost Köln L 1996 52 Aachen Aachen M 1996 53 Bonn Troisdorf L 1996 54 Trier Trier M 1998 55 Mainz Mainz-Hechtsheim M 1998 56 Koblenz Koblenz M 1996 57 Siegen Freudenberg M 1998 58 Hagen Hagen L 1997 59 Hamm Werl M 1997 60/ 61 Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main XXL 1996 62 Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Frankfurt am Main IPZ 1997 63 Offenbach am Main Offenbach am Main L 1997 64 Darmstadt Darmstadt M 1998 65 Wiesbaden Mainz-Kastel L 1996 66 Saarbrücken Saarbrücken L 1996 67 Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen L 1997 68/ 69 Mannheim Mannheim-Käfertal L 1996 70/ 71 Stuttgart Waiblingen XXL 1997 72 Reutlingen Reutlingen L 1997 73 Göppingen Salach M 1997 74 Heilbronn Heilbronn M 1997 75 Pforzheim Pforzheim M 1998 76 Karlsruhe Karlsruhe M 1996 77 Offenburg Offenburg M 1998 78 Villingen-Schwenningen Villingen-Schwenningen M 1997 79 Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau L 1996 80/ 81 München München XXL 1998 82 Starnberg Starnberg M 1998 83 Rosenheim Kolbermoor M 1998 84 Landshut Landshut S 1998 85 Freising Flughafen-München L 1998 86 Augsburg Gersthofen M 1996 87 Kempten Kempten S 1998 88 Ravensburg Weingarten L (M) 2010 (M from 1997-May 2010) 89 Ulm Neu-Ulm M 1998 90/ 91 Nürnberg Nürnberg XXL 1997 92 Amberg Ebermannsdorf M 1996 93 Regensburg Regensburg M 1998 94 Straubing Straubing M 1994 95 Bayreuth Bayreuth M 1996 96 Bamberg Bamberg M 1997 97 Würzburg Würzburg L 1996 98 Suhl Suhl S 1998 99 Erfurt Erfurt L 1996
External links Deutsche Post (German) Briefzentren der Deutschen Post (German)