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Number plates: Regions and numbers assigned

Post by Wilhelm_Heidkamp » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:01 pm

Here are the pre 1945 letter-combinations for german number plates:

A=Anhalt
IVB=Baden
B=Braunschweig
HB=Bremen
DW=Danzig-Westpreussen
HH=Hamburg
VH=Hessen
K=Kärnten
L=Lippe
M=Mecklenburg
ND=Niederdonau
OD=Oberdonau
OL=Oldenburg
Saar=Saarland
Sb=Salzburg
Th=Thüringer
TV=Tirol und Vorarlberg
P=Wartheland
W=Wien
IA=Berlin Polizei-Reg.Bez.
IC=Provinz Ostpreussen
IE=Provinz Brandenburg
IH=Provinz Pommern
IK=Reg.Bez. Sigmaringen
IM=Provinz Sachsen
IP=Provinz Schleswig-Holstein
IS=Provinz Hannover
IT=Provinz Hessen-Nassau
IX=Provinz Westfalen
IY=Reg.Bez. Düsseldorf
IZ=Rheinland, nicht Reg.Bez. Düsseldorf
IIA= München
IIB=Reg.Bez. Oberbayern
IIC=Reg.Bez. Niederbayern
IIE=Reg.Bez. Oberpfalz
IID=Reg.Bez. Pfalz
IIH=Reg.Bez. Oberfranken
IIS=Reg.Bez. Mittelfranken
IIN=Cities Nürnberg und Fürth
IIU=Reg.Bez. Mainfranken
IIZ=Reg.Bez. Schwaben
I=Reg.Bez. Bautzen, Löbau,Zittau and Kamenz
II=Polizeipräsident Dresden, Reg.Bez. Dresden, Freiberg, Pirna, Meissen, Grossenhain, Dippoldiswalde
III=Reg.Bez. Leipzig
IV=Reg.Bez. Chemnitz
V=Reg.Bez. Zwickau
IIIA=Polizeipräsident Stuttgart
IIIC=Landräte Backnang, Böblingen, Esslingen
IIID=Landräte Leonberg, Ludwigsburg, Polizei Heilbronn
IIIE=Landräte Heilbronn, Vaihingen a.d.Ens, Waiblingen
IIIH=Landräte Balingen, Calw, Freudenstadt, Horb am Neckar
IIIK=Landräte Nürtingen, Reutlingen
IIIM=Landräte Rottweil, Tübingen, Tuttlingen
IIIP=Landräte Aalen, Crailsheim
IIIS=Landräte Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Swäbisch-Hall, Heidenheim, Künzelsau
IIIT=Landräte Bad Mergentheim, Ohringen
IIIX=Landräte Biberach an der Riss, Ehingen, Göppingen, Ulm
IIIY=Landräte Münsingen, Ravensburg
IIIZ=Landräte Saulgau, Friedrichshafen, Wangen in Allgäu, Polizei Ulm
Protektorat
PA=Böhmen
PB=Mähren-Schlesien
PC=Post und Eisenbahn
PD=Prag
PS=Sicherheitsorgane
PV=Regierungstruppe
Besetzte Gebiete
MB= Mil.Befh. Belgien und Nordfrankreich
MD= Bef.d.Dt.Truppen in Dänemark
MF= Mil.Befh. in Frankreich
MG=Mil.Befh. im Generalgouvernement
MW= Whm.Befh. in den Niederlanden
MN= Whm.Bef. in Norwegen
MO= Whm.Befh. Ostland
MR= Deutsche Mil.Mission in Rumänien
MS= Whm.Befh.Südost
MU= Whm.Befh. Ukraine
ZB= Zivilverwaltung Belgien und Nordfrankreich
ZF= Zivilverwaltung in Frankreich
ZO= Zivile Kraftfahrzeuge im Operationsgebiet Osten


WH=Wehrmacht-Heer
WM=Wehrmacht-Marine
WL=Wehrmacht-Luftwaffe
SS=Waffen SS, SS Wachverbände
OT=Organisation Todt
Pol=Polizei
DR=Deutsche Reichsbahn
RP=Reichspost
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Post by Wilhelm_Heidkamp » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:04 pm

And here you find the numbers assigned to the german armed forces and the Waffen-SS. These numbers were assigned to the regional commands and then given to the units to hand out number plates for their vehicles. So you can find a close relationship between units and their region, in case of the Waffen-SS it is even possible to find the exact unit.

Heer
Wehrkreis I Königsberg = WH 10.000-19.999
Wehrkreis II Stettin=WH 20.000-29.999
Wehrkreis III Berlin=WH 30.000-39.999
Wehrkreis IV Dresden=WH 40.000-49.999
Wehrkreis V Stuttgart=WH 50.000-59.999
Wehrkreis VI Münster (Westfalen)=WH 60.000-69.999
Wehrkreis VII München=WH70.000-79.999
Wehrkreis VIII Breslau=WH80.000-89.999
Wehrkreis IX Kassel=WH 90.000-99.999
Wehrkreis X Hamburg=WH 100.000-109.999
Wehrkreis XI Hannover=WH 110.000-119.999
Wehrkreis XII Wiesbaden=WH 120.000-129.999
Wehrkreis XIII Nürnberg=WH 130.000-139.999
Wehrkreis XIV Magdeburg=WH 140.000-149.999 and WH 240.000-249.999
Wehrkreis XV Jena=WH 150.000-159.999 and WH 250.000-259.999
Wehrkreis XVI Berlin=WH 160.000-169.999 and WH 260.000-269.999
Wehrkreis XVII Linz (Donau)=WH 170.000-179.999
Wehrkreis XVIII Salzburg=WH 180.000-189.999
Kriegsmarine
Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine in Berlin=WM 1-999
Kommando der Marinestation Ostsee, Kiel= WM 1.000-29.999
Kommando der Marinestation Nordsee, Wilhelmshaven= WM 30.000-59.999
Kommandierender Admiral Frankreich, Paris= WM 60.000-79.999
Kommandierender Admiral Norwegen, Oslo=WM 80.000-99.999
Luftwaffe
Luftgaukommando I Königsberg=WL 10.000-19.999
Luftgaukommando – See, Kiel= WL 20.000-29.999
Luftgaukommando III Berlin=WL 300.000-319.999
Luftgaukommando IV Dresden=WL 400.000-409.999
Luftgaukommando VI Münster=WL 600.000-609.999
Luftgaukommando VII München=WL 700.000-709.999
Luftgaukommando VIII Breslau=WL 800.000-809.999
Luftgaukommando XI Hannover=WL 110.000-119.999
Luftgaukommando XIII Nürnberg=WL 130.000-139.999
Luftgaukommando XVII Wien=WL 170.000-179.999



Waffen-SS

151 - 200 SS-Zentralzeugamt f. SS-Hauptzeugämter
201 - 275 SS-Junkerschule Tölz
401 - 446 SS-Hauptfürsorge- und Versorgungsamt
450 - 500 Kommando der Waffen-SS
501 - 2000 Leibstandarte-SS "Adolf Hitler"
2001 - 3500 SS-Div. "Reich" (f.Regiment SS-"Deutschland")
4801 - 5300 SS-Div. "Reich" (f.Fla.-M.G. - Bataillon)
5301 - 5800 SS-Div. "Reich" (f.Panzerjäger-Abteilung)
5801 - 6300 SS-Div. "Reich" (f.Aufklärungs-Abteilung)
6301 - 6800 SS-Div. "Reich" (f.Nachrichten-Abteilung)
6801 - 7300 SS-Div. "Reich" (f.Pionier-Bataillon)
7301 - 8800 SS-Div. "Reich" (f.Regiment SS-"Der Führer)
8801 - 9600 SS-Div. "Reich" (f.Artillerie-Regiment)
9601 - 9675 San.Inspektion d. Waffen-SS
9676 - 9700 Kommando der Waffen-SS
9996 - 9999 SS-Standortkommandantur Prag
10000 - 10200 Inspektion Kraftfahrwesen
10201 - 11000 SS-Div. "Reich"
16000 - 16500 Inspektion der Konzentrationslager
20021 - 20100 Hauptamt Haushalt und Bauten
20451 - 20600 Hauptamt Haushalt und Bauten
20801 - 20900 Hauptamt Haushalt und Bauten
20901 - 21000 Ergänzungsamt der Waffen-SS
40621 - 40550 SS-Junkerschule Tölz
40751 - 41000 SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig
46001 - 46500 SS-Div. "Reich"
48001 - 48050 SS-T. Inf.Ers.Btl. I
48051 - 48150 SS-T. Inf.Ers.Btl. II
48151 - 48200 SS-T. Inf.Ers.Btl. III
48201 - 48300 SS-T. Art.Ers.Abt. I und II
48301 - 48350 SS-T. Inf.Gesch.Ers.Kp.
48351 - 48400 SS-T. Panzer-Jäger E.Btl. I
48501 - 48550 SS-T. Pi.Ers.Kp. 1 und 2
48551 - 48650 SS-T. Nachr.Ers.Abt. Oranienburg
48651 - 48750 SS-T. Nachr.Ers.Abt. Nürnberg
48801 - 48900 SS-T. Ers.Btl. (A)
48901 - 49000 SS-T. Wachbataillon Prag
49501 - 49550 SS-Hauptfürsorge- und Versorgungsamt
49701 - 49900 Leibstandarte-SS "Adolf Hitler"
50001 - 70000 SS-Totenkopf-Division
70001 - 70500 Ers.Btl. SS-"Adolf Hitler"
70501 - 70700 SS-Panzer-Späh Ers. Kp.
70701 - 71700 SS-Art.Ers.Rgt.
71701 - 71800 SS-Sanitäts Ers. Btl.
71801 - 72300 Ers.Btl.SS-"Deutschland"
72301 - 72500 SS-Panzer-Jäger Ers. Abt.
72501 - 73000 Ers.Btl. SS-"Germania"
73101- 73600 Ers.Btl. SS-"Der Führer"
73601- 73800 SS-Pionier Ers. Btl.
73801- 74300 SS-Kradshützen E.Btl.
74301 - 74500 SS-Panzer-Jäger Ers.Abt.
74501 - 74700 SS-Fla.MG.Ers.Kp.
74701 - 74900 SS-Nachr.Ers.Abt.
75951 - 75980 SS-Hauptamt SS-Gericht
76000 - 76019 SS-Hauptamt SS-Gericht
76020 - 76023 SS-Standortkommandantur Prag
76066 - 76200 SS-Kriegberichter-Kp.
76201 - 76250 SS-Truppenübungsplatz Debica
76251 - 76280 SS-Wachbataillon "Böhmen-Mähren"
76381 - 76600 San.Inspektion d. Waffen-SS
76651 - 76675 SS-Standortkommandantur Prag
76676 - 76970 Hauptamt Haushalt und Bauten
76980 - 76999 SS-Gruppenführerlehrgang Radolfzell
77000 - 78000 IV./L.SS-"Adolf Hitler"
78001 - 78500 SS-Kraftfahr Ers.Abt.
78501 - 80000 Leibstandarte-SS "Adolf Hitler"
80001 - 81000 SS-Polizei-Division
81001 - 82000 4. SS-T. Standarte
82001 - 83000 5. SS-T. Standarte
83001 - 84000 8. SS-T. Standarte
85001 - 86000 10. SS-T. Standarte
86001 - 87000 SS-Div. "Reich" (f.SS-Regiment 11)
87001 - 88000 14. SS-T. Standarte
89001 - 90000 SS-T.Reiterstandarte
90001 - 93000 SS-Div. "Reich"
94501 - 94600 Leibstandarte-SS "Adolf Hitler"
94601 - 94700 Kommando der Waffen-SS
96201 - 96300 SS-Unterführerschule Lauenburg
96301 - 96400 SS-Zentralzeugamt f. SS-Hauptzeugämter
96401 - 96500 1. SS-Art. Messbatterie
96801 - 96900 5. SS-Art. Messbatterie
97001 - 99999 Befehlshaber der Waffen-SS in Norwegen
102001 - 112000 SS-Division "Wiking"
112001 - 112500 Ers.Btl. SS-"Westland"
112501 - 113000 Ers. Btl. SS-"Nordland"
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Post by martdapp » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:01 am

Well Wilhelm that's good news!
I allready searched for a number for my NZ 350-1 from 1944.
It's for sure from the 116. Windhund-division (left by Aachen in nov. '44).
The 116. Pz.Div. was formed in Rheine, Wehrkreis VI on 28 March, 1944.
So, to Your information Wehrkreis VI is Münster in Westfalen (WH 60.000-69.9990).
- Is 69.999 used for the last War-month in '45?
- Are there different numbers for Bikes, Cars or Panzers etc. ,
- or even for different - divisions who belong to that Wehrkreis?
- Could You tell me what number between 60.000 and 69.9990 is
acceptable for my NZ?
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Post by Wilhelm_Heidkamp » Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:34 pm

OK, this is what I know about this:

- there were no difference made between any type of vehicle
- there were no special key for a special division, but in my personal
opinion, I would start first with e.g. the 20th division and then I would
assign the numbers of the 21st division. But I found no information on
that.
-the numbers above are not complete, during the war there were
assigned more numbers, e.g. I know a photo of a "Schwerer
geländegängioer Einheits-PKW" (Heavy offroad car) in my home town,
having assigned a number plate with the number 225XXX on it and
belonging to Wehrkreis X. The numbers above were found with the date
of late 1939, so the list is not complete.

You can choose any number of Wehrkreis Magdeburg, but if you own a photo of a specific bike, that would be best...

A late war bike like the NZ 350-1 would have assigned a higher number.
But Rheine is correct, my Grandfather served there with the 212 ID.

If I can get later-war numbers, I will post them in this Thread.
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Post by thomas591 » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:58 pm

Hi Jan,

any idea which SS group these these NZ500 belong to?:

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This picture is from a e-bay auction. It is very interesting, it seems that there are two similar NZ 500's on this picture. That would proof that the NZ 500 was delivered ex-works with a sidecar.

Best regards


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Post by Wilhelm_Heidkamp » Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:47 am

The number is not included in my list... :?

Maybe a later in the war assigned number?

I will look if I can find out anything.

But if you look at the Uniforms, there is the SS-Eagle on the left sleeve, but no or black collar badges and no rank insignia. So it may be some kind of an Einsatzgruppe of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) behind the front or SS troops at the Western front 1940.
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Post by Wilhelm_Heidkamp » Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:33 pm

This should bring this to an end:

I found the following text in german:

At 19.06.1939 all number plates were new issued from WH - 1 and WL - 1 on with no sense or meaning and not belonging to any Wehrkreis to protect against foreign intelligence. All party organizations did the same. Tanks had no number plates. The latest numbers known of end with WH - 1893000 and WL - 628000 in winter 1944/early 1945. Lists are available at the german military archive, listing lots of vehicles, so it is possible that you can define the unit of your specific bike if you are lucky and it is listed.

(You need the number plate combination, they keep no frame-numbers!)

Please contact the archive:

Militaerarchiv Freiburg
Wiesenthalstr. 10
79115 Freiburg
Deutschland
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Post by Nech » Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:52 pm

thomas591 wrote:Hi Jan,

any idea which SS group these these NZ500 belong to?:

Image


This picture is from a e-bay auction. It is very interesting, it seems that there are two similar NZ 500's on this picture. That would proof that the NZ 500 was delivered ex-works with a sidecar.

Best regards


Thomas
Thomas, do you have any idea what kind of sidecar is it exactly?
Is it the some of the EW-1 or EW-2 (BW-43) Behördenmodels?
The sidecar looks very similar to the german army models.

Cheers!
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Post by thomas591 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:52 am

Jan,

sorry I am not a sidecar specialist, so nothing can be added from my side.
Best regards - freundlichste Grüße

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Re: Number plates: Regions and numbers assigned

Post by GreggHart » Thu Dec 26, 2013 1:59 pm

Wilhelm_Heidkamp wrote:Here are the pre 1945 letter-combinations for german number plates:

A=Anhalt
IVB=Baden
B=Braunschweig
HB=Bremen
DW=Danzig-Westpreussen
HH=Hamburg
VH=Hessen
K=Kärnten
L=Lippe
M=Mecklenburg
ND=Niederdonau
OD=Oberdonau
OL=Oldenburg
Saar=Saarland
Sb=Salzburg
Th=Thüringer
TV=Tirol und Vorarlberg
P=Wartheland
W=Wien
IA=Berlin Polizei-Reg.Bez.
IC=Provinz Ostpreussen
IE=Provinz Brandenburg
IH=Provinz Pommern
IK=Reg.Bez. Sigmaringen
IM=Provinz Sachsen
IP=Provinz Schleswig-Holstein
IS=Provinz Hannover
IT=Provinz Hessen-Nassau
IX=Provinz Westfalen
IY=Reg.Bez. Düsseldorf
IZ=Rheinland, nicht Reg.Bez. Düsseldorf
IIA= München
IIB=Reg.Bez. Oberbayern
IIC=Reg.Bez. Niederbayern
IIE=Reg.Bez. Oberpfalz
IID=Reg.Bez. Pfalz
IIH=Reg.Bez. Oberfranken
IIS=Reg.Bez. Mittelfranken
IIN=Cities Nürnberg und Fürth
IIU=Reg.Bez. Mainfranken
IIZ=Reg.Bez. Schwaben
I=Reg.Bez. Bautzen, Löbau,Zittau and Kamenz
II=Polizeipräsident Dresden, Reg.Bez. Dresden, Freiberg, Pirna, Meissen, Grossenhain, Dippoldiswalde
III=Reg.Bez. Leipzig
IV=Reg.Bez. Chemnitz
V=Reg.Bez. Zwickau
IIIA=Polizeipräsident Stuttgart
IIIC=Landräte Backnang, Böblingen, Esslingen
IIID=Landräte Leonberg, Ludwigsburg, Polizei Heilbronn
IIIE=Landräte Heilbronn, Vaihingen a.d.Ens, Waiblingen
IIIH=Landräte Balingen, Calw, Freudenstadt, Horb am Neckar
IIIK=Landräte Nürtingen, Reutlingen
IIIM=Landräte Rottweil, Tübingen, Tuttlingen
IIIP=Landräte Aalen, Crailsheim
IIIS=Landräte Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Swäbisch-Hall, Heidenheim, Künzelsau
IIIT=Landräte Bad Mergentheim, Ohringen
IIIX=Landräte Biberach an der Riss, Ehingen, Göppingen, Ulm
IIIY=Landräte Münsingen, Ravensburg
IIIZ=Landräte Saulgau, Friedrichshafen, Wangen in Allgäu, Polizei Ulm
Protektorat
PA=Böhmen
PB=Mähren-Schlesien
PC=Post und Eisenbahn
PD=Prag
PS=Sicherheitsorgane

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Besetzte Gebiete
MB= Mil.Befh. Belgien und Nordfrankreich
MD= Bef.d.Dt.Truppen in Dänemark
MF= Mil.Befh. in Frankreich
MG=Mil.Befh. im Generalgouvernement
MW= Whm.Befh. in den Niederlanden
MN= Whm.Bef. in Norwegen
MO= Whm.Befh. Ostland
MR= Deutsche Mil.Mission in Rumänien
MS= Whm.Befh.Südost
MU= Whm.Befh. Ukraine
ZB= Zivilverwaltung Belgien und Nordfrankreich
ZF= Zivilverwaltung in Frankreich
ZO= Zivile Kraftfahrzeuge im Operationsgebiet Osten


WH=Wehrmacht-Heer
WM=Wehrmacht-Marine
WL=Wehrmacht-Luftwaffe
SS=Waffen SS, SS Wachverbände
OT=Organisation Todt
Pol=Polizei
DR=Deutsche Reichsbahn

RP=Reichspost
Ich weiß, Thread ist etwas alt, aber immer noch thanks for sharing gesamte Kombination von Nummernschildern .. Ich habe nach ihm für eine Weile.
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Post by Wilhelm_Heidkamp » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:35 am

You`re welcome.
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Re: Number plates: Regions and numbers assigned

Post by Nasenbär » Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:18 pm

Okay, the thread is old, but to the sidecars: The bag holder looks too old for BW43, the position lamp on the second sidecar looks like BW38 for Zündapp, so I think maybe BW39, but more likely BW38.
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