What do four skyscrapers in Frankfurt/Main, a research station on the Zugspitze and the “Bräutigamseiche” in Schleswig-Holstein have in common? They are each assigned a five-digit number – as their own postal code.
In Frankfurt, these are the Messeturm (60308), the Omniturm (60312), the Opernturm (60306) and the Taunusturm (60310), the city recently announced. The reason for the separate postcodes for the high-rise buildings is the delivery volume of letters and packages for the companies based in the buildings, a spokesman for the DHL Group explained. They require their own sorting criteria. “This enables reliable delivery.”
The fifth building in Germany with its own postal code is the Schneefernerhaus on the Zugspitze (82475) – an environmental research station. Here the geographical location is the reason, it said.
With the groom’s oak in the Dodauer Forst in Eutin, according to the information, even a single tree can be reached under a postal code. If you write to “Bräutigamseiche, Dodauer Forst, 23701 Eutin”, your letter will be deposited in the knothole by the post office. And anyone who wants and is interested can come and take letters – and answer them.
According to the DHL Group, there are more than 27,000 different postcodes in Germany: more than 8000 for locations, almost 15,000 for PO boxes, over 3000 for major customers and around 830 for so-called promotional postcodes, such as for competitions. The place with the most postcodes is Berlin (190).
