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OpenPLZ API

German/Austrian/Swiss postal localities

🗺 Geo & MapsHEALTHYchecked 8h ago
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Open data API for postal codes and localities in DACH region. Search by name or postal code — keyless JSON.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 94 · healthy
Uptime history
99.02%90 days
98.3%30 days
561P50 · ms
903P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 82 ms, slowest 882 ms, most recent 101 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://openplzapi.org/de/Localities?name=Berlin

[
  {
    "postalCode": "10115",
    "name": "Berlin",
    "municipality": {
      "key": "11000000",
      "name": "Berlin, Stadt",
      "type": "Kreisfreie Stadt"
    },
    "federalState": {
      "key": "11",
      "name": "Berlin"
    }
  },
  {
    "postalCode": "10117",
    "name": "Berlin",
    "municipality": {
      "key": "11000000",
      "name": "Berlin, Stadt",
      "type": "Kreisfreie Stadt"
    },
    "federalState": {
      "key": "11",
      "name": "Berlin"
    }
  }
]
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://openplzapi.org/de/Localities?name=Berlin"
const res = await fetch("https://openplzapi.org/de/Localities?name=Berlin");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://openplzapi.org/de/Localities?name=Berlin")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /de/Localities?name=Berlin561 mschecked 8h ago
GET/de/Localities?name=BerlinPROBED

German/Austrian/Swiss postal localities

GET/de

De — documented GET route.

GET/de/1

De details by ID (example: 1).

GET/de?limit=10

De — documented GET route.

GET/de/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/de/Localities?limit=5

Localities — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

OpenPLZ API: common questions

Is OpenPLZ API free to use?

Yes — OpenPLZ API is a free geo & maps API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does OpenPLZ API need an API key?

No — OpenPLZ API needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call OpenPLZ API from the browser?

Yes — OpenPLZ API returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is OpenPLZ API up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, OpenPLZ API is healthy with 99.02% uptime over 90 days and a 561 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.