EPSG systems

EPSG:10291 ETRS89/DREF91/2016 / UTM zone 33N (zE-N)

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Germany - east of 12°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.

System record
CodeEPSG:10291
NameETRS89/DREF91/2016 / UTM zone 33N (zE-N)
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Germany - east of 12°E
Germany - onshore and offshore east of 12°E, together with that part of Brandenburg state west of 12°E - Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg (all state), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringen.
Bounds W 11,57° · S 47,46° · E 15,04° · N 55,03°
Countries Germany
DatumETRS89/DREF91 Realization 2016
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:10284 — ETRS89/DREF91/2016
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeCadastre, engineering survey.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin15degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting33500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=15 +k=0.9996 +x_0=33500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:10291.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["ETRS89_DREF91_2016_UTM_zone_33N_(zE-N)",GEOGCS["ETRS89_DREF91_2016",DATUM["ETRS89_DREF91_Realization_2016",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",33500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",15.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Germany

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.