EPSG systems

EPSG:4839 ETRS89 / LCC Germany (N-E)

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)) in use: Germany - onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:4839
NameETRS89 / LCC Germany (N-E)
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)
Area of use Germany - onshore
Germany - onshore - states of Baden-Wurtemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringen.
Bounds W 5,86° · S 47,27° · E 15,04° · N 55,09°
Countries Germany
DatumEuropean Terrestrial Reference System 1989
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4258 — ETRS89
Unit metre (N north, E east)
Transformation to WGS 84 ETRS89 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1149) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeTopographic mapping (small scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of false origin51degree
Longitude of false origin10.5degree
Latitude of 1st standard parallel48.666666666666664degree
Latitude of 2nd standard parallel53.666666666666664degree
Easting at false origin0metre
Northing at false origin0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_0=51 +lon_0=10.5 +lat_1=48.6666666666667 +lat_2=53.6666666666667 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:4839.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["ETRS_1989_LCC_Germany_N-E",GEOGCS["GCS_ETRS_1989",DATUM["D_ETRS_1989",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",10.5],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",48.6666666666667],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",53.6666666666667],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",51.0],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.