EPSG systems

EPSG:5665 Pulkovo 1942(83) / Gauss-Kruger zone 3 (E-N)

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Europe - 12°E to 18°E onshore and S-42(83) by country. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:5665
NamePulkovo 1942(83) / Gauss-Kruger zone 3 (E-N)
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Europe - 12°E to 18°E onshore and S-42(83) by country
Germany (former DDR) - onshore east of 12°E. Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia - west of 18°E.
Bounds W 12,00° · S 45,78° · E 18,01° · N 54,74°
Also covers Germany, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary
DatumPulkovo 1942(83)
Ellipsoid Krassowsky 1940 a = 6378245 m · 1/f = 298.3
Base geographic system EPSG:4178 — Pulkovo 1942(83)
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Pulkovo 1942(83) to WGS 84 (5) (EPSG:15998) — accuracy 5 m
ScopeGIS.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin15degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting3500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=15 +k=1 +x_0=3500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=krass +units=m +towgs84=26,-121,-78 +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:5665.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Pulkovo_1942_Adj_1983_GK_Zone_3_E-N",GEOGCS["GCS_Pulkovo_1942_Adj_1983",DATUM["D_Pulkovo_1942_Adj_1983",SPHEROID["Krasovsky_1940",6378245.0,298.3]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Gauss_Kruger"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",3500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",15.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],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.