Vehicle registration plates of Neue Deutsche Reich

Bexaran car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. Whenever Bexaran citizens change their main place of residence in the Republic of Bexar, they are required to buy new number plates. Number plates can be bought which are valid all year round or between 2 to 11 months within any 12 months. This allows citizens to save money on vehicles usually driven in particular part of the year, eg. motorbikes. As of 2009, buying new number plates normally costs around M30 and M10 to M40 for fees for de-registering the old plates and registering the new ones. If a car is handed over to someone else permanently (e.g. sold), but stays within the same city/region, the number may stay the same. Registration fees however are applied for name changes in the official car papers.

Format
The present number plate format has been in existence since 2008 and is a continuation of the system used in Freistaat Preuẞen. On the left the Bexaran flag is shown. The liscence plate uses black lettering on a white background with the whole plate having a black border. The format of the lettering is XX-Y(Y)-NNNN(N).

XX represents the code used to show the Reg.-Bez. the vehicle is registered in. The code uses a roman numeral and a letter, as used by Prussia from 1906 - 1945, as follows:
 * IA -Landeshauptstadt Königsberg
 * IB -Regierungsbezirk Königsberg
 * IC -Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen
 * ID -Regierungsbezirk Allenstein
 * IE -Regierungsbezirk Danzig
 * IF -Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder

Y(Y) is a single or two letter code which shows the Kommende of registration. The Kommende use the first letter of the Kommende name. Where Kommende have the same initial letter a second distinguishing letter is used e.g.:

D - Danzig DH - Danziger Höhe DN - Danziger Niederung

The rest of the plate is made up of a combination of random numbers. The total quantity of letters and numbers on the plate is never higher than eight. Various combinations that could be considered politically unacceptable — mainly due to implications relating to Nazi Germany — are disallowed or otherwise avoided.

Typeface
Bexaran plates use a typeface called FE-Schrift ("fälschungserschwerende Schrift", tamper-hindering script). It is designed so that the O cannot be painted to look like a Q, and vice versa; nor can the P be painted to resemble an R, among other changes. This typeface can also more easily be read by optical character recognition software for automatic number plate recognition than the old DIN 1451 script.

Special codes

 * Diplomatic plates: plates of cars covered by diplomatic immunity have the digit 0 (Zero) on the left instead of the registration location code.
 * Highest state offices: The President uses the license plate 0-1, the Chancellor uses 0-2, the Foreign Minister uses 0-3 and the First State Secretary of the Foreign Office (i.e. the Foreign Minister's deputy) uses 0-4. The President of the Parliament uses 1-1. This reflects the fact that the Parliament's President is not part of the executive branch but still ranks higher in (symbolic) importance than the Chancellor. These vehicles are tax-exempt and need not to be insured since the German government acts as insurer.
 * Landeswehr:The military uses old style non-reflecting plates with a dash between the two circles. Military plates use the letters MK, rather than a Kommende indicator. After the MK comes a six-digit number (or five digits for motorcycles), for example MK-123456. These vehicles are tax-exempt and need not to be insured since the German government acts as insurer. There is also no mandatory technical inspection required but the Armed Forces carry out a regular internal inspection on these vehicles similar to the official inspection.

Links

 * Bexar