Forigen exchange student gave me a german address and i can't find it on a map?

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Alwin E

German addresses are like this:

[first name] [last name]
[street] [number]
[zip code, 5 digits] [city]
GERMANY / DEUTSCHLAND / ALLEMAGNE
(you add this last line when sending international mail. The rule is that you write the destination country in English and/or French and/or "a language commonly known in the destination country", so if you write it in English, German, AND French, you can't go wrong)

The international postal rules also ASK you to write everything in CAPITAL LETTERS for easier handling, but you're not required to. If you think your handwriting is legible, do as you like.

Mind that some zip codes start with a zero. Don't leave it out as a leading zero like in maths; it's vital!

@buried,
we don't use commas in postal addresses. If the address is a township, it goes like like this:

[first name] [last name]
[street or township name] [number]
[name of township]
[zip] [name of town]

We don't have "townships" like in the US. We're all under federal law, and townships have street names, too, even if it might be something like "street #21", which is quite common to USians, but not to us. Our streets are named with the names of people who did something valuable for Germany or the local community, and there used to be a rule that a street can't be named until the person it should be named after has deceased. There are some exceptions however, like a "Siemens" and even a "McDonalds" StraÃŸe, which I frown upon.

Mich1

The second line is the street name and then the street number. The third line is the zip code followed by the city, and then Germany

Herr Enwald

Mich1's answer is correct.
Regards from Germany

buried answers - start digging

The "another word" after the 5 digit number is called "city" or "town". So have you never heard that this might be a township?
The second line is the name of the street. Even with less intelligence this should be able to find out because the word "strasse" or the short form "str." plus housenumber usually follows.
So if you go on google. earth you give in street name and number plus name of township. Then it should show up.
Oh, nearly forgot: You must "seperate" street and township by a "comma". Hope you know what this might be.

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