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Bankleitzahl 28062740

Volksbank Bookholzberg-Lemwerder -alt-, Ganderkesee

Bankleitzahl28062740
InstitutionVolksbank Bookholzberg-Lemwerder -alt-
Short nameVB Bookholzberg-Lemwer.-alt
BICGENODEF1GBH
Postcode27770
TownGanderkesee
Statusactive
Successor BLZnone

IBAN structure with this code

A German IBAN is DE, two check digits, the eight-digit Bankleitzahl, then the ten-digit account number. The BLZ is what the register can vouch for; the account number is known only to the bank.

DE81 2806 2740 1000 0000 00

Synthetic example: the account part is a placeholder, this IBAN belongs to nobody. It shows where the code sits inside the IBAN.

What the API answers for this code

The block below is the route's own answer, produced by the same code that serves api.ibanforge.com, on the register as of the date shown. Nothing is edited.

{
  "valid": true,
  "bic": {
    "code": "GENODEF1GBH",
    "bic8": "GENODEF1",
    "bank_name": "Volksbank Bookholzberg-Lemwerder -alt-",
    "city": "Ganderkesee",
    "source": "Deutsche Bundesbank Bankleitzahlendatei",
    "as_of": "2026-10",
    "basis": "national_register",
    "authoritative": true,
    "lei": null
  },
  "bank_code_check": {
    "value": "28062740",
    "status": "verified",
    "match": "register",
    "register": "Deutsche Bundesbank Bankleitzahlendatei",
    "authoritative": true,
    "institution": {
      "name": "Volksbank Bookholzberg-Lemwerder -alt-",
      "street": null,
      "post_code": "27770",
      "town": "Ganderkesee",
      "country": "DE"
    },
    "as_of": "2026-10"
  },
  "sepa": {
    "member": true,
    "vop_required": true
  },
  "issuer": {
    "type": "bank",
    "name": "Volksbank Bookholzberg-Lemwerder -alt-",
    "classification": "default"
  },
  "risk_indicators": {
    "country_risk": "standard",
    "sepa_reachable": true,
    "vop_coverage": true,
    "test_bic": false
  }
}

Get this answer from your own software

The IBANforge API checks an IBAN and names the bank behind it, with its BIC when one is known, reading national registers such as the one on this page. Two ways to start without paying:

Keyless trial

Send an IBAN to POST /v1/iban/validate with no key at all, up to 25 times a week, on that route only. With this page’s example IBAN:

curl -X POST https://api.ibanforge.com/v1/iban/validate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"iban":"DE81280627401000000000"}'

Free key

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Source: Deutsche Bundesbank Bankleitzahlendatei, register as of 2026-10.