HELADEF1 is a shared BIC prefix

HELADEF1 is not one bank's SWIFT code. It is the first eight characters of a code that 49 different banks in Germany share, and it belongs to none of them on its own. In the German savings-bank and cooperative networks the opening characters identify the network and the last three identify the member, so the full eleven-character code is what tells one bank from another.

Looking for the bank behind an account? Paste the IBAN into the IBAN checker. The account's own routing code identifies the bank exactly, which an eight-character prefix cannot do.

The 49 banks that share HELADEF1

From the national routing register. The routing code is the one that appears inside an IBAN. Names are the register's own; a trailing “-alt-” marks a superseded code, where the bank has merged or been renamed and the code still routes (source).

BankCityFull BICRouting code
Frankfurt Savings BankFrankfurt am MainHELADEF182250050201
Frankfurter Sparkasse GF 1822direktFrankfurt am MainHELADEF182250050222
Kasseler SparkasseKasselHELADEF1KAS52050353
Kreissparkasse EichsfeldLeinefelde-WorbisHELADEF1EIC82057070
Kreissparkasse GelnhausenGelnhausenHELADEF1GEL50750094
Kreissparkasse GothaGothaHELADEF1GTH82052020
Kreissparkasse Groß-GerauGroß-GerauHELADEF1GRG50852553
Kreissparkasse HildburghausenHildburghausenHELADEF1HIL84054040
Kreissparkasse LimburgLimburgHELADEF1LIM51150018
Kreissparkasse NordhausenNordhausenHELADEF1NOR82054052
Kreissparkasse Saale-OrlaSchleizHELADEF1SOK83050505
Kreissparkasse Saalfeld-RudolstadtSaalfeld/SaaleHELADEF1SAR83050303
Kreissparkasse SchlüchternSchlüchternHELADEF1SLU53051396
Kreissparkasse Schwalm-EderMelsungenHELADEF1MEG52052154
Kreissparkasse WeilburgWeilburgHELADEF1WEI51151919
KyffhäusersparkasseSondershausenHELADEF1KYF82055000
Rhön-Rennsteig-SparkasseMeiningenHELADEF1RRS84050000
Sparkasse Altenburger LandAltenburgHELADEF1ALT83050200
Sparkasse Arnstadt-IlmenauIlmenauHELADEF1ILK84051010
Sparkasse Bad Hersfeld-RotenburgBad HersfeldHELADEF1HER53250000
Sparkasse Battenberg -alt-Battenberg (Eder)HELADEF1BAT51752267
Sparkasse BensheimBensheimHELADEF1BEN50950068
Sparkasse Borken-SchwalmstadtBorken (Hessen)HELADEF1SWA52053458
Sparkasse Darmstadt und DieburgDarmstadtHELADEF1DAS50850150
Sparkasse Dieburg -alt-Groß-UmstadtHELADEF1DIE50852651
Sparkasse DillenburgDillenburgHELADEF1DIL51650045
Sparkasse FuldaFuldaHELADEF1FDS53050180
Sparkasse Gera-GreizGeraHELADEF1GER83050000
Sparkasse GrünbergGrünbergHELADEF1GRU51351526
SPARKASSE HANAUHanauHELADEF1HAN50650023
Sparkasse Jena-Saale-HolzlandJenaHELADEF1JEN83053030
Sparkasse Langen-SeligenstadtSeligenstadtHELADEF1SLS50652124
Sparkasse Laubach-HungenLaubachHELADEF1LAU51352227
Sparkasse Marburg-BiedenkopfMarburgHELADEF1MAR53350000
Sparkasse MittelthüringenErfurtHELADEF1WEM82051000
Sparkasse OberhessenFriedberg (Hessen)HELADEF1FRI51850079
Sparkasse OdenwaldkreisErbachHELADEF1ERB50851952
Sparkasse SonnebergSonnebergHELADEF1SON84054722
Sparkasse StarkenburgHeppenheim (Bergstraße)HELADEF1HEP50951469
Sparkasse Unstrut-HainichMühlhausen/ThüringenHELADEF1MUE82056060
Sparkasse Waldeck-FrankenbergKorbachHELADEF1KOR52350005
Sparkasse Werra-MeißnerEschwegeHELADEF1ESW52250030
Sparkasse WetzlarWetzlarHELADEF1WET51550035
Städtische Sparkasse Offenbach a.M.Offenbach am MainHELADEF1OFF50550020
Stadtsparkasse Borken (Hessen) -alt-Borken (Hessen)HELADEF1BOR52051373
Stadtsparkasse Felsberg -alt-FelsbergHELADEF1FEL52051555
Stadtsparkasse GrebensteinGrebensteinHELADEF1GRE52051877
Taunus-SparkasseBad HomburgHELADEF1TSK51250000
Wartburg-SparkasseEisenachHELADEF1WAK84055050

See the Germany IBAN format for where the routing code sits inside an IBAN, or browse the bank directory.