Reichspost
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Reichspost may refer to one of these entities:
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[edit] Postal authorities
[edit] Imperial Reichspost
- The Imperial Reichspost (Kaiserliche Reichspost) was the name of the postal service of the Holy Roman Empire, founded by Franz von Taxis in 1495. It remained a monopoly of the Thurn and Taxis family until it was terminated with the end of the Empire in 1806.
[edit] Deutsche Reichspost
- In modern times the Deutsche Reichspost was established as a state monopoly with the 1871 unification of Germany, and became the official German national postal authority. Its official name was Kaiserliche Post und Telegraphenverwaltung. Between 1924 and 1934 it was operated as a state-owned enterprise. The Reichspost ceased to function with the end of WWII in 1945.
[edit] Deutsche Reichspost Successors
- The Reichspost was initially replaced by an allied-controlled postal authority that provided mail services. Eventually the Deutsche Bundespost (German federal post office) was established in West Germany and the Deutsche Post of the GDR in East Germany. In addition, there was a separate Deutsche Bundespost Berlin for West Berlin, as well as the Saar postal authority (1947-1956). After the reunification of Germany in 1990, the Bundespost continued to function as the sole provider of postal services until in 1995 the postal, telecommunications, and banking divisions were established as separate companies. The Deutsche Bundespost eventually became Deutsche Post AG, a share holding company, later reintegrating the Postbank, and Deutsche Telekom.[1]
[edit] Other use
de.wikipedia bio of Dr.-ing. m.p. Karl Wilhelm Ohnesorge (RK KVK mS 01.11.1944) states a different use for the postal vans:
"01.05.1942 Transfer of mail protection in the SS (see Gottlob Berger), shortly after that also the "remote power mail" ("front help of the Deutsche Reichspost") as "SS power driving season". 1942 these buses were used for T 4 transporting psychiatric patients in the gasification facilities."[clarification needed]
