Deutsche Bundespost
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The Deutsche Bundespost (lit. 'German Federal Post') was a German state-run
History
Created in 1947 in the
Organization
The Bundespost was developed according to a three-tier principle common in
Legal basis
The legal basis for the administrative activity of the Bundespost was the postal administration act (Postverwaltungsgesetz, abbreviated PostVwG). A central goal of public administrative policy after 1924 was financial self-sufficiency. Political goals, however, often superseded this goal. According to the PostVwG, the federal postal system was to be administered "according to the principles of the policy of the FRG, in particular trade, economic, financial and social policies" and "the interests of the German national economy."
The Deutsche Bundespost was the largest employer in the Federal Republic, employing some 543,200 people as of 1985.
Reforms
In the first post office reform implemented on 1 July 1989, the Bundespost was divided into three divisions (also called public enterprises):[3]
- Deutsche Bundespost Postdienst – postal service
- Deutsche Bundespost Telekom – communications service
- Deutsche Bundespost Postbank – postal bank
The central authorities remained as described above. The divisions were privatized on 1 January 1995 in a second round of reforms, resulting in:[2][3][4]
- Deutsche Post AG from the postal service
- Deutsche Telekom AG from the communications service
- Deutsche Postbank AG from the postal bank
The federal ministry for post office and telecommunications (Bundesministerium für Post und Telekommunikation) retained oversight responsibility for postal services and telecommunications. After the dissolution of that ministry on 1 January 1998, those tasks were taken over by a new federal network regulatory agency (Bundesnetzagentur, formerly RegTP) under the federal ministry for economics and technology. Other functions (such as the issuance of postage stamps) were taken over by the federal ministry of finance. Some telecommunications functions (including BOS radio) were turned over to the federal ministry of the interior.
For certain official and legal purposes (including certain financial, medical and other services for former postal civil servants), a "federal institution for post and telecommunication" (Bundesanstalt für Post und Telekommunikation) was created.
See also
- Postal, telegraph and telephone service
- Postage stamps and postal history of Germany
- Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
- Deutsche Post of the GDR
- Pesthörnchen(CCC)
References
- ^ "PostUmwG - nichtamtliches Inhaltsverzeichnis".
- ^ a b "Art 143b GG - Einzelnorm".
- ^ a b c Daniel A. Rehbein. "Die Deutsche Bundespost". www.bundespost.de (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Deutsche Telekom: Telecommunication milestones". www.telekom.com. 15 June 2023.