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Deutsche Bundespost

former state postal company in the Federal Republic of Germany
Organization State Owned Enterprise Q181653

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of
state-owned enterprise
Official website
www.deutschepost.de[16]
Legal form
off-budget fund[23]

Status and dates

Inception
1950[14]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1950-01-01 BnF data 1949 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗GND (DNB) 1950-04-01 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗ROR 1947 edition 2026-09-26 · cc0-1.0+geonames-cc-by-4.0 ↗
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
1994[15]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1994-01-01 BnF data 1989 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗GND (DNB) 1994-12-31 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Replaced by
DHL Group, Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Postbank[20][21][22]
Replaces
Deutsche Bundespost Berlin, Reichspost, Deutsche Post of the GDR[17][18][19]

Location

Headquarters location
Bonn[4]
Country
Germany[2]

Industry and activity

Industry
telephony, information technology, logistics, specialized bank, mail[9][10][11][12][13]

Relations

Owned by
Germany[3]
Child organization or unit
Bundesanstalt für Post und Telekommunikation Deutsche Bundespost, Federal Office for Approvals in Telecommunications, Bundesamt für Post und Telekommunikation[6][7][8]
Owner of
Fernmeldeturm Höxter, Munich Post Office Railway[24][25]
More facts +2
Flag
flag of Deutsche Bundespost[5]
Has works in the collection
Anne Frank House[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Deutsche Bundespost en German Federal Post Office ar دويتشه بوندس بوست ar دويتشه بوندسبوست ar مكتب البريد الاتحادي الألماني fa دویچه باندزپست he הדואר הגרמני ja ドイチェ・ブンデスポスト ja ドイツ・ブンデスポスト ja ドイツ連邦郵便 ja ドイツ郵便サービス zh 德国联邦邮政 zh 德國聯邦郵政
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ROR ID
0150tj573
ISNI
0000000107896485
VIAF cluster ID
134514162
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50082954
GND ID
2007726-9
GRID ID
grid.424149.e
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F079078-0027, Bonn, Hauptpostamt am Münsterplatz.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120430229
BoardGameGeek game publisher ID
9976
Freebase ID
/m/07s1dg
IdRef ID
028634705
J9U entity ID
987007357109105171
Show all 21 identifiers +9
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
2007726-9
Kallías ID
KS00012847
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2802562207
Museen Dresden article ID
29803
Museum-digital person/organization ID
7374
Ringgold ID
39115
Scilit organization ID
16342
Topic's main category
Category:Deutsche Bundespost
Yale LUX ID
group/f2b73807-98ae-4a7d-a48a-cf7d191af428
📚 Sources · 1
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🔗 Connections
← Commissioned by 13
Europaturm, Rheinturm, Colonius, Florianturm, Heinrich Hertz Tower, Telemax, Fernmeldeturm Münster, Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg +5 more
Industry 4
information technology, mail, logistics, telephony
Replaced by 3
Deutsche Telekom, DHL Group, Deutsche Postbank
Replaces 3
Reichspost, Deutsche Post of the GDR, Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
← Operator 3
TV-Sat, TV-Sat 1, TV-Sat 2
← Parent organization or unit 3
Federal Office for Approvals in Telecommunications, Posttechnisches Zentralamt, FTZ
← Replaced by 3
Reichspost, Deutsche Post of the GDR, Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
← Replaces 3
Deutsche Telekom, DHL Group, Deutsche Postbank
Child organization or unit 1
Federal Office for Approvals in Telecommunications
Country 1
Germany
Founded entities 1
Deutsche Postbank
Has works in the collection 1
Anne Frank House
Headquarters location 1
Bonn
Instance of 1
state-owned enterprise
Owned by 1
Germany
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Summary

Deutsche Bundespost is a state-owned enterprise[1].

Related Entities

Deutsche Telekom DHL Group Germany information technology TV-Sat TV-Sat 1 TV-Sat 2

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [26] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Alan ffm · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → off-budget fund
    Replaced by → DHL Group, Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Postbank
    Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID → 2007726-9
    Museum-digital person/organization ID → 7374
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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