REICHSPOST

'Reichspost' was the name of the postal service in the Holy Roman Empire founded by Franz von Taxis in 1495. From 1871 to 1949 it was the name of the German national postal service, formally ''Deutsche Reichspost''. The ''Reichspost'' was succeeded by the ''Deutsche Bundespost'' (German federal post office) in West Germany and by the ''Deutsche Post'' (German Post) in East Germany. In 2000 the company changed to Deutsche Post AG (share holding company)[1].
The German word ''Reich'' does not necessarily refer to a monarchy; it usually means "state" or "nation" in the sense of national.
There was also an Austrian daily newspaper with the same name from 1894 to 1938.

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Deutsche Post

Deutsche Bundespost

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1. History of Deutsche Post AG


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