Deutsche Reichsbahn

This article is about the national railways of Germany between the two world wars. For state railways of the post-war East Germany, see Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany).
Deutsche Reichsbahn
IndustryRail transport company
PredecessorGerman state railways
Founded1 April 1920; 104 years ago (1920-04-01)
Defunct7 October 1949; 75 years ago (1949-10-07)
Successors
Area served

The Deutsche Reichsbahn, also known as the German National Railway,[1] the German State Railway, German Reich Railway,[2] and the German Imperial Railway,[3][4] was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regional railways of the individual states of the German Empire. The Deutsche Reichsbahn has been described as "the largest enterprise in the capitalist world in the years between 1920 and 1932";[1] nevertheless, its importance "arises primarily from the fact that the Reichsbahn was at the center of events in a period of great turmoil in German history".[1]

  1. ^ a b c Mierzejewski, Alfred C. (2014). The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich: A History of the German National Railway. Vol. 1: 1920–1932. UNC Press Books. pp. v, xi–xii, 26. ISBN 978-1469620206.
  2. ^ Zeller, Thomas (2007). Driving Germany: The Landscape of the German Autobahn, 1930–1970. Bergbahn Books. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-84545-309-1 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Germany's Economy, Currency and Finance: A Study Addressed by Order of the German Government to the Committees of Experts, as Appointed by the Reparations Commission. Zentral-Verlag GmbH, 1924, pp. 4, 98 and 99.
  4. ^ Anastasiadou, Irene (2011). Constructing Iron Europe: Transnationalism and Railways in the Interbellum. Amsterdam University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-9052603926.