Illustration of the traffic signs in the German Democratic Republic from 1979 to 1990

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Place-name sign (back) from the revised TGL 12096/01, which became binding in 1979 (photo from 1988)
Until the fall of the Berlin Wall, the signs on motorways that became valid with the 1971 amendment to the Road Traffic Act remained largely intact and were not replaced from 1979 (photo from 1990)
The photo shows the slightly modified parking lot sign Figure 250 V 3 published in 1988 with the revised TGL 12096/01, a P + R additional sign that does not meet the TGL specifications from 1988 (Figure 423), additional signs Figure 419 and Figure 332 (photo by 1988)

The picture table of the traffic signs in the German Democratic Republic from 1979 to 1990 shows the traffic signs in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as they were after the TGL 12096/01 came into force on May 1, 1979 until the reunification . With the Unification Treaty of August 31, 1990, the GDR was dissolved as a state structure. As stipulated in the contract, the legal norms of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) became effective immediately and as far as possible . This also applied to the road traffic regulations (StVO) of the GDR. Some of the stipulations important for the GDR StVO, such as TGL 12096/05 for delineator posts , had already been repealed on February 1, 1990. Only a few StVO paragraphs of the German Democratic Republic remained temporarily in force. Initially, all traffic signs lost their validity with the following exceptions: Fig. 215 (no U-turn), Fig. 419 (not valid for the type of vehicle shown), Fig. 421 (not valid for severely disabled people with special permission) and Fig. 422 (valid in wet conditions). By December 31, 1990, these characters were also invalid.

The new road traffic regulations (StVO) introduced in the GDR under the catchy name StVO 77 had some initial difficulties, as the standardization of traffic signs for industry was only published in November 1978 and became binding on May 1, 1979. The legal text of the StVO, valid since January 1st, 1978, replaced the road traffic regulations valid in the GDR since 1964. Due to the delay in issuing the TGL 12096/01, it was not possible to manufacture signs according to the new StVO until the end of 1978 at the earliest.

In addition, road traffic-relevant signs or signals of the ordinances on the construction and operation of trams (BOStrab) are reproduced in this table .

colour

TGL specifications

Since the late 1920s, the yellow-black signage for towns and country roads had manifested itself in many parts of Germany and for the first time received a nationwide standardization and validity with the road traffic regulations of 1934 . Due to the expansion of the motorway, which was also under construction at the time, technical regulations stipulated blue and white signs from the start. This color system remained in effect in the GDR until the fall of the Berlin Wall. According to TGL 12096/01 of November 1978, the following requirements for the surface quality of the traffic signs affixed with foil had to be met:

  • white - reflective
  • red - fluorescent (reflective for images 224 and 225)
  • yellow - reflective (fluorescent for picture 301 and 302)
  • green - fluorescent

Only the color designs with blue, black and orange should be achieved by the sign painters with color applications. But here, too, there was the possibility - if available - of using a corresponding film. Arrows, symbols and lettering were to be underlaid with retroreflective material according to the contours. The traffic sign posts were also painted in the GDR. According to TGL 12146, fluorescent daylight colors should be used for yellow and red. The posts for the signs on motorways were to be painted gray or hot-dip galvanized. According to Table 12 of TGL 12096/01 of November 1978, the following rule applied:

  • The posts of the right-of-way signs in Fig. 130, 226 to 229 were to be painted alternately red and white along their entire length at a distance of 0.3 meters.
  • The posts for the signs in pictures 301 to 304, 314, 315 were to be set up in yellow
  • All other traffic signs were painted gray.

On January 1, 1987, with the revised regulation TGL 21196, a new color register became valid, which was revised again in June 1987. Sign painters could also fall back on the color palettes listed there.

practice

Practice deviated in many ways from the TGL specifications. Usually, due to the constraints of the shortage economy, only inferior and cheaper material could be used in the manufacture of traffic signs, posts and masts. The films in particular were not very durable, often puckered and quickly bleached. In order to prevent the permanent corrosion of the usually not hot-dip galvanized tubular steel posts, these theoretically had to be repainted regularly. Concrete posts, which are also possible, were more durable and cheaper. The rusting screws and washers that were on the front of most signs also made them unsightly. It was not uncommon for the sheet metal of the signs to continue to be painted entirely by hand, as in the past, when no foil material was available.

typography

With the entry into force of the TGL 12096/01 May 1, 1979 was also a new typeface introduced for the labeling of the traffic signs. Up to this point in time, the TGL 0-1451, which became binding on January 1, 1963, was a variant of the DIN 1451 that had been in use since the 1930s . As in many other areas of life and work in the GDR, with the progressive detachment from the known norms in parts of the population, a state-supporting identity and identification factor should become effective. As early as 1962 it was postulated:

"In dealing with the development of bourgeois German road traffic law, the underlying capitalist conditions are uncovered and the superiority of the socialist road traffic law of the GDR is proven."

- New publications: Explanation and collection of the most important legal provisions on road traffic law . In: State and Law , Register of Authors and Register of Subjects (1962), p. 191.

When looking for a completely new typeface for road traffic, those responsible had agreed on the bold style of the Gill Sans designed by the British Eric Gill between 1928 and 1930 . It is noteworthy that no font draft from the GDR itself or a friendly socialist brother country was chosen. However, the bold gill was unsuitable in individual forms for use as a commercial font in accordance with traffic signs. Therefore, it had to be revised in a number of areas in order to be suitable for the intended use.

Official handling of the new signage

The motorway signage, which was added to the road traffic regulations in 1970, remained in use until the turn of 1990, even though new signs were introduced in 1979. But since the expansion of the motorway in the GDR had no priority, only damaged signs were replaced. As a rule, photos and film recordings up to 1990 also document the symbols associated with this motorway signage from the StVO amendment that came into effect in 1971.

This development did not correspond to the other behavior of the GDR authorities. For example, the previous signs in the cities and in the countryside were quickly dismantled in many areas and replaced by the new signs, sometimes regardless of their good condition. In this renovation, the cities usually came first, followed - depending on the weighting - by the rural places and regions. The dismantling of all old signs was not yet completed in 1990.

I. Warning signs

  • Fig. 101
    Hazardous area

  • Fig. 102
    uneven road surface

  • Fig. 103
    Intersection with a subordinate street

  • Fig. 104
    Intersection

  • Fig. 105
    Traffic lights

  • Fig. 106
    dangerous curve

  • Fig. 106 V
    dangerous curve

  • Fig. 107
    dangerous double curve

  • Fig. 107 V
    dangerous double curve

  • Fig. 108
    steep slope

  • Fig. 108 V
    steep slope

  • Fig. 109
    steep slope

  • Fig. 109 V
    steep slope

  • Fig. 110
    Cross wind

  • 111
    Danger of skidding

  • Fig. 112
    Narrowing of the roadway on both sides

  • Fig. 113
    One-sided narrowing of the road

  • Fig. 113 V
    One-sided narrowing of the road

  • Fig. 114
    Two-way traffic

  • Fig. 115
    Construction site

  • Fig. 116
    Chippings, gravel

  • Fig. 117
    Rockfall

  • Fig. 118
    Pedestrian crossing

  • Fig. 119
    Children

  • Photo 120
    Wild

  • Fig. 121
    Animals

  • Fig. 122
    Flight operations

  • Photo 123
    Cyclists

  • Fig. 124
    Tram

  • 125
    unrestricted level crossing

  • 126
    Railroad crossing with gates

  • Fig. 127
    three-lined beacon
    (right - 240 m)

  • Fig. 127 V 1
    three-lane beacon
    (left - 240 m)

  • Fig. 127 V 2
    three-lane beacons
    (left - 180 m)

  • Fig. 128
    two-lane beacon
    (left - 160 m)

  • Fig. 128 V 1
    two-lane beacon
    (right - 160 m)

  • Fig. 128 V 2
    two-lane beacon
    (right - 110 m)

  • Fig. 129
    single lane beacon
    (right - 80 m)

  • Fig. 129 V 1
    single lane beacon
    (left - 80 m)

  • Fig. 129 V 2
    single-lane beacons
    (right - 50 m)

  • 130
    Warning cross at the level crossing

  • Fig. 130 V 1
    Warning cross at the level crossing

  • Fig. 130 V 2
    Warning cross at the level crossing

II. Regulatory sign

  • Fig. 201
    Traffic ban for all vehicles

  • 202 No
    entry

  • Fig. 203
    Driving ban for multi-lane vehicles

  • Fig. 204
    Driving ban for single-lane vehicles

  • Fig. 205
    Driving ban for all motor vehicles

  • Fig. 206
    Driving ban for trucks

  • Fig. 207
    Driving ban for tractors

  • Fig. 208
    Driving ban for vehicles with multi-axle trailers

  • Fig. 209
    Driving ban for cyclists

  • Fig. 210
    Driving ban for trailer vehicles

  • Fig. 211
    Driving ban for vehicles over a certain width

  • Fig. 211 V
    Driving ban for vehicles over a certain width

  • Fig. 212
    Driving ban for vehicles over a certain height

  • Fig. 212 V
    Driving ban for vehicles over a certain height

  • Fig. 213
    Driving ban for vehicles over a certain total mass

  • Fig. 213 V 1
    Driving ban for vehicles over a certain total mass

  • Fig. 213 V 2
    Driving ban for vehicles over a certain total mass

  • Fig. 213 V 3
    Driving ban for vehicles over a certain total mass

  • Fig. 214
    Driving ban for vehicles over a certain axle load

  • Fig. 214 V
    Driving ban for vehicles over a certain axle load

  • Fig. 215
    No U-turn

  • Fig. 216
    No horn

  • Fig. 217
    prescribed minimum distance for motor vehicles

  • Fig. 217 V
    prescribed minimum distance for motor vehicles

  • Fig. 218
    Maximum permitted speed

  • Fig. 219
    Prohibition to overtake multi-lane vehicles

  • 220
    Prohibition of overtaking multi-lane vehicles with vehicles over 3.5 t gross vehicle weight

  • Fig. 221
    End of all prohibitions for moving vehicles indicated by traffic signs

  • Fig. 222
    End of the displayed permissible maximum speed

  • Picture 223
    End of the overtaking ban

  • Fig. 224
    No stopping

  • Fig. 225
    No parking

  • Picture 226
    Stop - give way

  • Picture 227
    Give way

  • Fig. 228
    Stop - continue driving when prompted

  • Fig. 229
    Waiting obligation for oncoming traffic

  • Fig. 230
    prescribed minimum speed

  • Fig. 231
    End of the prescribed minimum speed

  • Fig. 232
    Snow chains mandatory

  • 233
    prescribed direction of travel

  • Fig. 233 V 1
    prescribed direction of travel

  • Fig. 233 V 2
    prescribed direction of travel

  • Fig. 234
    prescribed direction of travel

  • 234 V 1
    prescribed direction of travel

  • Fig. 234 V 2
    prescribed direction of travel

  • Fig. 234 V 3
    prescribed direction of travel

  • Fig. 235
    prescribed direction of travel for vehicles turning

  • 235 V 1
    prescribed direction of travel for vehicles turning

  • 235 V 2
    prescribed direction of travel for vehicles turning

  • Fig. 236
    mandatory side for driving past

  • Photo 237
    One-way street

  • Photo 238
    One-way street

  • Fig. 239
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 1
    classify

  • Fig. 239
    V2 Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 3
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 4
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 5
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 6
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 7
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 8
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 9
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 10
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 11
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 12
    Classify

  • Fig. 239 V 13
    Classify

  • Fig. 240
    Reduction in the number of lanes

  • Fig. 240 V 1
    Reduction in the number of lanes

  • Fig. 240 V 2
    Reduction in the number of lanes

  • Fig. 241
    Enlargement of the number of lanes

  • Fig. 241 V
    Increase in the number of lanes

  • Fig. 242
    Beginning of a lane for slow-moving vehicles

  • Fig. 243 Bus
    stop

  • Fig. 244
    Rail vehicle stops

  • Photo 245
    Pedestrian crossing

  • Fig. 246
    Pedestrian bridge or tunnel

  • Fig. 246 V
    Pedestrian bridge or tunnel

  • Fig. 247
    for pedestrians: Use the opposite side of the street

  • Fig. 247 V
    for pedestrians: Use the opposite side of the street

  • Photo 248
    sidewalk

  • Photo 249
    Cycle path

  • Photo 250
    Parking lot

  • Fig. 250 V 1
    parking space

  • Photo 250 V 2
    parking lot

  • Fig. 250 V 3
    parking lot

  • Photo 250 V 4
    Parking lot unguarded

  • Fig. 250 V 5
    Guarded parking lot

  • Fig. 250 V 6
    Guarded parking lot

  • Fig. 250 V 7
    parking lot

  • Photo 251
    reserved parking area

  • Photo 252
    Parking lot for taxi only

  • Fig. 252 V
    Parking for taxis only

  • Fig. 253
    Parking lot with limited parking time; Use only with parking disc

  • Fig. 253 V
    Parking lot with limited parking time; Use only with parking disc

  • Fig. 254
    Parking regulations across the direction of travel

  • Fig. 255
    Parking regulations at an angle to the direction of travel

  • 256
    Parking regulations on the sidewalk

  • Fig. 257
    Parking regulations halfway on the sidewalk

  • Fig. 258
    Parking regulations on the sidewalk, across the direction of travel

  • Fig. 259
    Parking regulations halfway on the sidewalk, perpendicular to the direction of travel

  • Fig. 260
    Parking regulations on the road, parallel to the direction of travel

  • Fig. 261
    Beginning of an area with traffic restrictions

  • Fig. 261 V 1
    Beginning of an area with traffic restrictions

  • Fig. 261 V 2
    Beginning of an area with traffic restrictions

  • Picture 262
    End of an area with traffic restrictions

  • Fig. 262 V 1
    End of an area with traffic restrictions

  • Fig. 262 V 2
    End of an area with traffic restrictions

III. Notice signs

  • Photo 301
    Main Street

  • Picture 302
    End of the main street

  • Fig. 303
    Europastrasse

  • Fig. 304 trunk
    road

  • Fig. 304 V 1
    trunk road

  • Fig. 304 V 2
    trunk road

  • Fig. 304 V 3
    trunk road

  • Fig. 305
    Beginning of the Autobahn

  • Photo 306
    End of the Autobahn

  • Photo 307
    Signpost to the motorway

  • Fig. 308
    Announcement of a motorway junction

  • Fig. 308 V 1
    Announcement of a motorway junction

  • Fig. 308 V 2
    Announcement of a motorway junction

  • Fig. 309
    Signpost on motorways

  • Fig. 309 V
    Signposts on motorways

  • Fig. 310
    three-striped beacon

  • Fig. 311
    two-lined beacon

  • Fig. 312
    single lane beacon

  • Photo 313
    Signposts on motorways

  • Fig. 313 V
    Signposts on motorways

  • Photo 314
    Beginning of the village

  • Fig. 314 V 1
    Beginning of the village (bilingual)

  • Fig. 314 V 2
    Beginning of the village

  • Fig. 314 V 3
    Beginning of the village

  • Photo 315
    End of the village

  • Fig. 316
    Signpost

  • Fig. 317
    Signpost

  • Fig. 317
    Signpost (bilingual)

  • Fig. 318
    Signposts for trunk roads

  • Fig. 319
    Signposts for other paved roads

  • Fig. 319 V
    Signs for other paved roads (bilingual)

  • Fig. 320
    Signposts for unpaved roads

  • Fig. 321
    Signpost for transit roads

  • Photo 322
    Two-way traffic has to wait

  • Photo 323
    Dead end

  • Photo 324
    Hospital

  • Image 325
    Medical help

  • Fig. 326
    Telephone station

  • Fig. 327
    Roadside assistance

  • Fig. 327 V 1
    Roadside Assistance

  • Fig. 327 V 2
    Roadside Assistance

  • Fig. 327 V 3
    Breakdown assistance and petrol station

  • Photo 328
    Petrol station

  • Fig. 328 V 1
    petrol station

  • Fig. 328 V 2
    gas station

  • Fig. 328 V 3
    gas station

  • Fig. 328 V 4
    Gas station and service area

  • Fig. 328 V 5
    Gas station and service area

  • Photo 329
    Campsite

  • Fig. 329 V
    Campsite

  • Fig. 330
    Rest area or restaurant

  • Fig. 330
    Rest area or restaurant

  • Fig. 330 V
    Kiosk

  • Fig. 330 V 3 Service
    area and kiosk

  • Fig. 331
    Hotel or motel

  • Photo 332
    toilet

  • Fig. 333
    Information point

  • Fig. 334 Transporting
    children (only attached to motor vehicles);
    no sign of the TGL, but the StVO

  • Fig. 336
    General maximum speeds in the GDR

  • Fig. 337 V 1
    Signpost for diversions

  • Fig. 338
    Signpost for diversions

  • Fig. 338 V 1
    Signpost for diversions

  • Fig. 338 V 2
    signs for diversions

  • Fig. 339
    Signpost for diversions of motorway traffic

  • Fig. 339 V
    Signs for diversions of motorway traffic

  • Fig. 340
    Announcement of the lane change

  • Fig. 340 V
    Announcement of the lane change

Additional characters

  • Photo 401
    turning main road

  • Fig. 401 V 1
    turning main road

  • Fig. 401 V 2
    turning main road

  • Photo 402
    turning main road

  • Fig. 402 V 1
    turning main road

  • Fig. 402 V 2
    turning main street

  • Fig. 402 V 3
    turning main street

  • Fig. 403
    beginning

  • Image 404 in
    front of and behind


  • End of     photo 405

  • Photo 406
    left

  • Fig. 406 V
    left, with length information

  • Fig. 407
    left and right

  • Fig. 407 V
    left and right

  • Photo 408
    right

  • Fig. 408 V 1
    right, with length information

  • Fig. 408 V 3
    diagonally to the right

  • Fig. 408 V 2
    right

  • Fig. 409
    Distance in meters

  • Fig. 409 V 1
    Distance in meters

  • Fig. 409 V 2
    Distance in meters

  • Fig. 409 V 3
    Distance in meters

  • Fig. 409 V 4
    Distance in meters

  • Fig. 409 V 5
    Distance in meters

  • Picture 410
    Length of the scope

  • Figure 410 V 1
    Length of the scope

  • Figure 410 V 2
    Length of the scope

  • Fig. 411
    Number

  • Fig. 412
    Time limit

  • Fig. 412 V 1
    time limit

  • Fig. 412 V 3
    time limit

  • Fig. 413
    Danger of snow and ice

  • Fig. 414
    Risk of sudden fog formation

  • Fig. 415
    Danger at the edge of the road

  • Fig. 416
    Play
    street free for residents
    (with traffic signs Fig. 201)

  • Fig. 417
    Train operation
    (with traffic signs Fig. 101)

  • Fig. 418
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 1
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 2
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 3
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 4
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 5
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 6
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 7
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 8
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 9
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 10
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 11
    only applies to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 418 V 12
    only applies to the types of vehicle shown

  • Fig. 418 V 13
    only applies to the types of vehicle shown

  • Fig. 418 V 15
    only applies to the types of vehicle shown

  • Fig. 418 V 16
    only applies to the vehicle types shown

  • Fig. 418 V 17
    only applies to the types of vehicle shown

  • Fig. 419
    does not apply to the type of vehicle shown

  • Fig. 419 V 1
    does not apply to the type of vehicle shown

  • Fig. 419 V 2
    does not apply to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 419 V 3
    does not apply to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 419 V 4
    does not apply to the type of vehicle shown

  • Fig. 419 V 5
    does not apply to the type of vehicle shown

  • Fig. 419 V 6
    does not apply to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 419 V 7
    does not apply to the vehicle type shown

  • Fig. 420
    Wheelchair users

  • Picture 421
    does not apply to wheelchair users

  • Fig. 422
    applies when it is wet

  • Photo 451
    Airport

  • Illus. 452
    telephone number

  • Photo 453
    Sports facility

  • Photo 454
    Leipzig Trade Fair

  • Fig. 455
    AGRA

  • Fig. 457
    High voltage

  • Picture 471
    except for People's Police vehicles

  • Fig. 472
    except for fire brigade vehicles

  • Fig. 473
    except motor vehicles

  • Picture 474
    except taxi

  • Fig. 475
    except construction vehicles

  • Picture 476
    except ambulance

  • Fig. 477
    except for company vehicles

  • Picture 478
    except supply vehicles

  • Fig. 478 V
    except supply vehicles (with time)

  • Picture 479
    except for residents

  • Image 480
    except vehicles of the Corps Diplomatique

  • Fig. 481
    except vehicles with a special permit

Control systems for road traffic

  • Figure 4
    Guide hatching on permanent obstacles
    (TGL 12096)

  • for Fig. 4
    Guide hatching on permanent obstacles
    (TGL 12096)

  • Fig. 5
    Guide hatching on permanent obstacles
    (TGL 12096)

  • Figure 6
    Guide hatching on permanent obstacles
    (TGL 12096)

  • Figure 4
    Guide hatching on non-permanent obstacles
    (TGL 12096)

  • for Fig. 4
    Guide hatching on non-permanent obstacles
    (TGL 12096)

  • Figure 5
    Guide hatching on non-permanent obstacles
    (TGL 12096)

  • Figure 6
    Guide hatching on non-permanent obstacles
    (TGL 12096)

  • Fig. 1 Delineator
    post
    (TGL 12096/05)

  • Guiding stones
    (no TGL regulation)

Traffic control by color signs

This regulation is based on the revised TGL 12096/04 of November 1978, which became binding from May 1, 1979. The schematic drawings are taken from the representations from StVO 77 and combined with the dimensions of TGL 12096/04. The green arrow was introduced with this TGL .

  • Fig. 1
    Green
    traffic direction released

  • Image 2
    Green-yellow
    traffic direction still released - change to "yellow" is imminent

  • Photo 3
    Yellow
    Warning, stop

  • Fig. 4
    Red
    stop

  • Fig. 5
    Red-yellow
    after stop - change to "green" is imminent

  • Fig. 11
    for pedestrians:
    traffic direction released

  • Figure 12
    for pedestrians:
    Leave the stop or lane

  • Fig. 23
    Possibility of turning right at "Red"

  • Example for the arrangement of traffic signs on signaling masts according to TGL 12096/04

Stop signs for trams

With the introduction of StVO 77, the bus stop sign for buses was regulated by the road traffic regulations itself with Fig. 243. The corresponding figure 244 for rail vehicles applied to road traffic areas. The signals of the ordinance on the construction and operation of trams (BOStrab) remained valid immediately at stops .

  • Signal St 29
    stop sign

  • Signal St 29a
    sign for double stop

  • Signal St 29a
    sign for double stop

  • Signal St 29b
    Sign for special stops

Subsequent changes and additions to the traffic signs

1981

On July 1, 1981, a new TGL for vertical guidance systems in road traffic came into effect. The StVO 77 was incorporated into it. The new TGL 12096/03 replaced its predecessor, TGL 12096, from 1966. As early as May 1st, 1986, the new TGL 12096/03 was no longer binding. Yellow and black guide hatches were to be attached to permanent obstacles such as bridges with narrower headroom and / or width, parapet walls, protruding corners of buildings, rocks and retaining walls if these were within the clearance profile. Red-and-white guide hatches were to be placed on shut-off devices that were not constantly on road surfaces. In addition, they had to be attached to obstacles and work equipment that was temporarily set up within the clearance profile. These included scaffolding, construction fences, as well as vehicles and work equipment for the construction and maintenance of roads and utility facilities.

  • Picture 602
    Guide hatching on permanent obstacles

  • Fig. 603
    Guide hatching on permanent obstacles

  • Figure 604
    Guide hatching on permanent obstacles

  • for Fig. 604
    Guide hatching on permanent obstacles

  • Fig. 605
    Guide hatching on permanent obstacles

  • Picture 602
    Guide hatching on non-permanent obstacles

  • Picture 603
    Guide hatching on non-permanent obstacles

  • Figure 604
    Guide hatching on non-permanent obstacles

  • for Fig. 604
    Guide hatching on non-permanent obstacles

  • Fig. 605
    Guide hatching on non-permanent obstacles

1986

On May 1, 1986, a new version of this standard came into effect with the TGL 12096/03 published in October 1985. There was only a change in the signs for vertical guidance systems in Figure 605. In addition, the section guide and shut-off cones has been added. All other characters were retained according to the TGL from 1981, which had already been published.

  • Fig. 601
    Traffic cones for temporary traffic control

  • Fig. 601 V
    Traffic cones for blocking parking lots and non-public streets

  • Fig. 605
    Guide hatching on permanent obstacles

  • Fig. 605
    Guide hatching on non-permanent obstacles

1988

On January 1, 1988, the revised TGL 12096/01 published in February 1987 came into effect. Among other things, it contained supplementary traffic signs, which became part of an expanded StVO. As historical photographs show, some of the images were in use some time before their official publication.

Revised characters

  • Fig. 247
    for pedestrians - use the opposite side of the street

  • Fig. 247 V
    for pedestrians - use the opposite side of the street

  • Fig. 250 V 3
    parking lot

  • Fig. 262 V 2
    End of an area with traffic restrictions

  • Fig. 319 V
    Signs for other paved roads (bilingual)

  • Fig. 321
    Signpost for transit roads

  • Fig. 457
    High voltage

New characters

  • Fig. 233 V 1
    prescribed direction of travel

  • Fig. 233 V 2
    prescribed direction of travel

  • Fig. 235 V 3
    prescribed direction of travel for vehicles turning

  • Fig. 236 V
    prescribed side for driving past

  • Fig. 237 V
    One-way street

  • Fig. 239 SV
    classify

  • Fig. 240 V 3
    Reduction in the number of lanes

  • Fig. 240 V 4
    Reduction in the number of lanes

  • Fig. 242 V
    Beginning of a lane for slow-moving vehicles

  • Fig. 244 V 5
    Reduction in the number of lanes

  • Fig. 249 a
    Cycle and sidewalk

  • Fig. 249 a V
    Sidewalk and cycle path

  • Fig. 249 b
    Common footpath and cycle path

  • Fig. 256 V
    Parking regulations on the sidewalk

  • Fig. 257 V
    Parking regulations halfway on the sidewalk

  • Fig. 258 V
    Parking regulations on the sidewalk, across the direction of travel

  • Fig. 259 V
    Parking regulations halfway on the sidewalk, across the direction of travel

  • Fig. 260 V
    Parking regulations on the road, parallel to the direction of travel

  • Fig. 313 V 1
    Signposts on motorways

  • Fig. 318 V
    Signposts for trunk roads

  • Fig. 338 V 4
    signs for diversions

  • Fig. 338 V 5
    Signposts for diversions

  • Photo 423
    Parking and traveling

  • Photo 460
    Zoo, animal park

  • Picture 474
    except TAXI

  • Fig. 482
    except residents

  • Fig. 484
    Fruit picking

  • Fig. 485 V1
    day and night

  • Fig. 486
    Intertank - refueling against foreign exchange possible

  • Illus. 487
    Intershop - purchases against foreign exchange possible

  • Fig. 488
    Tree care

Renumbered characters

  • Fig. 233 V 3
    prescribed direction of travel
    previously Fig. 233 V 1

  • Fig. 233 V 4
    prescribed direction of travel
    previously Fig. 233 V 2

  • Fig. 250 V 1
    parking space
    previously Fig. 250 V 2

  • Fig. 250 V 2
    parking lot
    previously Fig. 250 V 1

Deleted characters

  • Fig. 309 V
    Signposts on motorways

  • Fig. 313 V
    Signposts on motorways

1990

On February 1, 1990, a slightly modified form of the delineator posts should come into effect; the corresponding, revised TGL 12096/05 was published in June 1989. It was planned that a 50 mm high bird escape hole should be made at the delineator posts 100 mm above the ground level. This TGL never came into force, as it had already been declared invalid on the validity date with the previously prescribed TGL 12096/05 of December 1973. In their place came the corresponding provisions of the West-StVO and the associated DIN standards .

Military traffic signs (selection)

The design of the military traffic signs (MVZ) was based on StVO 77.

  • MVZ 21
    driving ban for tracked vehicles

  • MVZ 31
    military road

  • MVZ 32
    road for tracked vehicles

  • MVZ 44
    additional characters; valid for the type of vehicle shown in the specified direction

Inclusion of traffic signs in the German road traffic regulations from 1990

On the basis of the 3rd Exemption Ordinance to the StVO of December 11, 1990, the continued use of the green arrow sign (green arrow) from the 1977 GDR StVO was permitted between January 1, 1991 and December 31, 1991. Even before the comprehensive StVO design amendment of March 19, 1992 came into force, the ordinance on the temporary further use of the green arrow sign on traffic lights was issued on December 20, 1991 . This regulation came into force on January 1, 1992 and was to become invalid on December 31, 1996. However, the regulation for the green arrow introduced in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1978 only applied to the former GDR countries and applied to all arrow signs that were attached before July 1, 1991. With the introduction of the StVO amendment from 1992, two signs of the GDR StVO were initially used, a slightly changed version of the sign Wendeverbot , which had been introduced since the GDR StVO amendment of 1971, and picture 116 gravel as sign 116 with a new symbol included in the first post-war road traffic regulations valid for all of Germany. In 1994 the green arrow also became part of this StVO amendment. With the new road traffic regulations of 2013, sign 116 was removed from the traffic sign catalog, but could still be ordered as sign 145-50 in dangerous situations. With the introduction of the traffic sign catalog 2017, the sign was taken up again as a regular hazard sign and was given the number 101-52.

The following characters, which were only contained in the GDR StVO, were adopted in a very similar version or with a different symbol with or shortly after the amendment of 1992 in the first all-German post-war StVO:

  • Sign 116
    grit, gravel
    (StVO 1992)

  • Sign 272
    prohibition of turning
    (StVO 1992)

  • Sign 720
    green arrow
    (StVO 1994)

See also

Under the title of road safety , the expended Deutsche Post of the GDR in the years 1966, 1969 and 1975, three stamp series on traffic safety .

Web links

Commons : East German traffic signs  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Klaus Zwingenberger: Motorway signs . In: Der Deutsche Straßenverkehr 8 (1980), pp. 4–5.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Federal Law Gazette, Unification Agreement, Part II, No. 35 of September 28, 1990, pp. 885-1248; here: p. 1223
  2. ↑ TGL 12096/01: Road traffic systems - guidance systems - traffic signs from November 1978, pp. 1−28; here p. 1.
  3. ^ Legal Gazette of the German Democratic Republic Part II, No. 49, Berlin, June 4, 1964, pp. 357–372.
  4. ↑ § 52 Entry into force and transitional provisions . In: Ordinance on behavior in road traffic (Road Traffic Regulations - StVO -). From May 26, 1977. In: Law Gazette of the German Democratic Republic , Part 1, No. 20, pp. 257 ff.
  5. ↑ TGL 12096/03: Systems of road traffic - guidance devices - vertical guidance devices from October 1985, pp. 1−4; here p. 4 (notes).
  6. ^ Tactical and military traffic signs In: Handbuch für Militärtransportwesen / Straßenendienst ( Military Publishing House of the GDR), Berlin 1983, p. 612 ff.
  7. ↑ Third ordinance on exemptions from the road traffic regulations . In: Bundesgesetzblatt 69, Part 1, Bonn, December 19, 1990, p. 2765.
  8. ↑ Ordinance on the temporary further use of the green arrow sign on traffic lights . From December 20, 1991. In: Bundesgesetzblatt 68, Part 1, Bonn, December 31, 1991, p. 2391.