Reichsbahn General Directorate

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The Reichsbahn-Generaldirektion (RBGD) was the supreme administrative authority of the railways to be administered in the British Zone due to Proclamation No. 2 of the Control Council and was founded on August 20, 1945 in Bielefeld .

The Reichsbahndirectors Essen , Hamburg , Hanover , Cologne , Münster and Wuppertal were combined in it. The general director was Max Leibbrand .

In accordance with the formation of the bizone , it changed its name in 1946 to the head office of the railways of the American and British occupation areas .

On December 11, 1947, it was relocated there as the main administration of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the United Economic Area (HVR) , based in Offenbach am Main . After the Federal Republic of Germany was founded on September 7, 1949, it became the Deutsche Bundesbahn .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage of the Wiedenest station, paragraph From the Reichsbahn to the Bundesbahn, accessed in May 2010.

Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 47.9 "  N , 8 ° 31 ′ 59.7"  E