Relay (post)

The Imperial Post of Flensburg - Mürwik from 1910 which originally served as a mail coach relay station .

Relay (also: relay station ) used to be the place where fresh horses stood ready for travelers .

In the German Reich postal area, travelers could order relay horses from the post offices for exchange in advance. Post coachmen also stopped at relay stations, where their horses were unhitched and exchanged for fresh horses. The travelers in the carriage could get out and rest for a while at the stagecoach relay station. However, such a system is unlikely to exist today. Relay horses can only be on standby during par force hunts .

In the literature, for example, relay stations in the Tsar's courier and in the Three Musketeers are mentioned.

The aforementioned horse relays gave their name to the relays from the field of technology , which are much better known today . There they refer to a remotely operated electrical switch which, actuated by a control current, switches a second circuit. The word was also used earlier (at least towards the end of the 19th century) to refer to employment relationships, in that the relay system was used to describe the institution of work in which different groups of workers replaced each other after certain periods of time. This use of the term, which is apparently very similar to that of the horse relay station, is no longer in use today.

Relay (post)

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