Deutsche Bundespost
![German letter box with an old post horn logo with flashes from the Deutsche Bundespost; above, the new stylised post horn logo from Deutsche Post AG](/Images/godic/202501/02/Posthorn_alt-neu3817.jpg")
The Deutsche Bundespost (German federal post office) was created in 1947 in the Trizone as a successor to the Reichspost (German imperial post office). Between 1947 and 1950 the enterprise was called Deutsche Post (German post office). Until 1989 the Deutsche Bundespost was a state-owned company.