▁roughly ▁ 5 4 3 , 2 0 0 ▁employees ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁The ▁corpor ation ▁was ▁dissol ved ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁under ▁the ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁postal ▁re forms ▁that ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁Post ▁Office . ▁Following ▁the ▁re forms , ▁the ▁former ▁Deutsche ▁Bundes post ▁was ▁broken ▁into ▁three ▁public ly ▁trad ed ▁corpor ations : ▁Deutsche ▁Post ▁AG ▁( G erman ▁Post ), ▁Deutsche ▁Tele kom ▁( G erman ▁Tele com ), ▁and ▁Deutsche ▁Post bank ▁AG ▁( G erman ▁Post ▁Bank ). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁in ▁the ▁T riz one ▁as ▁a ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁Reich sp ost ▁( G erman ▁imperial ▁post ▁office ). ▁Between ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁the ▁enter prise ▁was ▁called ▁Deutsche ▁Post ▁( G erman ▁post ▁office ). ▁Until ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁the ▁Deutsche ▁Bundes post ▁was ▁a ▁state - owned ▁operation . ▁ ▁Organ ization ▁ ▁The ▁Bundes post ▁was ▁developed ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁three - t ier ▁principle ▁common ▁in ▁public ▁administration ▁in ▁the ▁Federal ▁Republic ▁of ▁Germany . ▁The ▁upper ▁stage ▁consisted ▁of ▁the ▁federal ▁min istry ▁for ▁the ▁post ▁office ▁and ▁tele communic ation ▁system . ▁The ▁middle ▁stage ▁consisted ▁of ▁regional ▁director ates ▁( B undes post dire ktionen ) ▁and ▁the ▁state ▁post ▁office ▁management ▁( Land es post dire ktion ) ▁under ▁western ▁Al lied ▁authority ▁in ▁West ▁Berlin ▁(