Deutsche Post

{{short description|German mail and parcel delivery service}}

{{About|a brand |its owner company DHL Group, which is listed as {{lang|de|italic=unset|"Deutsche Post AG"}} |DHL Group|other uses|Deutsche Post (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Post & Parcel Germany division

| brands = {{lang|de|italic=no|Deutsche Post}},{{Cite web |title=facts & figures – Post & Parcel Germany |url=https://group.dhl.com/content/dam/deutschepostdhl/en/media-center/media-relations/documents/fact-sheet-post-parcel-germany.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522051932/https://group.dhl.com/content/dam/deutschepostdhl/en/media-center/media-relations/documents/fact-sheet-post-parcel-germany.pdf |archive-date=2024-05-22 |date=2024-03-07 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=DHL Group |language=en}} (linked from [https://group.dhl.com/en/about-us.html DHL Group – About us]) DHL

| logo = Logo Deutsche Post 2019.svg

| logo_size = 220px

| logo_caption = Logo used since 2019. Before 2019, the {{lang|de|italic=no|"Deutsche Post"}} wordmark used the Frutiger typeface.

| predecessor = {{lang|de|italic=no|Deutsche Bundespost}}

| type = Division

| num_employees = {{Circa}}187,000 (2024)

| parent = DHL Group

| foundation = {{start date and age|1995}}

| location = Bonn, Germany

| num_locations = 13,000 post offices (2024)

| services = domestic mail, post offices

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.deutschepost.de/en/home.html|deutschepost.de}}{{Cite web |title=Post & Paket Deutschland |url=https://group.dhl.com/de/ueber-uns/unternehmensbereiche/post-paket-deutschland.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007154654/https://group.dhl.com/de/ueber-uns/unternehmensbereiche/post-paket-deutschland.html |archive-date=2024-10-07 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=DHL Group |language=de}} (Button {{lang|de|italic=no|"Produkte & Leistungen Deutsche Post"}} links to www.deutschepost.de)

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{{lang|de|italic=no|Deutsche Post}} ({{IPA|de|ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈpɔst}}, {{lit|German Post}}) is a brand of the DHL Group (listed as {{lang|de|italic=no|"Deutsche Post AG"}}{{Cite web |title=Deutsche Post AG – Company Details |url=https://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/equity/deutsche-post-ag/company-details |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525085100/https://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/equity/deutsche-post-ag/company-details |archive-date=2024-05-25 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Frankfurt Stock Exchange |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Deutsche Post DHL Group renames to DHL Group |url=https://group.dhl.com/en/media-relations/press-releases/2023/deutsche-post-dhl-group-renames-to-dhl-group.html |date=2023-06-19 |access-date=2024-11-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429004416/https://group.dhl.com/en/media-relations/press-releases/2023/deutsche-post-dhl-group-renames-to-dhl-group.html |archive-date=2024-04-29 |website=DHL Group |language=en |quote=The new name has no effect on the name of the listed Group parent company, which remains Deutsche Post AG.}}), used for its domestic mail services in Germany. The services offered under the brand are those of a traditional mail service, making the brand the successor of the former state-owned mail monopoly, {{lang|de|italic=no|Deutsche Bundespost}}. {{asof|2008|post=,}} the monopoly for {{lang|de|italic=no|Deutsche Post}} on these services has expired.

Products

{{Asof|2024}}, the following services are offered under the brand by DHL Group's Post & Parcel Germany{{Cite web |title=Post & Parcel Germany |url=https://group.dhl.com/en/about-us/corporate-divisions/post-parcel-germany.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624205412/https://group.dhl.com/en/about-us/corporate-divisions/post-parcel-germany.html |archive-date=2024-06-24 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=DHL Group |language=en}} ({{lang|de|Post & Paket Deutschland}}) division:

  • Mail Communication handles the domestic mail service (except parcels).
  • Press Services handles domestic distribution of print products (newspapers and magazines).
  • Retail Outlets operates domestic retail outlets (post offices), which offer letter mail, parcel and Postbank services.
  • Dialogue Marketing provides services for direct marketing such as market research and address verification.

Other services by the division, such as DHL Parcel ({{lang|de|DHL Paket}}), use the DHL brand.

See also

References

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{{Deutsche Post}}

{{Postal administrations of Europe}}

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Category:Postal organizations

Category:DHL Group

Category:German brands

Category:1995 establishments in Germany