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The introductory paragraph read:
The Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR (German State Railways) was the national railway service of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The DR was formed in 1949 from the components of the former Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft (DRG) in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany (which became the GDR on 1949-10-07). The components of the DRG in West Germany formed the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB).
There are a couple of problems with this that I have aimed to correct.
ProhibitOnions 21:17, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
I have moved this page to Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR and will create a disambiguation page at Deutsche Reichsbahn pointing to both here and the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft article so people can clearly see the both Reichsbahns are not the same entity. -- Doco 10:38, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
The literal translation of "Reich" is "realm", not "empire"!
When we say "the animal realm", or when Shakespeare said "This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England" we are not talking about an empire or any other form of government. To translate it as "Imperial" is implying a meaning which is not there. See Reich, where it explains that the Weimar Republic used the name Deutsches Reich.
Unfortunately "realm" is not a word in common modern usage in English. The nearest approximation is "nation". I have therefore changed the translation to "German national railways", with a footnote. Hopefully this does not start an edit war. TiffaF 06:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Since the GDR was only founded in 1949 and ceased to exist in 1990, and Deutsche Reichsbahn in its area existed from 1945 to 1993, I believe it would be better to rename the article in "Deutsche Reichsbahn (1945-1993)" in analogy to the German article. -- Schlosser67 ( talk) 07:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
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The introductory paragraph read:
The Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR (German State Railways) was the national railway service of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The DR was formed in 1949 from the components of the former Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft (DRG) in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany (which became the GDR on 1949-10-07). The components of the DRG in West Germany formed the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB).
There are a couple of problems with this that I have aimed to correct.
ProhibitOnions 21:17, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
I have moved this page to Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR and will create a disambiguation page at Deutsche Reichsbahn pointing to both here and the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft article so people can clearly see the both Reichsbahns are not the same entity. -- Doco 10:38, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
The literal translation of "Reich" is "realm", not "empire"!
When we say "the animal realm", or when Shakespeare said "This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England" we are not talking about an empire or any other form of government. To translate it as "Imperial" is implying a meaning which is not there. See Reich, where it explains that the Weimar Republic used the name Deutsches Reich.
Unfortunately "realm" is not a word in common modern usage in English. The nearest approximation is "nation". I have therefore changed the translation to "German national railways", with a footnote. Hopefully this does not start an edit war. TiffaF 06:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Since the GDR was only founded in 1949 and ceased to exist in 1990, and Deutsche Reichsbahn in its area existed from 1945 to 1993, I believe it would be better to rename the article in "Deutsche Reichsbahn (1945-1993)" in analogy to the German article. -- Schlosser67 ( talk) 07:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:
Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 22:53, 26 September 2022 (UTC)