Reichsstraße (Deutsches Reich)
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The term Reichsstraße ("imperial road") was introduced in 1934 into Nazi Germany
in place of the hitherto existing class of Fernverkehrsstraße ("trunk road") or FVS. On 17 January 1932, to improve road navigation in the Third Reich, the most important long distance routes (Fernverkehrsstraßen) were numbered. From 1934, when the so-called FVS were renamed as Reichsstraßen, they were marked with yellow signs bearing their respective number in black. After the imperial motorways (Reichsautobahnen) the Reichsstraßen were the most important class of road within the jurisdiction of Nazi Germany
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The Reichsstraße routes and numbering systems were largely adopted for the Bundesstraße
n ("federal roads") in the Federal Republic of Germany
and the Fernverkehrsstraßen ("trunk roads") in the GDR
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s. In the Kingdom of Netherlands, Sweden and Norway the term Reichsweg ("imperial way") is used.
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
in place of the hitherto existing class of Fernverkehrsstraße ("trunk road") or FVS. On 17 January 1932, to improve road navigation in the Third Reich, the most important long distance routes (Fernverkehrsstraßen) were numbered. From 1934, when the so-called FVS were renamed as Reichsstraßen, they were marked with yellow signs bearing their respective number in black. After the imperial motorways (Reichsautobahnen) the Reichsstraßen were the most important class of road within the jurisdiction of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
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The Reichsstraße routes and numbering systems were largely adopted for the Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
n ("federal roads") in the Federal Republic of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and the Fernverkehrsstraßen ("trunk roads") in the GDR
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
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Abroad
In several other countries, such as France, the equivalent roads are called national roadNational Road
The National Road or Cumberland Road was the first major improved highway in the United States to be built by the federal government. Construction began heading west in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland, on the Potomac River. It crossed the Allegheny Mountains and southwestern Pennsylvania, reaching...
s. In the Kingdom of Netherlands, Sweden and Norway the term Reichsweg ("imperial way") is used.