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Encyclopedia > Volkseigener Betrieb

The Volkseigener Betrieb (German: people-owned enterprise; abbreviation: VEB) was the legal form of industrial enterprise in East Germany. They were publically owned and were routinely combined with other organizational units called Kombinaten. National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German Mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet...


An honorary name was frequently added to the firm's actual name, for example, VEB Kombinat Chemische Werke "Walter Ulbricht" Leuna, which had to be "fought" for in the context of the socialist competition for plan fulfillment and overfulfillment. Walter Ulbricht on a 1953 issue of TIME Walter Ulbricht (June 30, 1893 – August 1, 1973) was a German communist politician. ...


Examples

  • VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach
  • VEB Robotron
  • VEB Funkwerk Dabendorf
  • VEB Funkwerk Köpenick
  • VEB Stern Radio Berlin
  • VEB Stern Radio Rochlitz
  • VEB Stern Radio Sonneberg
  • VEB Filmfabrik Wolfen (ORWO)
  • PGH Fernseh-Radio Berlin
  • VEB Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz
  • VEB REMA Stollberg
  • HELI Radio Limbach-Oberfrohna
  • VEB SKET (Schwermaschinenkombinat Ernst Thälmann), Magdeburg
  • VEB Elektro-Physikalische Werke Neuruppin
  • VEB IFA
  • VEB Funkwerk Zittau
  • VEB Gaskombinat Schwarze Pumpe
  • VEB Geräte- und Regler-Werk Leipzig
  • VEB TAKRAF
  • VEB Antennenwerke Bad Blankenburg
  • VEB Radio- und Fernsehtechnik (RFT)
  • VEB Warnowwerft Rostock
  • VEB Hochfrequenzwerkstätten Meuselwitz
  • VEB Deutsche Schallplatten
  • VEB Ostseeschmuck
  • VEB Polytechnik

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Volkseigener Betrieb - definition of Volkseigener Betrieb in Encyclopedia (115 words)
Volkseigener Betrieb - definition of Volkseigener Betrieb in Encyclopedia
The Volkseigener Betrieb (German: people-owned enterprise; abbreviation: VEB) was the legal form of industrial enterprise in East Germany.
They were publically owned and were routinely combined with other organizational units called Kombinaten.
VEB & Kombinat - WordReference Forums (244 words)
Who can tell me what a "volkseigener Betrieb" is and also a "Kombinat"?
a "VEB" (volkseigener Betrieb = people-owned-company) was an industrial DDR-Company.
Volkseigener Betrieb is, as has been pointed out, a term specific to the GDR.
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