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DEGES

Logo: DEGES Deutsche Einheit Fernstraßenplanungs- und -bau GmbH, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

German project management institution

The Deutsche Einheit Fernstraßenplanungs- und -bau GmbH (DEGES) (German Unity motorway planning and construction company) is a state-owned project management institution founded on October 7, 1991, about one year after the German reunification. The intention was to support the New Länder in the planning and preparation of necessary construction work on their old and new Autobahn highways.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1991Founded1
  • HeadquartersBerlin1
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

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The Deutsche Einheit Fernstraßenplanungs- und -bau GmbH (DEGES) (German Unity motorway planning and construction company) is a state-owned project management institution founded on October 7, 1991, about one year after the German reunification. The intention was to support the New Länder in the planning and preparation of necessary construction work on their old and new Autobahn highways.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Germany 29.1% since 2014
  • Bremen 5.9%
  • Hamburg 5.9%
  • Hesse 5.9%
  • Schleswig-Holstein 5.9%
  • Baden-Württemberg 5.9% since 2014
  • Berlin 5.9% since 2014
  • North Rhine-Westphalia 5.9% since 2014

Former owners and parents

  • Germany 25% until Aug 30, 2007
  • RMD 25% until Aug 30, 2007
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 10% until Aug 30, 2007
  • Saxony-Anhalt 10% until Aug 30, 2007
  • Brandenburg 5.9% until Aug 30, 2007
  • Saxony 5.9% until Aug 30, 2007
  • Thuringia 5.9% until Aug 30, 2007

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1991Founded Founded1

Sources

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