Class district
# Class district

Class districts (German: Gattungsbezirke) were a classification system for railway goods wagons used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (1920–1945) in Germany between the wars.

After the Deutsche Reichsbahn had been founded in 1920, in 1921 all goods wagons types with the same or similar roles were grouped into so-called class districts. These were named after cities that were the headquarters of a Reichsbahn division or, later, other cities too. Work on re-lettering and renaming the wagons began in 1922 and was largely completed by 1924.

Class districts of the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1921 :

| Class districts | Category letters | Wagon type | Class | Period |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Altona, later Hamburg | V | Livestock van | S, V, A, W | 1922–1937 |
| Augsburg | S | Two and three-axled rail wagons | S, V, A, W | 1922–1945 |
| Berlin | Gk | Refrigerator vans | S, V, A, W | 1922–1945 |
| Breslau | Om | Open wagons | S, V, A, W | 1922–1945 |
| Dresden | G und GG | Large-volume vans | S, V, A, W | 1922–1945 |
| Elberfeld, later Wuppertal | K | Lidded wagons | S, V, A | 1922–1930 |
| Erfurt | X | Open departmental wagons | S, V, A, W | 1922–1945 |
| Essen | Om | Open wagons | V, W | 1922–1945 |
| Kassel (Cassel) | G | Covered wagons | V, A | 1922–1945 |
| Köln | SS | Rail wagons with four or more axles (flat wagons) | S, V, A, W | 1922–1945 |
| München | G | Covered wagons | Verbandsbauart | 1922–1945 |
| Nürnberg | O | Open wagons | Verbandsbauart | 1922–1945 |
| Regensburg | H | Cradle wagons | S, V, A | 1922–1945 |
| Stuttgart | R | Stake wagons | S, V, A, W | 1922–1945 |

Legende:

* S = State railways
* V = Verbandsbauart
* A = Austauschbauart
* W = Welded
