The Use of Automobiles in Germany till 1939.

The study’s subject is the number and use of motor vehicles in the German Empire from 1907 to - 1939. In a summary table, the information of the German Reich’s official statistics on the use of cars in the German Reich is presented. The information is differentiated into motorcycles, passenger cars and their use, listed by authorities, public transit, ambulances and commercial, professional, and other purposes (agriculture and forestry, trade or other business, other professions, entertainment and sports).

Until 1914 the registration of a motor vehicle in Germany included the information of the vehicles type of use. The German tax law privileged the commercial use of vehicles. Therefore, most of the driver assigned the commercial use as the main reason for the use of the vehicle. The resumption of the car registration statistics after the I. World War the differentiation of the car’s usage was disposed because of its detected disutility.
The investigator therefore draws mainly on the sources and literature about the cultural history and diffusion of motor vehicles. Initial point is the thesis, that motor vehicles in possession of private households at the beginning of the automobile age were used exclusively as consumer good. After being fully developed and after the offer of the needed infrastructure for their usage, they become more and more a commercial used means of production. Three stages of motorization are distinguished: motorization of the upper class, motorization of businessmen and manufacturer, and mass motorization.

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Datatables in the search- and downloadsystem HISTAT (subject: communication and transport):
Annotation: HISTAT is offered in German.

A.01 Use of Passenger Vehicles (including Omnibuses) in the German Reich (1907-1938)
A.02 Density of motor vehicles in Germany by Regions (1914-1938)

本研究的研究对象为1907年至1939年德意志帝国（German Empire）的机动车（motor vehicles）保有量及其使用情况。本研究通过汇总表格呈现了德意志帝国（German Reich）官方统计的机动车使用相关数据，该数据按摩托车、乘用车及其使用场景分类，使用场景进一步划分为公务、公共交通、救护车用途，以及商用、专业领域及其他用途（农林牧渔、商贸或其他经营活动、其他专业领域、娱乐与体育）。

1914年以前，德国机动车登记信息中包含车辆使用用途类型。德国税法对车辆商用用途给予税收优惠，因此绝大多数驾驶者将商用用途申报为车辆使用的主要场景。一战结束后恢复机动车登记统计工作时，由于此前按用途分类的统计方式被证实缺乏实用价值，该分类维度被废止。

因此本研究主要依托与机动车文化史及传播历程相关的文献与史料开展。本研究的核心立论为：汽车时代初期，私人家庭所拥有的机动车仅作为消费品使用；在机动车技术完全成熟、配套使用基础设施完善后，其逐渐转变为商用生产资料。本研究将汽车普及进程划分为三个阶段：上层阶级汽车普及、工商业者与制造商汽车普及，以及大众汽车普及。

研究主题：搜索与下载系统HISTAT（主题：通信与交通）内的数据集表格。
注：HISTAT仅提供德语版本。
A.01 德意志帝国乘用车（含公共汽车）使用情况（1907-1938年）
A.02 德国各地区机动车保有密度（1914-1938年）

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集总结了1907年至1939年德意志帝国机动车辆的使用情况，包括摩托车、客车及其不同用途的统计信息。数据基于官方统计和历史文献，探讨了车辆从消费商品到生产工具的演变，并区分了三个机动化阶段：上层阶级、商业制造商和大众机动化。数据集包含两个核心表格：客车使用数据和地区车辆密度数据。