postal system was taken over by the Imperial =
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3DFrench_Post&action=3Dedit&re=
dlink=3D1> French Post.
Finally in 1847, the L=C3=BCbeck-Hamburgerische Postamt (Postal =
Department of L=C3=BCbeck and Hamburg) emerged from the Prussian postal =
department. In the following years, this arrangement was extended and =
its region of influence enlarged. In 1856, further departments in =
Geesthacht <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geesthacht> and =
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3DKirchwerder&action=3Dedit&re=
dlink=3D1> Kirchwerder were established.