Where does the name "Punkte in Flensburg" comes from?

[JacquesFR 19]

Hi guys,

 

my good friend google was not able to tell me why Germany was not using a more official name than "Punkte in Flensburg" ?

I mean good old bureaucratic German is more complicated usually right? Should it not be named "Fahrerserlaubnispunkteanzahl" for example ?

Is it due to a beer fetish? Just curious to have your opinions on the matter. It's been in my mind ever since i got a ticket last time.

 

 

[rhody 3,170]

The Federal Kraftfahrt Amt is in Flensburg.  This is where the records are kept for drivers who get points.  I actually went there once when I lived in Jutland to get a printout saying I had no points so that my Danish insurance company would give me a discount.  

[JacquesFR 19]

Thanks rhody.

Well i also spotted the location of the central Amt. I just thought it was a curious name for it. Especially "Punkte in Flensburg" instead of "Flensburger Punkte"...

 

Is this me becoming too German you think? Has it finally got to me that i want to have everything proper? :P

[kato 3,560]

The Punktesystem was renamed Fahreignungs-Bewertungssystem in 2010, the previous Verkehrszentralregister in which the Punkte are stored was renamed Fahreignungsregister in 2014.

[yourkeau 7,721]

1 hour ago, JacquesFR said:

Well i also spotted the location of the central Amt. I just thought it was a curious name for it. Especially "Punkte in Flensburg" instead of "Flensburger Punkte"...

Flensburger is something from Flensburg, i.e. Flensburger beer you mentioned is a beer produced in Flensburg. The points are not produced in Flensburg, they are "produced" by your local police or speed cameras and then stored in Flensburg. That's why.

[JacquesFR 19]

Cheers

[JFKaiser 3]

On 30/05/2016, 18:49:33, JacquesFR said:

...me becoming too German you think? Has it finally got to me that i want to have everything proper? :P

Yes, definately!  I'm not sure anyone living in Germany can become "too German",  although now I come to think about it, yes, one can become "more German than the Germans", like any convert. There are Roman Catholic converts, "more catholic than the Pope" and I know an Englishman who is insufferable. He won't talk to fellow English nationals in English, even when the conversation is being held in English!  
 

As for Punkte in Flensburg, at least everyone understands what is meant by the expression, unlike the mouthful "Fahreignungs-Bewertungssystem"! 

[skinnypuppy 91]

7 hours ago, JFKaiser said:

Yes, definately!  I'm not sure anyone living in Germany can become "too German",  although now I come to think about it, yes, one can become "more German than the Germans", like any convert. There are Roman Catholic converts, "more catholic than the Pope" and I know an Englishman who is insufferable. He won't talk to fellow English nationals in English, even when the conversation is being held in English!  
 

As for Punkte in Flensburg, at least everyone understands what is meant by the expression, unlike the mouthful "Fahreignungs-Bewertungssystem"! 

Mm...7-year-old thread.

[slammer 888]

Seven points is all you get... number eight will cost you your license.