Originally, Intershop was organised as a division of Mitropa, the company that provided catering services to the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
In the seventh episode of the movie Seventeen Moments of Spring, the logos of the company are visible, when the General, Stirlitz's travel companion walks through the railroad station.
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In the movie Europa by Lars von Trier, a company called Zentropa runs the railway network in which the story unfolds; the company is based on Mitropa, according to the director's commentary on the DVD.
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Mitropa model railway coaches have been manufactured by many companies including Märklin, Fleischmann, Trix, and others.
The present day club was formed out of the 1965 merger of Viktoria and FC Preußen, itself created out of the worker's club of railway catering company Mitropa in 1951.
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She has won two individual gold medals (in Olbia 2008 and Merlimont 2011), three team gold medals (in 2008, 2010 and 2011) and three bronze team medals (in 2009, 2012 and 2013) in the Mitropa Cup.