It got its current name 2013. It was a merger 1998 of "Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building" and the one responsible for transport. The urban development department was responsible for internet infrastructure not the transport one.
Shouldn't it be the ministry for infrastructure?
Doesn't confirm the "Because of this phrase" part of the claim.
Reminiscent of how New York transferred responsibility for the state canal system to the electric power authority because of NYSDOT mismanagement.
In Texas the railroad commission is super powerful and responsible for oil and gas leases.