In the German Democratic Republic, which functioned as a Soviet sponsored separate version of Germany between 1949 and &lt;a href="Die%20Wende"&gt;1989/90&lt;/a&gt;, there was an Ernst Schneller Street or an Ernst Schneller Square or an Ernst Schneller School or college in very many towns and cities. There was an in Berlin-Alt-Treptow. There was a for looking after and monitoring troubled children and young people in Eilenburg named after Schneller. On 3 September 1973 a company of "missile troops" ("Geschoßwerfertruppenteil") in the National People's Army was assigned his name. Many of these very public celebrations of Ernst Schneller were renamed following the 1990 reunification, but there are still plenty of towns and cities left in with their own "Ernst Schneller Strasse" ("Ernst Schneller Street"). These include Leipzig, Halle, Erfurt, Jena and Heidenau. A 150m² ocean-yacht used between 1954 and 1989/90 by the " GTS " also carried his name. The sports-yacht was subsequently sold to the municipality of Aklam and renamed "Arms of Aklam". The for sporting achievement in the &lt;a href="Gesellschaft%20f%C3%BCr%20Sport%20und%20Technik"&gt;"Sport and Technology Society" ("Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik" / GTS)&lt;/a&gt; was inaugurated in 1961.