East Germany
East Germany (German: Ostdeutschland), formally the German Democratic Republic or GDR (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, () or DDR), wis a state within the Eastren Bloc during the Cauld War period.
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Frae 1949 tae 1990, it admeenistered the region o Germany which wis occupied bi Soviet forces at the end o the Seicont Warld War—the Soviet Occupation Zone o the Potsdam Agreement, boondit on the east bi the Oder–Neisse line. The Soviet zone surroondit Wast Berlin, but did nae include it; as a result, Wast Berlin remained ootside the jurisdiction o the GDR.
German Democratic Republic Deutsche Demokratische Republik | |||||||||||
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| 1949–1990 | |||||||||||
 Banner (1959–1990)  Emblem | |||||||||||
Motto: Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch! Scots: Wirkers o the warld, unite! | |||||||||||
 The German Democratic Republic in 1990. | |||||||||||
| Status | Satellite state o the Soviet Union Member o the Warsaw Pact | ||||||||||
| Caipital | East Berlin | ||||||||||
| Common leids | German (offeecial) Sorbian (unoffeecial) | ||||||||||
| Govrenment | Marxist–Leninist single-pairty socialist state | ||||||||||
| General Secretar | |||||||||||
• 1949–1950 | Wilhelm Pieck | ||||||||||
• 1949–1950 | Otto Grotewohl | ||||||||||
• 1950–1971 | Walter Ulbricht | ||||||||||
• 1971–1989 | Erich Honecker | ||||||||||
• 1989 | Egon Krenz | ||||||||||
| Heid o State | |||||||||||
• 1949–1960 | Wilhelm Pieck (first) | ||||||||||
• 1990 | Sabine Berg.-Pohl (last) | ||||||||||
| Heid o Govrenment | |||||||||||
• 1949–1964 | Otto Grotewohl (first) | ||||||||||
• 1990 | Lothar de Maizière (last) | ||||||||||
| Legislatur | Volkskammer | ||||||||||
• State Chamber | Länderkammera | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Cauld War | ||||||||||
• Constitution adoptit | 7 October 1949 | ||||||||||
• Uprisin o 1953 | 16 Juin 1953 | ||||||||||
• Berlin Crisis | 4 Juin 1961 | ||||||||||
• Peaceful Revolution | 13 October 1989 | ||||||||||
• Final Settlement | 12 September 1990 | ||||||||||
| 3 October 1990 | |||||||||||
| Aurie | |||||||||||
| 1990 | 108,333 km2 (41,828 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1950 | 18388000b | ||||||||||
• 1970 | 17068000 | ||||||||||
• 1990 | 16111000 | ||||||||||
| Currency | 1949–1964: Deutsche Mark 1964–1967: Mark der Deutschen Notenbank, (1967–1990) Mark der DDR (Three different names for the same currency) Deutsche Mark (frae 1 Julie 1990) | ||||||||||
| Cawin code | 37 | ||||||||||
| Internet TLD | .ddc | ||||||||||
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| The day pairt o |  Germany | ||||||||||
The initial banner o East Germany adoptit in 1948 wis identical tae that o West Germany. In 1959, the East German govrenment issued a new version o the banner bearin the naitional emblem, servin tae distinguish East frae West. ^a Dissolved bi the Volkskammer on 8 December 1958. ^b Population statistics accordin tae Statistisches Bundesamt. ^c Althou .dd wis reserved as correspondin ISO code for East Germany, it wis nae entered tae the ruit afore the kintra wis reunited wi the wast. | |||||||||||
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