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(Q16957)

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German Democratic Republic

1949–1990 country in central Europe, unified into modern Germany

  • GDR
  • DDR
  • Deutsche Demokratische Republik
  • Communist Germany
  • East Germany
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Statements

instance of
historical country
end time
no value
start time
3 October 1990
followed by
Germany
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state
start time
7 October 1949
end time
1989
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inception
7 October 1949
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.onthisday.com/date/1949/october/7
retrieved
15 September 2021
title
What Happened on October 7, 1949 (English)
short name
ADR (Azerbaijani)
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ГДР (Belarusian)
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NDR (Czech)
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ΛΔΓ (Greek)
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GDR (English)
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GDR (Esperanto)
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RDA (Spanish)
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RDA (French)
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동독 (Korean)
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NRD (Polish)
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RDG (Romanian)
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ГДР (Russian)
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TDR (Swedish)
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НДР (Ukrainian)
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东德 (Simplified Chinese)
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東德 (Traditional Chinese)
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東独 (Japanese)
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demonym
Deutscher (German)
applies to part
masculine
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Deutsche (German)
applies to part
feminine
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Ανατολικογερμανός (Greek)
applies to part
masculine
masculine singular
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Ανατολικογερμανίδα (Greek)
applies to part
feminine
feminine singular
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East German (English)
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alemán oriental (Spanish)
applies to part
masculine singular
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alemana oriental (Spanish)
applies to part
feminine singular
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keletnémet (Hungarian)
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tedesco orientale (Italian)
applies to part
masculine singular
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tedeschi orientali (Italian)
applies to part
masculine plural
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tedesca orientale (Italian)
applies to part
feminine singular
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tedesche orientali (Italian)
applies to part
feminine plural
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восточный немец (Russian)
applies to part
masculine
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восточная немка (Russian)
applies to part
feminine
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восточные немцы (Russian)
applies to part
plural
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östtysk (Swedish)
applies to part
common
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orientgermaniano (Esperanto)
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continent
Europe
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capital
East Berlin
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office held by head of state
President of East Germany
start time
11 October 1949
end time
5 April 1990
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President of the Volkskammer
start time
5 April 1990
end time
2 October 1990
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head of government
Otto Grotewohl
start time
7 October 1949
end time
21 September 1964
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Willi Stoph
start time
1964
end time
1973
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Horst Sindermann
start time
1973
end time
1976
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Willi Stoph
start time
1976
end time
1989
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Hans Modrow
start time
1989
end time
1990
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Lothar de Maizière
start time
1990
end time
1990
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member of
United Nations
start time
18 September 1973
end time
2 October 1990
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Economic, Monetary and Social Union
start time
1 July 1990
end time
2 October 1990
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Warsaw Pact
start time
14 May 1955
end time
2 October 1990
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COMECON
start time
29 September 1950
end time
2 October 1990
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contains the administrative territorial entity
Rostock District
start time
25 July 1952
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Neubrandenburg District
start time
25 July 1952
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Schwerin District
start time
25 July 1952
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Potsdam District
start time
25 July 1952
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Frankfurt (Oder) District
start time
25 July 1952
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Magdeburg District
start time
25 July 1952
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Cottbus District
start time
25 July 1952
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Halle District
start time
25 July 1952
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Leipzig District
start time
25 July 1952
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Erfurt District
start time
25 July 1952
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Dresden District
start time
25 July 1952
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Gera District
start time
25 July 1952
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Suhl District
start time
25 July 1952
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Karl-Marx-Stadt District
start time
25 July 1952
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East Berlin
start time
7 October 1949
end time
2 October 1990
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Mecklenburg
start time
7 October 1949
end time
25 July 1952
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Brandenburg
start time
7 October 1949
end time
25 July 1952
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Saxony-Anhalt
start time
7 October 1949
end time
25 July 1952
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Thuringia
start time
7 October 1949
end time
25 July 1952
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Saxony
start time
7 October 1949
end time
25 July 1952
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currency
East German mark
start time
24 July 1948
end time
30 June 1990
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Deutsche Mark
start time
1 July 1990
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owner of
DEFA
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followed by
Germany
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area
108,179 square kilometre
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locator map image
East Germany 1956-1990.svg
450 × 456; 474 KB
media legend
Location of the German Democratic Republic within Europe (English)
Östtysklands läge i Europa (Swedish)
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flag
flag of East Germany
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flag image
Flag of Germany.svg
1,000 × 600; 502 bytes
start time
7 October 1949
end time
1 October 1959
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Flag of East Germany.svg
1,000 × 600; 28 KB
start time
1 October 1959
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coat of arms image
Coat of arms of East Germany.svg
1,628 × 1,663; 58 KB
media legend
Östtysklands statsvapen (Swedish)
Coat of arms of East Germany (English)
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country calling code
+37
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trunk prefix
0
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GS1 country code
440
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Commons category
German Democratic Republic
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Identifiers

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
DD
end time
1990
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no value
start time
1990
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ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code
DDR
end time
1990
0 references
ISO 3166-1 numeric code
278
end time
1990
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ISO 3166-3
DDDE
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VIAF ID
125035363
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ISNI
0000 0001 2242 8348
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NORAF ID
90234473
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FAST ID
1210274
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NDL Authority ID
00561600
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NL CR AUT ID
ge131389
subject named as
Německá demokratická republika
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NSK ID
000214946
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SELIBR ID
161042
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IdRef ID
026358662
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Der Spiegel topic ID
ddr
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EuroVoc ID
1308
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FactGrid item ID
Q94418
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GACS ID
217
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (old version)
2355348
subject named as
ГЕРМАНСКАЯ ДЕМОКРАТИЧЕСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА
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HDS ID
046530
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iDAI.gazetteer ID
2379539
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Namuwiki ID
동독
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RKD thesaurus ID
26073
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Store norske leksikon ID
Øst-Tyskland
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DDR
0 references
Yle topic ID
18-302609
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YSA ID
Y105088
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YSO ID
105088
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