German Democratic Republic

Details

Instance of

historical country, satellite state, state, counterintelligence state

Inception

7 October 1949

Country

German Democratic Republic

Continent

Europe

Capital

East Berlin

Population

18388000, 17068000, 16675000, 16111000

Area

108179

anthem

Auferstanden aus Ruinen

basic form of government

communist dictatorship, parliamentary republic

category for maps or plans

Category:Maps of the German Democratic Republic

category for people born here

Category:Births in East Germany

category for people who died here

Category:Deaths in East Germany

category of associated people

Category:East German people

coat of arms

National Emblem of the German Democratic Republic

contains the administrative territorial entity

Rostock District, Neubrandenburg District, Schwerin District, Potsdam District, Frankfurt (Oder) District, Magdeburg District, Cottbus District, Halle District, Leipzig District, Erfurt District, Dresden District, Gera District

currency

East German mark, Deutsche Mark

demonym

Deutscher, Deutsche, Ανατολικογερμανός, Ανατολικογερμανίδα, East German, alemán oriental, alemana oriental, keletnémet, tedesco orientale, tedeschi orientali, tedesca orientale, tedesche orientali

described by source

hedendaagsesieraden.nl

different from

Eastern Germany

diplomatic relation

Yugoslavia, Germany, Soviet Union, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea, West Germany

dissolved, abolished or demolished

3 October 1990, 1989

economy of topic

economy of the German Democratic Republic

executive body

Council of Ministers of the GDR

flag

flag of East Germany

GS1 country code

440

head of government

Otto Grotewohl, Willi Stoph, Horst Sindermann, Willi Stoph, Hans Modrow, Lothar de Maizière

head of state

Wilhelm Pieck, Walter Ulbricht, Willi Stoph, Erich Honecker, Egon Krenz, Manfred Gerlach, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl

history of topic

history of East Germany

language used

German

legislative body

Volkskammer

located in the present-day administrative territorial entity

Germany

location of formation

Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus

member of

United Nations, Economic, Monetary and Social Union, Warsaw Pact, COMECON

motto

Workers of the world, unite!

native label

Deutsche Demokratische Republik

office held by head of state

President of East Germany, President of the Volkskammer, Chairman of the State Council

official language

German, Sorbian

official name

Deutsche Demokratische Republik

owner of

DEFA

permanent duplicated item

Q56244905

related category

Category:Law of East Germany, Category:East German architecture, Category:Education in East Germany, Category:Events in East Germany, Category:Geography of East Germany, Category:Society of East Germany, Category:Culture of East Germany, Category:Mass media in East Germany, Category:Military of East Germany, Category:Nature conservation in East Germany, Category:Organisations based in East Germany, Category:Politics of East Germany

replaced by

Germany, new states of Germany

replaces

German Reich, Soviet occupation zone of Germany, Allied Control Council

shares border with

Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Polish People's Republic, European Economic Community, West Germany, Poland, European Union, Germany

short name

ADR, ГДР, NDR, DDR, ΛΔΓ, GDR, GDR, RDA, RDA, 동독, NRD, RDG

telephone country code

+37

territory claimed by

West Germany

top-level Internet domain

.dd

topic's main category

Category:East Germany

topic's main Wikimedia portal

Portal:East Germany

trunk prefix

0

Connected on Wikidata

Authority files