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Also known as GDR, DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik, Communist Germany, East Germany

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

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The German Democratic Republic was a state that existed from October 7, 1949, until its dissolution on October 3, 1990, with an additional dissolution date noted in 1989. It covered an area of 108,179 square kilometers and had a population of 18,388,000. The country used the telephone country code +37 and the trunk prefix 0. Its GS1 country code was 440.

The subject is categorized under the Commons category "German Democratic Republic." It is referenced by 25,439 other encyclopedia articles. In PubMed, there are 54,413 entries associated with the query "German Democratic Republic."

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Deutsche Demokratische Republik
Demonym
Vzhodna Nemka
Continent
Europe
Official language
Sorbian
Population
16111000
Area
108179
Head of government
Lothar de Maizière
Form of government
parliamentary republic
Legislature
Volkskammer
Shares border with
Germany
Calling code
+37
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short name
DDR
P11012
Montreal
different from
Eastern Germany
topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portal:East Germany
Commons category
German Democratic Republic
member of
COMECON
top-level Internet domain
.dd
topic's main category
Category:East Germany
inception
1949-10-07
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1989-00-00
diplomatic relation
West Germany
history of topic
history of East Germany
trunk prefix
0
territory claimed by
West Germany
category of associated people
Category:East German people
category for people born here
Category:Births in East Germany
owner of
DEFA
GS1 country code
440
native label
Deutsche Demokratische Republik
language used
German
location of formation
Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus
located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Germany
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview

Today part ofGermany From 1949 East and West Germany had identical flags, however, in 1959 a new East German flag was promulgated which included the national emblem, thus distinguishing the two states.

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a socialist workers' and peasants' state.

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