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The official name was Deutsche Demokratische Republik ('German Democratic Republic'), usually abbreviated to DDR (GDR). Both terms were used in East Germany, with increasing usage of the abbreviated form, especially since East Germany considered West Germans and West Berliners to be foreigners following the promulgation of its second constitution in 1968.
On 23 July 1952, a law combined the GDR's municipal districts into 14 regional districts , and subsequently, on 25 July 1952, the state governments transferred their administrative tasks to the new regional districts. [5] With this law, the Länder were in effect dissolved, and the GDR had become a highly centralized state. While they formally ...
The inner German border (German: innerdeutsche Grenze or deutsch–deutsche Grenze; initially also Zonengrenze) was the frontier between the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) from 1949 to 1990.
Lough Neagh, in Ulster, [21] is the largest lake in Ireland and Britain with an area of 392 km 2 (151 sq mi). The largest lake in the Republic of Ireland is Lough Corrib 176 km 2 (68 sq mi). Other large lakes, besides the three major Shannon examples, include the two linked lakes known as Lough Erne , Lough Mask and Lough Corrib, and Lough Conn .
Map showing the different borders and territories of Poland and Germany during the 20th century, with the current areas of Germany and Poland in dark gray 1951 East German stamp commemorating the Treaty of Zgorzelec establishing the Oder-Neisse line as a "border of peace", featuring the presidents Wilhelm Pieck (GDR) and Bolesław Bierut (Poland)
Map of garda divisions. Some areas of An Garda Síochána have been split into modified divisions and districts since the pilot of the new Garda Operating Model came into effect on Monday, 7 October 2019. [1] The rollout started with Galway, Cork City, Dublin South Central, Meath/Westmeath and Limerick and has continued since March 2020. [2]
The 2003 Regional Planning Guidelines referred to the Greater Dublin Area as a planning district separated into a "metropolitan area" and a "hinterland area". [ 2 ] The "metropolitan area" included both suburbs and commuter towns , covering the area from Swords and Malahide in Fingal , to Greystones in County Wicklow in the south, and as far ...