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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.
Germany, German Demorcratic Republic location map w·o FRG July 1952 - October 1990.svg Module:Location map/data/GDR is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of German Democratic Republic .
The German Democratic Republic (GDR), German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), often known in English as East Germany, existed from 1949 to 1990. [1] It covered the area of the present-day German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Brandenburg , Berlin (excluding West Berlin ), Sachsen , Sachsen-Anhalt , and Thüringen .
1941 Map of Generalgouvernement (yellow) in comparison to Second Polish Republic (dark grey, blue, yellow), today's borders (white), 1918 German-Polish border (black), and in blue areas annexed by Nazi Germany in addition to the Congress of Vienna borders (1815-1918)
Germany, German Demorcratic Republic location map w·o FRG July 1952 - October 1990.svg Module:Location map/data/GDR is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of German Democratic Republic .
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.
When the German Democratic Republic was established in 1949, it immediately claimed East Berlin as its capital—a claim that was recognized by all communist countries. Nevertheless, East Berlin's representatives to the Volkskammer were not directly elected and did not have full voting rights until 1981. [2]
Today, around 46% of the city consists of buildings from before 1950. [5] After World War II, the city belonged to the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1990. Since then, many new construction projects have been implemented and old buildings have been restored. [6] Magdeburg celebrated its 1,200th anniversary in 2005.