...|conventional_long_name = German Democratic Republic|common_name = East Germany||continent = Europe|region = Germany|country = Germany|era = Cold War||event_start = Established|year_start = 1949|date_start = 7 October|event_end = German reunification|year_end = 1990|date_end = 3 October|life_span = 1949–1990|event1 = Final settlement|date_event1 = 25 September 1990||p1 = Allied Occupation Zones in Germany|flag_p1 = Flag of Germany (1946-1949).svg|s1 = Germany|flag_s1 = Flag of Germany.svg||image_flag = Flag of East Germany.svg|image_coat = Coat of arms of East Germany.svg|image_map = LocationEastGermany.png||national_anthem = "Auferstanden aus Ruinen"("Risen from Ruins")|common_languages = German|capital = East Berlin|latd=52 |latm=31 |latNS=N |longd=13 |longm=24 |longEW=E||government_type = Socialist republic,communist state|legislature = Volkskammer|title_leader = President|leader1 = Wilhelm Pieck|year_leader1 = 1949–60|leader2 = Walter Ulbricht|year_leader2 = 1960–73|leader3 = Willi Stoph|year_leader3 = 1973–76|leader4 = Erich Honecker|year_leader4 = 1976–89|leader5 = Egon Krenz|year_leader5 = 1989|leader6 = Manfred Gerlach|year_leader6 = 1989–90|leader7 = Sabine Bergmann-Pohl|year_leader7 = 1990||title_deputy = Chairman of the Council of Ministers|deputy1 = Otto Grotewohl|year_deputy1 = 1949–64|deputy2 = Willi Stoph|year_deputy2 = 1964–73|deputy3 = Horst Sindermann|year_deputy3 = 1973–76|deputy4 = Willi Stoph|year_deputy4 = 1976–89|deputy5 = Hans Modrow|year_deputy5 = 1989–90|deputy6 = Lothar de Maizière|year_deputy6 = 1990|stat_area1 = 108333|stat_pop1 = 16111000|stat_year1 = 1990||currency = East German mark|cctld = .dd|calling_code = 37|footnotes = Although .dd was reserved as corresponding ISO code for East Germany, it was not put into the root before the country was dissolved. Top-Level-Domain .DD Information site about .dd in German language|footnotes2 = Country code +37 was finally withdrawn in 1992. The number range was subdivided to create ten new country codes, re-allocated among several post-Soviet states and European microstates.-->East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR); (DDR), was a communist state that originated from the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany and the Soviet sector of occupied Berlin. East Germany existed from 7 October 1949 until 3 October 1990, when its re-established states acceded to the adjacent Federal Republic of Germany, thus producing the current form of Germany. During its existence, East Germany was a member of the Eastern Bloc of Eastern European nations that were aligned with the Soviet Union. Read full entry

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