| German Democratic Republic Deutsche Demokratische Republik Timeline: Nihon no heiwa | ||||||
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| Anthem: Auferstanden aus Ruinen "Risen from Ruins" |
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 East Germany (green)
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| Capital | East Berlin | |||||
| Official languages | German | |||||
| Demonym | East German | |||||
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic | |||||
| - | General Secretary President |
Patrik Köbele | ||||
| - | Chairman | Gabi Zimmer | ||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Occupation | 1945–1949 | ||||
| - | Establishment | 7 October 1949 | ||||
| - | Moscow Treaty Organisation | 14 May 1952 | ||||
| - | Admitted to the U.N. | 18 September 1973 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2022 estimate | 19,131,240 | ||||
| Currency | East German mark (DDM) |
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| Drives on the | right | |||||
East Germany (German: Ost-Deutschland), officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), is a country in Central Europe. It borders Poland to the east; Czechoslovakia to the south-east; and West Germany and Hanover to the west.