East Germany (GDR)

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:municipality
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Soviet_Union
other Eastern Bloc countries
gptkbp:anthem gptkb:Auferstanden_aus_Ruinen
gptkbp:area 108,333 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:West_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union_(via_Berlin)
gptkbp:capital gptkb:East_Berlin
gptkbp:currency gptkb:East_German_mark
gptkbp:demonym East German
gptkbp:dialCode +37
gptkbp:dissolved 3 October 1990
gptkbp:established 7 October 1949
gptkbp:firstLeader gptkb:Wilhelm_Pieck
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_East_Germany
gptkbp:governmentType socialist
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East Germany (GDR)
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code DD
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Lothar_de_Maizière
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Egon_Krenz
gptkbp:leaderTitle gptkb:General_Secretary_of_the_Socialist_Unity_Party
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Chemnitz
gptkb:Dresden
gptkb:Erfurt
gptkb:Leipzig
gptkb:Magdeburg
gptkb:Potsdam
gptkb:Rostock
gptkb:Halle
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Comecon
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Deutsche_Demokratische_Republik
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Peaceful_Revolution
gptkb:German_reunification
gptkb:Berlin_Wall_fall
Berlin Wall construction
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Stasi
gptkb:state_order
gptkb:National_People's_Army
gptkb:Free_German_Youth
gptkb:Volkskammer
FDGB (Free German Trade Union Federation)
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Trabant
gptkb:Wartburg
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:party gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
gptkbp:population 16,111,000 (1990)
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Otto_Grotewohl
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
gptkbp:secretPolice gptkb:Stasi
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:GDR
gptkbp:UNMemberSince yes (from 1973)
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode gptkb:DDR
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cafe_Moskau
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7