East Germany (former GDR)

GPTKB entity

Statements (98)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:municipality
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:DDR
gptkb:GDR
gptkbp:anthem gptkb:Auferstanden_aus_Ruinen
gptkbp:area 108,333 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Soviet_Union_(Kaliningrad_Oblast)
gptkb:West_Germany
gptkbp:capital gptkb:East_Berlin
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_East_Germany
gptkbp:currency gptkb:East_German_mark
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:education state-controlled
gptkbp:established 1949
gptkbp:firstLeader gptkb:Wilhelm_Pieck
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_East_Germany
gptkbp:governmentType socialist
gptkbp:healthcareSystem state-funded
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East Germany (former GDR)
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code DD
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:East_Berlin
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Egon_Krenz
gptkbp:leaderTitle gptkb:General_Secretary_of_the_Socialist_Unity_Party
Chairman of the State Council
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Comecon
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:National_People's_Army_(NVA)
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Chemnitz_(Karl-Marx-Stadt)
gptkb:Bautzen
gptkb:Bernburg
gptkb:Cottbus
gptkb:Dessau
gptkb:Dresden
gptkb:Eberswalde
gptkb:Eisenach
gptkb:Erfurt
gptkb:Finsterwalde
gptkb:Frankfurt_(Oder)
gptkb:Gera
gptkb:Greifswald
gptkb:Halberstadt
gptkb:Halle_(Saale)
gptkb:Hoyerswerda
gptkb:Jena
gptkb:Lübben
gptkb:Leipzig
gptkb:Ludwigslust
gptkb:Magdeburg
gptkb:Neubrandenburg
gptkb:Pirna
gptkb:Plauen
gptkb:Potsdam
gptkb:Riesa
gptkb:Rostock
gptkb:Rudolstadt
gptkb:Sangerhausen
gptkb:Schwerin
gptkb:Senftenberg
gptkb:Stendal
gptkb:Stralsund
gptkb:Suhl
gptkb:Torgau
gptkb:Waren_(Müritz)
gptkb:Weimar
gptkb:Wismar
gptkb:Wittenberg
gptkb:Zerbst
gptkb:Zwickau
gptkb:Ilmenau
gptkb:Meißen
gptkb:Gotha
gptkb:Guben
gptkb:Schmalkalden
gptkb:Zeitz
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Berlin_Wall_construction_(1961)
gptkb:Berlin_Wall_fall_(1989)
gptkb:Peaceful_Revolution_(1989)
gptkbp:notableIndustry gptkb:chemical_industry
textiles
machine building
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Minol_(fuel)
gptkb:Rotkäppchen_sparkling_wine
gptkb:Trabant_car
gptkb:Wartburg_car
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:party gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany_(SED)
gptkbp:population 16,111,000 (1990)
gptkbp:reunificationDate 3 October 1990
gptkbp:secretPolice gptkb:Stasi
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:sport successful Olympic teams
gptkbp:state none (officially atheist)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Magdeburg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4