German Democratic Republic (East Germany)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/German_Democratic_Republic_(East_Germany)
GPTKB entity
Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:municipality
gptkbp:anthem gptkb:Auferstanden_aus_Ruinen
gptkbp:area 108,333 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:West_Germany
gptkbp:capital gptkb:East_Berlin
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_East_Germany
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
gptkbp:headOfState Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Chairman of the State Council
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code DD
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:East_Berlin
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Sabine_Bergmann-Pohl
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Volkskammer
gptkbp:mainSecurityAgency gptkb:Stasi
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Comecon
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Federal_Republic_of_Germany_(West_Germany)
gptkbp:notableAchievement successful Olympic teams
state-sponsored sports program
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Basic_Treaty_(1972)
gptkb:Treaty_on_the_Final_Settlement_with_Respect_to_Germany
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall
gptkb:Peaceful_Revolution
gptkb:Uprising_of_1953_in_East_Germany
Berlin Wall construction
gptkbp:notableIndustry gptkb:chemical_industry
agriculture
machine building
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Humboldt_University_of_Berlin
gptkb:Leipzig_University
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Berlin_TV_Tower
gptkb:Palace_of_the_Republic
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Erich_Honecker
gptkb:Walter_Ulbricht
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Trabant
gptkb:Minol
gptkb:Rotkäppchen_Sekt
gptkb:Wartburg
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Neues_Deutschland
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:Deutscher_Fernsehfunk
gptkb:Radio_DDR
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Deutsche_Demokratische_Republik
gptkbp:population 16,111,000 (1990)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Soviet_occupation_zone
gptkbp:publicHolidayIn 7 October
gptkbp:secretPolice gptkb:Stasi
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:state none (officially atheist)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode gptkb:DDR
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reunification_of_Germany_(1990)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5