the German Democratic Republic

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf country
gptkbp:area 108,333 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Poland
gptkb:West_Germany
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:capital gptkb:East_Berlin
gptkbp:currency gptkb:East_German_mark
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:established 1949
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Berlin_Wall
gptkbp:famousPerson gptkb:Heiner_Müller
gptkb:Peter_Handke
gptkb:Uwe_Johnson
gptkb:Christa_Wolf
gptkb:Günter_Grass
gptkb:Hans_Modrow
gptkb:Kurt_Masur
gptkb:Lothar_de_Maizière
gptkb:Walter_Ulbricht
gptkb:Nina_Hagen
gptkb:Klaus_Wowereit
gptkb:Wolfgang_Thierse
gptkb:Wolf_Biermann
gptkb:Erich_Honecker
gptkb:Rainer_Eppelmann
Bärbel Bohley
Angela_Merkel_(born_in_Hamburg,_West_Germany,_but_grew_up_in_East_Germany)
gptkbp:governmentType socialist state
gptkbp:hasPoliticalParty gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the German Democratic Republic
gptkbp:internationalCooperation gptkb:Council_for_Mutual_Economic_Assistance
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_Organization
United_Nations_(not_a_member_until_1973)
gptkbp:isUsedFor gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
Comecon
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Egon_Krenz
gptkb:Wilhelm_Pieck
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Chemnitz
gptkb:Rostock
gptkb:Dresden
gptkb:Magdeburg
gptkb:Potsdam
gptkb:Cottbus
gptkb:Erfurt
gptkb:Leipzig
Jena
Halle
gptkbp:nationalTeam Auferstanden aus Ruinen
gptkbp:notableEvent Peaceful Revolution (1989)
Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall_(1989)
German_reunification_(1990)
gptkbp:officialLanguage German
gptkbp:population approximately 16 million (1989)