| Code | NA16 |
| Place Entry | German Democratic Republic/Europe/World |
| Notes | (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Note: The territory was held by the Soviet Union after the partition of Germany following World War II. It became a Communist Republic in 1949 and was a sovereign state independent of the USSR in 1955. East and West Germany were reunited in 1989-1990. In the reuinfication process in mid-1990 the borders of the five historic Länder, or states, of East Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, and Thuringia) were restored, and on 3 October 1990 the states became part of a united Germany. |
| Place Name | German Democratic Republic |
| Area1 | Europe |
| Area2 | World |
| Notes | (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Note: The territory was held by the Soviet Union after the partition of Germany following World War II. It became a Communist Republic in 1949 and was a sovereign state independent of the USSR in 1955. East and West Germany were reunited in 1989-1990. In the reuinfication process in mid-1990 the borders of the five historic Länder, or states, of East Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, and Thuringia) were restored, and on 3 October 1990 the states became part of a united Germany. |
| Source | Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names |
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