East Germany

East Germany was a state in Central Europe (Europe) that lasted from 1949 to 1990 CE, about 41 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

The German Democratic Republic, a Soviet-bloc state that built the Berlin Wall in 1961. Mass protests opened the Wall in 1989, and it joined West Germany in 1990.

See East Germany on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1949 to 1990 CE

Duration

41 years

Type

State

Region

Central Europe, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Capital

East Berlin

Came from

• Nazi Germany 1933 to 1945 CE

Became

• Germany 1990 CE to the present

Events in Europe during its time

• 1957 Treaty of Rome
• 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall

Neighbours in Europe

• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• Kingdom of Sweden 1721 CE to the present
• Kingdom of the Netherlands 1815 CE to the present
• Italian Republic 1946 CE to the present
• French Fifth Republic 1958 CE to the present
• Kingdom of Spain 1975 CE to the present
• Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945 to 1992 CE
• West Germany 1949 to 1990 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia
• Republic of India 1947 CE to the present, South Asia
• People's Republic of China 1949 CE to the present, East Asia
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE, Central and North Asia
• Republic of South Africa (apartheid era) 1961 to 1994 CE, Central and Southern Africa

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