The Ländereinführungsgesetz (English: State establishing act), adopted on 22 July 1990 by the Volkskammer recreated the Länder in the German Democratic Republic where they had been abolished in 1952. Since the new länder were formed by merging the kreise of East Germany, their borders differ from the ones of 1947. Originally, it was supposed to come into force on 14 October. Eventually, this date was changed to 3 October, the date of reunification, by the Einigungsvertrag (English: Unification treaty).[1]

The act also was supposed to regulate the relationship of the state and the federal level. As, however, it did not come into force before reunification, these parts of the act were immediately superseded by the corresponding articles of the Basic Law and never had any significance.

The full official title of the act is "Verfassungsgesetz zur Bildung von Ländern in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik" (English: Constitutional law for the creation of states in the German Democratic Republic)

Composition of the newly created states

The borders of the states as formed after World War II are grey. The borders of states as they were 1990 are displayed red. In contrast to what is shown on the map, the eastern sector of Berlin was not part of the Soviet occupation zone in 1947 or the GDR in 1952, and in 1990 it was not one of the five new federal states.
StatePrevious bezirkeWithout the kreisePlus the kreise
Mecklenburg-VorpommernNeubrandenburg, Rostock and SchwerinPerleberg, Prenzlau and Templin-
BrandenburgCottbus, Frankfurt/Oder and PotsdamHoyerswerda, Jessen and WeißwasserPerleberg, Prenzlau and Templin
Sachsen-AnhaltHalle and MagdeburgArternJessen
SachsenDresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt/Chemnitz and LeipzigAltenburg and SchmöllnHoyerswerda and Weißwasser
ThüringenErfurt, Gera and Suhl-Altenburg, Artern and Schmölln

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Die "KRR"-FAQ - Ländereinführungsgesetz" (in German). Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
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