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German Democratic Republic

1949–1990 country in central Europe, unified into modern Germany
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German Democratic Republic

Summary

German Democratic Republic is a historical country[1]. It ranks in the top 0.32% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,908 views/month, #5 of 1,549).[2]

Key Facts

  • German Democratic Republic was a member of United Nations[3].
  • German Democratic Republic was a member of Economic, Monetary and Social Union[4].
  • German Democratic Republic was a member of Warsaw Pact[5].
  • German Democratic Republic was a member of COMECON[6].
  • German Democratic Republic is in the country of German Democratic Republic[7].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of government is recorded as Otto Grotewohl[8].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of government is recorded as Willi Stoph[9].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of government is recorded as Horst Sindermann[10].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of government is recorded as Willi Stoph[11].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of government is recorded as Hans Modrow[12].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of government is recorded as Lothar de Maizière[13].
  • German Democratic Republic is on the continent of Europe[14].
  • German Democratic Republic's instance of is recorded as historical country[15].
  • German Democratic Republic's instance of is recorded as satellite state[16].
  • German Democratic Republic's instance of is recorded as state[17].
  • German Democratic Republic's instance of is recorded as counterintelligence state[18].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of state is recorded as Wilhelm Pieck[19].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of state is recorded as Walter Ulbricht[20].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of state is recorded as Willi Stoph[21].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of state is recorded as Erich Honecker[22].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of state is recorded as Egon Krenz[23].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of state is recorded as Manfred Gerlach[24].
  • German Democratic Republic's head of state is recorded as Sabine Bergmann-Pohl[25].
  • German Democratic Republic's capital is recorded as East Berlin[26].
  • German Democratic Republic's official language is recorded as German[27].

Why It Matters

German Democratic Republic ranks in the top 0.32% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,908 views/month, #5 of 1,549).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR. Zentralinstitut für Ernährung Alexander Gauland Alte Nationalgalerie Andrea Pollack Anna Seghers Armin Mueller-Stahl Arnold Zweig Artsakh dram Bäcker und Konditor Bernd Blobel Bernd Bransch Bertolt Brecht Bill Kaulitz Birgit Fischer Böhlau Verlag Böhlen Britta Steffen Buchclub 65 Buna Werke Carsten Jancker Central Institute for Ancient History and Archeology Central Institute for Earth Physics Central Institute for Isotope and Radiation Research Christa Wolf Christina Schwanitz Christoph Daum Christoph Schneider Clemens Fritz Conrad Schumann Corinna Harfouch

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['1SEpSV', '1AYlzt']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 20d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['germany-east', 'east-germany']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: germany-east, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289930492|germany east (#289930492)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 22d ago · Putnik · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → vokietijos-demokratine-respublika
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: vokietijos-demokratine-respublika"
  4. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom wiki id → gdr
    Svkkl authority id → g0004693-Nemecka-demokraticka-republika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: g0004693-Nemecka-demokraticka-republika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259661|batch #259661]]"
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