192. Which present-day German federal state formerly belonged to the territory of the GDR?

Answer options

1. Brandenburg
2. Bavaria
3. Saarland
4. Hesse

Explanation

Brandenburg belonged to the territory of the GDR: the Land existed from 1949 to 1952, was abolished in the socialist administrative reform and replaced by Bezirke, and was re-established in 1990. The Law on the Reintroduction of Länder of 22 July 1990 reconstituted Brandenburg and the other eastern Länder, which—under the Unification Treaty—acceded to the scope of the Basic Law on 3 October 1990 pursuant to former Article 23 of the Basic Law. Bavaria and Hesse were western Länder from 1949; Saarland joined the Federal Republic only in 1957 after the 1955 plebiscite, but it was never part of the GDR.