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

Answer options

1. Thuringia
2. Hesse
3. Bavaria
4. Bremen

Explanation

Thuringia belonged to the Soviet occupation zone and, from 1949 to 1990, to the GDR; Hesse, Bavaria, and Bremen were continuously Länder of the Federal Republic. In the GDR, the Länder were abolished in 1952 and replaced by Bezirke; only the Ländereinführungsgesetz of July 22, 1990 reconstituted Thuringia and the other Länder. Their subsequent accession on October 3, 1990 under former Article 23 of the Basic Law (GG), pursuant to the Unification Treaty, granted the new Länder full status as constituent units of the Federation and reaffirmed the federal principle of Article 20(1) GG.