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

Answer options

1. Hesse
2. Schleswig-Holstein
3. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
4. Saarland

Explanation

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is correct; it is one of the five "new Länder" reconstituted in 1990 from the GDR districts. Pursuant to former Article 23 of the Basic Law and the Unification Treaty, this Land acceded to the Federal Republic on 3 October 1990. The legal basis was the GDR's Law on the Formation of Länder (Ländereinführungsgesetz) of 22 July 1990, which restored federal structures dismantled by the SED in 1952. Hesse, Schleswig-Holstein, and the Saarland were West German states and never formed part of the GDR.