TestZen · Einbürgerungstest · Practice

201. Which of the following lists contains only Länder that lay within the territory of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR)?

Official German wording

Welche der folgenden Auflistungen enthält nur Bundesländer, die zum Gebiet der früheren DDR gehörten?

  1. 1. Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Schleswig-Holstein, Brandenburg
  2. 2. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen
  3. 3. Bayern, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Sachsen
  4. 4. Sachsen, Thüringen, Hessen, Niedersachsen, Brandenburg

Answer options

  1. 1. Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Schleswig-Holstein, Brandenburg
  2. 2. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
  3. 3. Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Thuringia, Saxony
  4. 4. Saxony, Thuringia, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg

Correct answer

2. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia

Explanation

The only correct list is no. 2: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia are the five “new Länder” re-established in 1990 on GDR territory. They acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990 pursuant to former Article 23 of the Basic Law and the Unification Treaty; East Berlin became part of the Land of Berlin. In the GDR, the Länder were abolished in 1952 and replaced by districts (Bezirke), suspending federal structures. Restoring the Länder extended the Basic Law’s federal principle (Articles 20, 28 GG) to the entire state territory.

Official sources

The German questions come from the original BAMF catalog for the Einbürgerungstest and Leben in Deutschland. Translations and explanations are study aids; verify legal details in the official sources.