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  2. Altenburg - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.altenburg.eu. Altenburg ( listen ⓘ) is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Leipzig, 90 kilometres (56 miles) west of Dresden and 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production ...

  3. Unification of Germany - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The unification of Germany ( German: Deutsche Einigung, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ] ⓘ) was a process of building the first nation-state for Germans with federal features based on the concept of Lesser Germany (one without Habsburgs ' multi-ethnic Austria or its German-speaking part).

  4. German reunification - Wikipedia

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    Germany (1990–present) German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991. The "Unification Treaty" entered into force on 3 October 1990, dissolving the German Democratic Republic (GDR; German ...

  5. Administrative divisions of East Germany - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic (commonly referred to as East Germany) were constituted in two different forms during the country's history. The GDR first retained the traditional German division into federated states called Länder, but in 1952 they were replaced with districts called Bezirke.

  6. Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany

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    The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany ( German: Vertrag über die abschließende Regelung in Bezug auf Deutschland [a] ), or the Two Plus Four Agreement ( German: Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag [b] ), is an international agreement that allowed the reunification of Germany in October 1990. It was negotiated in 1990 between the 'two ...

  7. Economic history of the German reunification - Wikipedia

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    Economic history of the German reunification. On July 2, 1990, the economies of the two German states became one. It was the first time in history that a capitalist and a socialist economy had suddenly become one, and there were no precise guidelines on how it could be done. Instead, there were a number of problems, of which the most severe ...

  8. Territorial evolution of Germany - Wikipedia

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    The territorial changes of Germany after World War II can be interpreted in the context of the evolution of global nationalism and European nationalism. The latter half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century saw the rise of nationalism in Europe. Previously, a country consisted largely of whatever peoples lived on the land ...

  9. 1935 Saar status referendum - Wikipedia

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    527,987. 100.00%. Registered voters/turnout. 539,542. 97.86%. A referendum on territorial status was held in the Territory of the Saar Basin on 13 January 1935. Over 90% of voters opted for reunification with Germany, with 9% voting for the status quo as a League of Nations mandate territory and less than 0.5% opting for unification with France.