The Ländereinführungsgesetz (English: State Establishment Act), adopted on 22 July 1990 by the Volkskammer recreated the Länder in the German Democratic Republic where they had been abolished in 1952. Since the new länder were formed by merging the kreise of East Germany, their borders differ from the ones of 1947. Originally, it was supposed to come into force on 14 October, the date of the first state elections in the new states. Eventually, this date was changed to 3 October, the date of reunification, by the Unification treaty.[1]
The act also was supposed to regulate the relationship of the state and the federal level. As, however, it did not come into force before reunification, these parts of the act were immediately superseded by the corresponding articles of the Basic Law and never had any significance.
The full official title of the act is Verfassungsgesetz zur Bildung von Ländern in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (English: Constitutional Law for the Creation of States in the German Democratic Republic)
Composition of the newly created states
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| State | Previous Bezirke | Without the Kreise | Plus the Kreise | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Neubrandenburg | Prenzlau and Templin | – | Not retained as a Regierungsbezirk |
| Rostock | – | – | Not retained as a Regierungsbezirk | |
| Schwerin | Perleberg | – | Not retained as a Regierungsbezirk | |
| Brandenburg | Cottbus | Hoyerswerda, Jessen and Weißwasser | – | Not retained as a Regierungsbezirk |
| Frankfurt/Oder | – | Prenzlau and Templin | Not retained as a Regierungsbezirk | |
| Potsdam | – | Perleberg | Not retained as a Regierungsbezirk | |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Halle | Artern | Jessen | Divided into two Regierungsbezirke, Halle and Dessau |
| Magdeburg | – | – | ||
| Saxony | Dresden | – | Hoyerswerda and Weißwasser | |
| Karl-Marx-Stadt/Chemnitz | – | – | ||
| Leipzig | Altenburg and Schmölln | – | ||
| Thuringia | Erfurt | – | Artern | Not retained as a Regierungsbezirk |
| Gera | – | Altenburg and Schmölln | Not retained as a Regierungsbezirk | |
| Suhl | – | – | Not retained as a Regierungsbezirk |
See also
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edit- ↑ "Die "KRR"-FAQ - Ländereinführungsgesetz" (in German). Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-04-18.