Catalogue question 192 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
Which of today's German federal states was formerly part of East Germany?
- Brandenburg Correct
- Bavaria
- Saarland
- Hesse
Why — for every option
- A — Correct: Brandenburg was one of the five "new states" that joined the Federal Republic in 1990.
- B — Bavaria lay throughout in the American occupation zone and belonged to old West Germany, not East Germany.
- C — The Saarland belonged to the French zone or was for a time a separate territory, and joined the Federal Republic in 1957 — never part of East Germany.
- D — Hesse lay in the American zone and belonged to old West Germany, not East Germany.
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