New states of Germany

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The new states of Germany (German: die neuen Länder / die neuen Bundesländer) are the five re-established states of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) that acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) with its 10 "old states" (without Berlin) upon German reunification on 3 October 1990. The new states, which were dissolved by the GDR government in 1952 and were re-established in 1990, are Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The 16th state, Berlin, the result of East joining West Berlin, is usually considered neither an old nor new state. There have been 16 states in Germany since reunification.

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