page_title: Ländereinführungsgesetz
section_title: Composition of the newly created states
hierarchical_section_title: Ländereinführungsgesetz / Composition of the newly created states
caption_attribution_description: English: East Germany's states (Länder) as created 1945-1947 after WWII shown with purple borders. They were abolished in 1952, but were recreated in similar borders (red) in prior to German re-unification in 1990. Deutsch: Die nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg 1945–1947 gebildeten ostdeutschen Ländergrenzen in violett. In rot die Grenzen der neuen Länder von 1990.
context_page_description: The Ländereinführungsgesetz, 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. Eventually, this date was changed to 3 October, the date of reunification, by the Einigungsvertrag.
  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 As, however, it did not come into force before reunification, these parts of the act were immediately superseded by the corresponding articles of the Basic Law and never had any significance.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"
caption: The borders of the states as formed after World War II are grey. The borders of states as they were 1990 are displayed red..
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