The five states formerly constituting the Soviet occupation zone also had been dissolved and replaced by fifteen districts (Bezirke) in 1952; the United States, Britain, and France did not recognize the fifteenth district, East Berlin.
O cinco estados que constituían a zona de ocupación soviética disolvéronse e foron substituídos por quince distritos (Bezirke) en 1952; Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña e Francia non recoñeceron ao décimo quinto distrito, Berlín Oriental.