Question 195 · Federal question
Which present-day German federal state was formerly part of the territory of the GDR?
German original (as asked in the real test)
Welches heutige deutsche Bundesland gehörte früher zum Gebiet der DDR?
- A Hessen
- B Sachsen-Anhalt ✓ Correct answer
- C Nordrhein-Westfalen
- D Saarland
Translation
Which present-day German federal state was formerly part of the territory of the GDR?
- A Hesse
- B Saxony-Anhalt ✓ Correct answer
- C North Rhine-Westphalia
- D Saarland
Explanation
The former GDR (East Germany) included the so‑called New Federal States established after reunification: Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin (East part), Saxony, Saxony‑Anhalt, and Thuringia. Hesse, North Rhine‑Westphalia, and Saarland were part of the Federal Republic (West Germany).
Tips
- Learn the list of the New Federal States created from the GDR territory after 1990.
- Use geographic cues: states along the former inner-German border and to the east were in the GDR; major western industrial states (e.g., Ruhr area) were in the FRG.
- Remember the Saarland’s unique post-war status (French influence), which joined the Federal Republic in 1957.
- Eliminate options known for large western cities like Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, which indicate West German states.
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