The city of East Berlin only existed from 1946-1989. At all other times it was united with West Berlin as one unified city of Berlin. However, during the aforementioned period, it was the capital of East Germany, also called the German Democratic Republic (in German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik).
East Berlin was the name used for the part of Berlin which was part of the German Democratic Republic (DDR, aka East Germany).
West Berlin was the name for the part of Berlin which was under allied military rule (France, UK and USA) but which was economically part of The Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, aka West Germany).
In 1990 the DDR was dissolved, and all its former territory, as well as West Berlin, became part of the BRD. Now the whole of Berlin, east and west, is part of one Germany.
East Berlin was the capital city of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1949 to 1991.
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Germany.
No, Berlin has not always been the capital city of Germany. Before Berlin, the capital was Bonn from 1949 to 1990. Berlin became the capital of a reunified Germany in 1990.
Since 1990, Berlin has again been the capital city of reunified Germany.When Germany was divided into east and west (1949-1990), the provisional capital of West Germany was Bonn and the capital of East Germany was East Berlin.Bonn served as the interim seat of government for the reunited country from 1990 to 1999.Currently the capitol of Germany is Berlin.
East Berlin was the capital city of East Germany during the division of Germany after World War II. It was a socialist state aligned with the Soviet Union.
Historically, Berlin was the capital of the Prussia for centuries. When Prussia led the unification of Germany, it was natural that the Prussian capital would become the capital of the newly unified country. After World War II, East Berlin remained the capital of East Germany, but it became unwieldy as a capital for West Germany because of its being an enclave in East German territory. However, when Germany reunified in 1989, Berlin was reinstated as the capital of a united Germany as a nod to the historical nature of the city.
East Berlin is a city and therefore has no capital. Furthermore, the city of East Berlin only existed from 1946-1989. At all other times it was united with West Berlin as one unified city of Berlin. However, during the aforementioned period, it was the capital of East Germany, also called the German Democratic Republic (in German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik).
East Berlin
There is no capital of Berlin because it is a city in Germany.
The capital of East Germany (GDR) was East Berlin.
Berlin became the capital city of Germany in 1990, after the reunification of East and West Germany.