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German reunification

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Map shawin the diveesion o East (reid) an Wast Germany (blue) till 3 October 1990, wi Wast Berlin in yellae.

The German reunification (German: deutsche Wiedervereinigung) wis the process in 1990 in that the German Democratic Republic (GDR, colloquially East Germany; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik/DDR) becam pairt o the Federal Republic o Germany (FRG, colloquially Wast Germany; German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland/BRD) tae form the reunitit naition o Germany, an whan Berlin reunitit intae a single ceety, as providit bi its then Grundgesetz (constitution) Airticle 23. The end o the unification process is offeecially referred tae as German unity (German: Deutsche Einheit), celebratit on 3 October (German Unity Day) (German: Tag der deutschen Einheit).[1]

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  1. Vertrag zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik über die Herstellung der Einheit Deutschlands (Einigungsvertrag) Unification Treaty signed by the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic in Berlin on 31 August 1990 (official text, in German).