German reunification in 1990 made Berlin the nominal capital of Germany again.

Following German reunification in 1990, the city regained its status as the capital of Germany, hosting 147 foreign embassies.

Since German reunification on 3 October 1990, Berlin has been one of the three city states, together with Hamburg and Bremen, among the present 16 states of Germany.

Upon German reunification in 1990, only the third stanza was confirmed as the national anthem.

Since reunification, the German government has spent vast amounts of money on reintegrating the two halves of the city and bringing services and infrastructure in the former East Berlin up to the standard established in West Berlin.

Following German reunification in 1990, the FDP merged with the Association of Free Democrats, a grouping of liberals from East Germany and the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany.

* 1990 – German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.

Since reunification, German authorities rely on a micro census.

Since German reunification substantial efforts have been necessary to improve and expand the transportation infrastructure in what had previously been East Germany.

Since 1951, Germany has been at the heart of European Integration and after German reunification in 1990 further promoted peaceful integration with its neighbors.

After the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany, German reunification took effect on 3 October 1990.

The political system is laid out in the 1949 constitution, the Grundgesetz ( Basic Law ), which remained in effect with minor amendments after 1990's German reunification.

It commemorates the anniversary of German reunification in 1990, when the goal of a unity of Germany that originated in the middle of the 19th century, was fulfilled.

The Day of German Unity on October 3 has been a German national holiday since the reunification in 1990, when the German reunification was brought out in full force.

An alternative choice to commemorate the reunification could have been the day the Berlin Wall came down — November 9, 1989, which coincided with the anniversary of the proclamation of the German Republic in 1918 and the defeat of Hitler's first coup in 1923.

With the reunification of Germany in 1990 the Marine took over the former East German Volksmarine (“ People ’ s Navy ”).

East Germany ceased to exist when its federal states were re-established and acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990 ( see German reunification ).

Yet, seven years after the Allies ’ Potsdam Agreement to a unified Germany, the USSR via the Stalin Note ( 10 March 1952 ) proposed German reunification and superpower disengagement from Central Europe, which the three Western Allies ( US, France, UK ) rejected.

Similarly, Lavrenty Beria, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the USSR, pursued German reunification, but an internal ( Party ) coup d ’ étât deposed him from government in mid-1953, before he could act on the matter.

His successor, Nikita Khrushchev, rejected reunification as equivalent to returning East Germany for annexation to the West ; hence reunification went unconsidered until the German Democratic Republic collapsed in 1989.

Words primarily used in Austria are Jänner ( January ) rather than Januar, heuer ( this year ) rather than dieses Jahr, Stiege ( stairs ) instead of Treppe, Rauchfang ( chimney ) instead of Schornstein, many administrative, legal and political terms – and a whole series of foods and vegetables such as: Erdäpfel ( potatoes ) German Kartoffeln ( but Dutch Aardappel ), Schlagobers ( whipped cream ) German Schlagsahne, Faschiertes ( ground beef ) German Hackfleisch, Fisolen ( green beans ) German Gartenbohne ( but Czech fazole and Italian fagioli ), Karfiol ( cauliflower ) German Blumenkohl ( but Italian cavolfiore ), Kohlsprossen ( Brussels sprouts ) German Rosenkohl, Marillen ( apricots ) German Aprikosen but Slovak marhuľa, Paradeiser ( tomatoes ) German Tomaten, Palatschinken ( pancakes ) German Pfannkuchen ( but Czech palačinky ), Topfen ( a semi-sweet cottage cheese ) German Quark and Kren ( horseradish ) German Meerrettich ( but Czech křen ).

Alfons Maria Jakob ( 2 July 1884, Aschaffenburg / Bavaria – 17 October 1931, Hamburg ) was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology.

* 1945 – World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.

* 1660 – Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist and harpsichordist ( d. 1722 )

* 1766 – Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and printmaker ( d. 1853 )

* 1815 – Robert Volkmann, German composer ( d. 1883 )

* 1841 – Karl Binding, German jurist ( d. 1920 )

* 1878 – Erich Mühsam, German author ( d. 1934 )

* 1888 – Gerhard Ritter, German historian ( d. 1967 )

* 1904 – Kurt Kiesinger, German politician ( d. 1988 )

* 1909 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver ( d. 1987 )

* 1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1979 )

* 1929 – André Previn, German composer and conductor

* 1932 – Helmut Griem, German actor ( d. 2004 )

* 1941 – Hans W. Geissendörfer, German director

Then they moved offices of the East German puppet government into East Berlin and began illegally to treat it as the capital of East Germany.

East Berlin ( Communist ) radio in German to Germany:

If the Communists are sincere in wanting a united, neutral and disarmed Germany, it might well be advantageous for the German people in this nuclear age.

If the German people favor such a settlement we should not oppose Germany following the example of Austria.

The weekly loss is partly counterbalanced by 500 arrivals each week from West Germany, but the hard truth, says Crossman, is that `` The closing off of East Berlin without interference from the West and with the use only of East German, as distinct from Russian, troops was a major Communist victory, which dealt West Berlin a deadly, possibly a fatal, blow.

He also used as an example the manufacturer who introduced an all-automatic camera in Germany, with the result that it became the best selling camera in the German market.

This leader must be a man who lives above illusions that heretofore have shaped the foreign policy of the United States, namely that Russia will agree to a reunited Germany, that the East German government does not exist, that events in Japan in June 1960 were Communist-inspired, that the true government of China is in Formosa, that Mao was the evil influence behind Khrushchev at the Summit Conference in Paris in May 1960, and that either China or Russia wants or expects war.

With German being a pluricentric language, Austrian dialects should not be confused with the variety of Standard German spoken by most Austrians, which is distinct from that of Germany or Switzerland.

In the variant of German that is spoken in Germany, the words stehen ( to stand ) and gestehen ( to confess ) are identical in the present perfect: habe gestanden.

There are many official terms that differ in Austrian German from their usage in most parts of Germany.

* 1948 – Joschka Fischer, German politician, Vice Chancellor of Germany

* 1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic – two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany | German artist known for his works of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, visual arts, and science.

The name of Germany and the German language, in French, Allemagne, allemand, in Portuguese Alemanha, alemão, in Spanish Alemania, alemán, and in Welsh ( Yr ) Almaen, almaeneg are derived from the name of this early Germanic tribal alliance.

Arabic also designates Germany Almanya, and German as Almaniya.

In Turkish, Germany is Almanya and German is Alman, and in Persian Germany is Almaan, and German is Almaani.

Although Albert has received relatively little recognition in German history, his dissolution of the Teutonic State caused the founding of the Duchy of Prussia ( and also the Hohenzollern dynasty ), which would eventually become arguably the most powerful German state and instrumental in uniting the whole of Germany.

Germany | German – Netherlands | Dutch – Belgium | Belgian border as seen from the town area

* 1945 – World War II: German troops kill more than 1, 000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.