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alt="of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Siegel_Land_Mecklenburg_%28DDR%29.svg/85px-Siegel_Land_Mecklenburg_%28DDR%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Siegel_Land_Mecklenburg_%28DDR%29.svg/128px-Siegel_Land_Mecklenburg_%28DDR%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Siegel_Land_Mecklenburg_%28DDR%29.svg/170px-Siegel_Land_Mecklenburg_%28DDR%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Coat of arms</a></div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:GDR_location_map_Oct1949_-_Jul1952_MV.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/GDR_location_map_Oct1949_-_Jul1952_MV.svg/220px-GDR_location_map_Oct1949_-_Jul1952_MV.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/GDR_location_map_Oct1949_-_Jul1952_MV.svg/330px-GDR_location_map_Oct1949_-_Jul1952_MV.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/GDR_location_map_Oct1949_-_Jul1952_MV.svg/440px-GDR_location_map_Oct1949_-_Jul1952_MV.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1075" data-file-height="1273" /></a></span><br />Mecklenburg within Allied-occupied Germany in 1947</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock">Rostock</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-former-subdiv-fake-li">• 1946</div></th><td class="infobox-data">23,402 km<sup>2</sup> (9,036 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-former-subdiv-fake-li">• 1950</div></th><td class="infobox-data">23,402 km<sup>2</sup> (9,036 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1946 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,100,000</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany" title="Socialist Unity Party of Germany">Socialist Unity Party</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1946–1949 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_B%C3%BCrger" title="Kurt Bürger">Kurt Bürger</a> and Carl Moltmann</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1949–1951 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_B%C3%BCrger" title="Kurt Bürger">Kurt Bürger</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1951–1951 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Mewis" title="Karl Mewis">Karl Mewis</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_minister-presidents_of_Mecklenburg#Soviet_control_/_GDR_(1945–1952)" title="List of minister-presidents of Mecklenburg">Minister-President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1945–1951 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_H%C3%B6cker" title="Wilhelm Höcker">Wilhelm Höcker</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1951† </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_B%C3%BCrger" title="Kurt Bürger">Kurt Bürger</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1951–1952 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Quandt" title="Bernhard Quandt">Bernhard Quandt</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Landtag_of_Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Post-World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-World War II">Post-World War II</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Established </div></th><td class="infobox-data">9 July 1945</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <span class="nowrap">Declaration as state</span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">16 January 1947</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <span class="nowrap">State of <br /> <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a></span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 October 1949</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Disestablished </div></th><td class="infobox-data">25 July 1952</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gau_Mecklenburg" title="Gau Mecklenburg">Gau Mecklenburg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pomerania_(1815%E2%80%931945)" title="Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)">Province of Pomerania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Hanover" title="Province of Hanover">Province of Hanover</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Province of Schleswig-Holstein">Province of Schleswig-Holstein</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Bezirk_Neubrandenburg" title="Bezirk Neubrandenburg">Bezirk Neubrandenburg</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Bezirk_Rostock" title="Bezirk Rostock">Bezirk Rostock</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Bezirk_Schwerin" title="Bezirk Schwerin">Bezirk Schwerin</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><div><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a></span> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Saxony" title="Lower Saxony">Lower Saxony</a></span> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>State of Mecklenburg</b> (German: <i lang="de">Land Mecklenburg</i>) was a subdivision of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet occupation zone">Soviet occupation zone</a> (until 1949) and one of the <a href="/wiki/States_of_East_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="States of East Germany">states</a> of <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> (from 1949) which corresponds widely to the present-day <a href="/wiki/German_state" class="mw-redirect" title="German state">German state</a> <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a>. The state was originally formed as an administrative division, the <b>State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</b> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</i></span>), by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Military_Administration_in_Germany" title="Soviet Military Administration in Germany">Soviet Military Administration in Germany</a> (SMAD) in July 1945. It consisted of the 1934-established <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg_(1934%E2%80%931945)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mecklenburg (1934–1945) (page does not exist)">Mecklenburg</a> (a merger by the <a href="/wiki/Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi">Nazi</a> <a href="/wiki/Gauleiter" title="Gauleiter">Gauleiter</a> <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Hildebrandt" title="Friedrich Hildebrandt">Friedrich Hildebrandt</a> of the free states of <a href="/wiki/Free_State_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Free_State_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" title="Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a>) and parts of the former <a href="/wiki/Free_State_of_Prussia" title="Free State of Prussia">Prussian</a> provinces of <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pomerania_(1815%E2%80%931945)" title="Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)">Pommern</a> (<a href="/wiki/Western_Pomerania" title="Western Pomerania">Western Pomerania</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Oder%E2%80%93Neisse_line" title="Oder–Neisse line">Oder–Neisse line</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Hanover" title="Province of Hanover">Hanover</a> (<a href="/wiki/Amt_Neuhaus" title="Amt Neuhaus">Amt Neuhaus</a>). The city of <a href="/wiki/Swinem%C3%BCnde" class="mw-redirect" title="Swinemünde">Swinemünde</a> (now Świnoujście) was handed over to <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Poland</a> in October 1945, becoming part of <a href="/wiki/Szczecin_Voivodeship_(1946%E2%80%931975)" title="Szczecin Voivodeship (1946–1975)">Szczecin Voivodeship</a>. In November 1945, a transfer of small territories along the <a href="/wiki/Inner_German_border" title="Inner German border">Inner German border</a> to the former <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Province of Schleswig-Holstein">Province of Schleswig-Holstein</a> was carried out as part of the <a href="/wiki/Barber%E2%80%93Lyashchenko_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Barber–Lyashchenko Agreement">Barber–Lyashchenko Agreement</a>. About 2.1 million people were estimated to live in Mecklenburg in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1947, the term <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Vorpommern</i></span> was excluded from the official name as the SMAD feared that this would support revisionist actions against formerly German parts of Poland (in particular <a href="/wiki/Farther_Pomerania" title="Farther Pomerania">Farther Pomerania</a>). Compared to the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Nazi_Germany" title="Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany">administrative divisions of Nazi Germany</a>, Mecklenburg comprised the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Gau_(territory)" title="Gau (territory)">Gaue</a></i></span> <a href="/wiki/Gau_Mecklenburg" title="Gau Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/Gau_Pomerania" title="Gau Pomerania">Pomerania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gau_Eastern_Hanover" title="Gau Eastern Hanover">Eastern Hanover</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KAS-Wahlaufforderung-Bild-11452-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/KAS-Wahlaufforderung-Bild-11452-1.jpg/180px-KAS-Wahlaufforderung-Bild-11452-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/KAS-Wahlaufforderung-Bild-11452-1.jpg/270px-KAS-Wahlaufforderung-Bild-11452-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/KAS-Wahlaufforderung-Bild-11452-1.jpg/360px-KAS-Wahlaufforderung-Bild-11452-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="788" data-file-height="555" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dar%C3%9F_7423.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Dar%C3%9F_7423.jpg/220px-Dar%C3%9F_7423.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Dar%C3%9F_7423.jpg/330px-Dar%C3%9F_7423.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Dar%C3%9F_7423.jpg/440px-Dar%C3%9F_7423.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7332" data-file-height="4893" /></a><figcaption>Beach with birches on Darß in the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to the post-war situation in Germany, the SMAD appointed state administrations in all subdivisions of their occupation zone in July 1945. <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_H%C3%B6cker" title="Wilhelm Höcker">Wilhelm Höcker</a> became the president of the state administration in Mecklenburg and was later elected <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ministers-President_of_Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ministers-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">minister-president</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1946_Soviet_occupation_zone_state_elections" title="1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections">first election for the state</a> <a href="/wiki/Diet_(assembly)" title="Diet (assembly)">diet</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Landtag_of_Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern"><i>Landtag</i> of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a>, was held on 20 October 1946, on the same day the <a href="/wiki/1946_Soviet_occupation_zone_state_elections" title="1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections">elections for the <i>Landtage</i> of the other divisions in the Soviet occupation zone</a> were held. The Soviet-backed <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany" title="Socialist Unity Party of Germany">SED</a> (which became the ruling party of East Germany from 1949 onwards) received 49.5% of the votes, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_(East_Germany)" title="Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)">CDU</a> 34.1%, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Liberal Democratic Party of Germany">LDPD</a> 12.5% and <a href="/wiki/Peasants_Mutual_Aid_Association" title="Peasants Mutual Aid Association">VdgB</a> 3.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1947, a state constitution was adopted.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, all resolutions by the parliament were made subject to approval of the SMAD. </p><p>After the foundation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in October 1949, a <a href="/wiki/1950_East_German_state_elections" title="1950 East German state elections">second election for the <i>Landtag</i> was held in October 1950</a>. The only party was the <a href="/wiki/National_Front_(East_Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Front (East Germany)">National Front</a>, an alliance of political parties and mass organisations controlled by the SED, which received 99.9% of the votes. Following this election, four members of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Landtag</i></span> were sent to the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_States" title="Chamber of States">Chamber of States</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Länderkammer</i></span>) of East Germany for the first and only time. As the ruling communists aimed to build a quasi-<a href="/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">unitary state</a>, Mecklenburg was in effect dissolved by a change of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_East_Germany" title="Constitution of East Germany">Constitution of East Germany</a> in July 1952. All of the five East German <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Länder</i></span> were replaced by 14 newly formed regional districts (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_East_Germany#Division_into_Bezirke" title="Administrative divisions of East Germany">Bezirke</a></i></span>). In case of Mecklenburg, the territory was transferred to the regional districts of <a href="/wiki/Bezirk_Neubrandenburg" title="Bezirk Neubrandenburg">Neubrandenburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bezirk_Rostock" title="Bezirk Rostock">Rostock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bezirk_Schwerin" title="Bezirk Schwerin">Schwerin</a>. </p><p>While Mecklenburg and the other <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Länder</i></span> formally remained in existence, they no longer had any political or administrative function. The Chamber of States remained in existence and its members were elected in 1954 by combined sessions of the district assemblies (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bezirkstage</i></span>) in each <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Land</i></span> and in 1958 directly by the district assemblies. However, on 8 December 1958, the Chamber of States and the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Länder</i></span> were both formally dissolved with no objections raised. The abolition of the Chamber of States in 1958 and the ratification of two new constitutions in <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_East_Germany#1968_constitution" title="Constitution of East Germany">1968</a> and <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_East_Germany#1974_amendments" title="Constitution of East Germany">1974</a> respectively finally eliminated all forms of federalism in East Germany until the <a href="/wiki/Peaceful_Revolution" title="Peaceful Revolution">peaceful revolution</a> in 1989. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Germany_Laender_1947_1990_DDR.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Germany_Laender_1947_1990_DDR.png/220px-Germany_Laender_1947_1990_DDR.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Germany_Laender_1947_1990_DDR.png/330px-Germany_Laender_1947_1990_DDR.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Germany_Laender_1947_1990_DDR.png/440px-Germany_Laender_1947_1990_DDR.png 2x" data-file-width="444" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption>Differences between the East German <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Länder</i></span> borders of 1947 and 1990; 1947 borders are in purple</figcaption></figure> <p>After the first <a href="/wiki/East_German_general_election,_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="East German general election, 1990">free elections</a> in East Germany, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A4ndereinf%C3%BChrungsgesetz" title="Ländereinführungsgesetz">Ländereinführungsgesetz</a></i></span> (State Establishment Act), adopted on 22 July 1990 by the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Volkskammer" title="Volkskammer">Volkskammer</a></i></span>, recreated the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Federal_states_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal states of Germany">Länder</a></i></span> in the <a href="/wiki/German_Democratic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="German Democratic Republic">German Democratic Republic</a> that had been abolished in 1952. However, since changes to the boundaries of municipal districts were not reversed, and also due to considerations of expediency, these new <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Länder</i></span> were formed by merging the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Kreise</i></span> of East Germany. As a result, their borders differed from the ones prior to 1952. The new <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a> was formed from the East German <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bezirke</i></span> of Neubrandenburg, Rostock and Schwerin without the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Kreise</i></span> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Perleberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kreis Perleberg (page does not exist)">Perleberg</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreis_Perleberg" class="extiw" title="de:Kreis Perleberg">de</a>]</span>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Prenzlau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kreis Prenzlau (page does not exist)">Prenzlau</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreis_Prenzlau" class="extiw" title="de:Kreis Prenzlau">de</a>]</span> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Templin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kreis Templin (page does not exist)">Templin</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreis_Templin" class="extiw" title="de:Kreis Templin">de</a>]</span>. </p><p>Originally, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Ländereinführungsgesetz</i></span> was supposed to come into force on 14 October. This date was changed to 3 October, the date of <a href="/wiki/Reunification_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Reunification of Germany">German reunification</a>, by the <a href="/wiki/German_reunification_treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="German reunification treaty">German reunification treaty</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Einigungsvertrag</i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As it did not come into force before reunification, these parts of the act were immediately superseded by the corresponding articles of the <a href="/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany" title="Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany">Basic Law</a> and never had any significance. 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