After the foundation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in October 1949, a second election for the Landtag was held in October 1950. The only party was the National Front, 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 Landtag were sent to the Chamber of States (Länderkammer) of East Germany for the first and only time. As the ruling communists aimed to build a quasi-unitary state, Mecklenburg was in effect dissolved by a change of the Constitution of East Germany in July 1952. All of the five East German Länder were replaced by 14 newly formed regional districts (Bezirke). In case of Mecklenburg, the territory was transferred to the regional districts of Neubrandenburg, Rostock and Schwerin.
While Mecklenburg and the other Länder 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 (Bezirkstage) in each Land and in 1958 directly by the district assemblies. However, on 8 December 1958, the Chamber of States and the Länder 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 1968 and 1974 respectively finally eliminated all forms of federalism in East Germany until the peaceful revolution in 1989.
Differences between the East German Länder borders of 1947 and 1990; 1947 borders are in purple
After the first free elections in East Germany, the Ländereinführungsgesetz (State Establishment Act), adopted on 22 July 1990 by the Volkskammer, recreated the Länder in the German Democratic Republic 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 länder were formed by merging the kreise of East Germany. As a result, their borders differed from the ones prior to 1952. The new Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was formed from the East German Bezirke of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg, Rostock and Schwerin without the Kreise of Perleberg [de], Prenzlau [de] and Templin [de].
Originally, the Ländereinführungsgesetz was supposed to come into force on 14 October. This date was changed to 3 October, the date of German reunification, by the German reunification treaty (Einigungsvertrag).[4] As it did not come into force before reunification, these parts of the act were immediately superseded by the corresponding articles of the Basic Law and never had any significance. On 14 October 1990, elections to the Landtage (state parliaments) were held in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the four other new states, initiating the formation of state governments.
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The State of Mecklenburg German Land Mecklenburg was a subdivision of the Soviet occupation zone until 1949 and one of the states of East Germany from 1949 which corresponds widely to the present day German state Mecklenburg Vorpommern The state was originally formed as an administrative division the State of Mecklenburg Vorpommern Land Mecklenburg Vorpommern by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany SMAD in July 1945 It consisted of the 1934 established Mecklenburg a merger by the Nazi Gauleiter Friedrich Hildebrandt of the free states of Mecklenburg Schwerin and Mecklenburg Strelitz and parts of the former Prussian provinces of Pommern Western Pomerania to the Oder Neisse line and Hanover Amt Neuhaus The city of Swinemunde now Swinoujscie was handed over to Poland in October 1945 becoming part of Szczecin Voivodeship In November 1945 a transfer of small territories along the Inner German border to the former Province of Schleswig Holstein was carried out as part of the Barber Lyashchenko Agreement About 2 1 million people were estimated to live in Mecklenburg in 1946 1 From 1947 the term Vorpommern was excluded from the official name as the SMAD feared that this would support revisionist actions against formerly German parts of Poland in particular Farther Pomerania Compared to the administrative divisions of Nazi Germany Mecklenburg comprised the Gaue Mecklenburg and parts of Pomerania and Eastern Hanover Land MecklenburgLand Mecklenburg Vorpommern 1945 1947 Subdivision of the Soviet occupation zone State of East Germany1945 1952Flag Coat of armsMecklenburg within Allied occupied Germany in 1947CapitalRostockArea 194623 402 km2 9 036 sq mi 195023 402 km2 9 036 sq mi Population 19462 100 000GovernmentPresident of the State Administration 1945 1946Wilhelm HockerMinister President 1946 1951Wilhelm Hocker 1951Kurt Burger 1951 1952Bernhard QuandtLegislatureLandtagHistorical eraPost World War II Cold War Established9 July 1945 Declaration as state16 January 1947 State of East Germany7 October 1949 Disestablished25 July 1952Preceded by Succeeded by Gau Mecklenburg Province of Pomerania 1815 1945 Province of Hanover Province of Schleswig Holstein Bezirk Neubrandenburg Bezirk Rostock Bezirk SchwerinToday part ofGermany BrandenburgLower SaxonyMecklenburg Vorpommern Beach with birches on Darss in the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park Due to the post war situation in Germany the SMAD appointed state administrations in all subdivisions of their occupation zone in July 1945 Wilhelm Hocker became the president of the state administration in Mecklenburg and was later elected minister president The first election for the state diet the Landtag of Mecklenburg Vorpommern was held on 20 October 1946 on the same day the elections for the Landtage of the other divisions in the Soviet occupation zone were held The Soviet backed SED which became the ruling party of East Germany from 1949 onwards received 49 5 of the votes CDU 34 1 LDPD 12 5 and VdgB 3 9 2 In February 1947 a state constitution was adopted 3 However all resolutions by the parliament were made subject to approval of the SMAD After the foundation of the German Democratic Republic GDR in October 1949 a second election for the Landtag was held in October 1950 The only party was the National Front 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 Landtag were sent to the Chamber of States Landerkammer of East Germany for the first and only time As the ruling communists aimed to build a quasi unitary state Mecklenburg was in effect dissolved by a change of the Constitution of East Germany in July 1952 All of the five East German Lander were replaced by 14 newly formed regional districts Bezirke In case of Mecklenburg the territory was transferred to the regional districts of Neubrandenburg Rostock and Schwerin While Mecklenburg and the other Lander 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 Bezirkstage in each Land and in 1958 directly by the district assemblies However on 8 December 1958 the Chamber of States and the Lander 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 1968 and 1974 respectively finally eliminated all forms of federalism in East Germany until the peaceful revolution in 1989 Differences between the East German Lander borders of 1947 and 1990 1947 borders are in purple After the first free elections in East Germany the Landereinfuhrungsgesetz State Establishment Act adopted on 22 July 1990 by the Volkskammer recreated the Lander in the German Democratic Republic 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 lander were formed by merging the kreise of East Germany As a result their borders differed from the ones prior to 1952 The new Mecklenburg Vorpommern was formed from the East German Bezirke of Mecklenburg Vorpommern Neubrandenburg Rostock and Schwerin without the Kreise of Perleberg de Prenzlau de and Templin de Originally the Landereinfuhrungsgesetz was supposed to come into force on 14 October This date was changed to 3 October the date of German reunification by the German reunification treaty Einigungsvertrag 4 As it did not come into force before reunification these parts of the act were immediately superseded by the corresponding articles of the Basic Law and never had any significance On 14 October 1990 elections to the Landtage state parliaments were held in Mecklenburg Vorpommern and the four other new states initiating the formation of state governments References edit Deutschland 2020 Die demographische Zukunft der Nation PDF Berlin Institut May 2005 Retrieved 8 June 2017 Landtagswahlen Mecklenburg Vorpommern wahlen in deutschland de 24 September 2016 Retrieved 8 June 2017 Verfassung des Landes Mecklenburg verfassungen de 16 January 1947 Retrieved 8 June 2017 Die KRR FAQ Landereinfuhrungsgesetz in German Archived from the original on 2010 06 11 Retrieved 2010 04 18 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title State of Mecklenburg 1945 1952 amp oldid 1134031076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
