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Welche der folgenden Auflistungen enthält nur Bundesländer, die zum Gebiet der früheren DDR gehörten?
- Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Schleswig-Holstein, Brandenburg
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen
- Bayern, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Sachsen
- Sachsen, Thüringen, Hessen, Niedersachen, Brandenburg
Why this is the correct answer
When Germany reunified in 1990, five new federal states were created from the territory of the former GDR: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. East Berlin was merged into Berlin, which became a city-state. These five states are sometimes collectively called the neue Bundesländer (new federal states).