What was the name of the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990?
Q: What was the name of the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990?
A: East Berlin.
Q: What country did it serve as the capital of?
A: East Germany.
Q: How was East Berlin separated from West Berlin?
A: By the Berlin Wall, which was in place from 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989.
Q: How did the Western Allies refer to East Berlin?
A: They referred to it simply as "Berlin" or "Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR" (Berlin, capital of the GDR). The term "Democratic Sector" was also used until the 1960s.
Q: Did they recognize it as East Germany's capital?
A: No, they never recognized it as such. Treaties instead used terms such as "seat of government." In the 1960s they sometimes said Pankow was the capital of East Germany instead.
Q: Where is Pankow located?
A: Pankow is a borough where the main East German government buildings were built.
Q: When did East Berlin cease to exist?
A: On 3 October 1990 when West Germany and East Germany were united.
