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 | | The states of Brandenburg (which surrounds Berlin), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (on the Baltic coast), Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and of course eastern Berlin itself, constituted the former East Germany (GDR) prior to re-unification in 1990. |
 | | The Baltic coast with its resorts is the major holiday region in the former east, followed in importance by the Thuringian Forest, the northern lakes, the Saxon Hills, the Harz Mountains and the Zittauer Gebirge. |
 | | Saxony is the intellectual and cultural central point between east and west, north and south and offers true diversity: urban areas, mountains with spectacular cliff formations as well as heath and marshlands which guarantee a multitude of impressions. |
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