⚫🔴🟡 3.10. - Day of German Unity 🖤💗💛

Spinnifix · September 2021

3 October was designated as the Day of German Unity in the Unification Treaty in 1990 as a public holiday in Germany. As a German national holiday, it commemorates German reunification, which "took effect with the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany [...]

3 October was designated as the Day of German Unity in the Unification Treaty in 1990 as a public holiday in Germany. [1] As a German national holiday, it commemorates German reunification, which "took effect with the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany [...] on 3 October 1990"[2] was "completed". [3] Correctly, at midnight from 2 to 3 October, the newly founded Länder joined the scope of the Basic Law under Article 23 GG. Thus, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia as well as Berlin as a whole became the new states of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Since the early 19th century, "German unity" has historically been the endeavor to bring the German states together in one state. The unity motif can also be found in the German national anthem as "unity".

German Democratic Republic

In the GDR, 7 October, the day of the founding of the state in 1949, was a national holiday (Republic Day). [11]

Embedding the date in political events in 1990 The reason for the decision of the People's Chamber to be set for October 3rd was the quickest possible establishment of unity after the conclusion of the treaties, especially under the impression of an impending economic and political collapse of the GDR. October 3, 1990, a Wednesday, was the earliest possible date after the CSCE Foreign Ministers' Conference on October 2, when these foreign ministers were to be informed of the outcome of the two-plus-four negotiations. [14] At the beginning of July, the governments of the two German states had decided on a schedule that provided for state elections in the GDR for October 14th and all-German elections for December 2nd. [15] As a result, while the negotiations on the Unification Treaty were in progress, there were political debates in both the GDR and the Federal Republic about issues relating to voting rights and dates. At the beginning of August, the Bundestag failed to bring the date for the all-German election to October 14th, so that it remained December 2nd. In accordance with current electoral law, the relevant electoral lists had to be drawn up no later than eight weeks before the election. This date was Sunday, October 7, 1990. [16] As a result, all voters had to be made citizens of the voting state in the course of the 40th calendar week at the latest. The earliest possible accession date for this results from the decision of the Federal Cabinet: "The Federal Government considers any accession date that is after October 2nd to make sense." [17] The date was finally set in an August 22nd by GDR Prime Minister de Maizière requested a special session of the People's Chamber, which began at 9 p.m. After a heated debate, the President of the People's Chamber, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, announced the result of the vote at 02:30 on 23 August: [18] “The People's Chamber declares the GDR's accession to the scope of application of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with Article 23 of the Basic Law with effect from October 3, 1990. 363 votes were cast. No invalid vote was cast. 294 MPs voted yes. (Strong applause from the CDU / DA, DSU, FDP, partly the SPD, the members of the parliamentary groups mentioned rise from their seats.) 62 MPs voted no and seven MPs abstained. Ladies and gentlemen, I think this is a really historic event. We certainly did not make the decision easy for ourselves, but we made it today on our responsibility before the citizens of the GDR as a result of their will to vote. I would like to thank everyone who made this result possible by consensus across party lines. " In a subsequent personal statement, SED-PDS chairman Gregor Gysi replied regretfully: “Parliament has just had nothing more and nothing less than the downfall of the German Democratic Republic on October 3, 1990 (cheering applause from the CDU / DA, the DSU and partly the SPD). "[18] [19

Official part The official celebration of the Day of German Unity has been taking place since 1990 in the capital of the country that is chairing the Federal Council at the time. This is regulated by the “Königstein Agreement” according to the order of the countries in descending order of population. The cycle that is valid until 2016/17 differs slightly from the current order of the population figures, as it took place on 20/21. December 1990 was decided at the Prime Minister's Conference in Munich and the population of the federal states has since changed due to the strong internal migration. [23] The official celebrations did not always take place in the state capital: In 2011, the celebrations in North Rhine-Westphalia were not in the state capital Düsseldorf, but in the federal city of Bonn, and in 2015 the celebrations were not held in the Hessian state capital Wiesbaden, but in Frankfurt am Main. For 2021 the celebrations are not planned in Saxony-Anhalt's state capital Magdeburg, but in Halle (Saale). [24] Traditionally, a state ceremony and a citizens 'festival ("Germany Festival") take place on this day, at which the states and the government present themselves on the "Ländermeile", whereby the citizens' festival usually extends over several days. The celebrations were organized in or the organization is planned in: