German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was a geo-political event on 3 October 1990 by which the German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR, or ...
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East Germany) was dissolved and its territory became part of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD, or West Germany) to form present-day Germany.
The end of the unification process between the two countries is officially referred to as German unity (Deutsche Einheit), celebrated each year on 3 October as German Unity Day (Tag der deutschen Einheit). East and West Berlin were united into a single city and eventually became the capital of reunited Germany.
