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East ___MASK91___ , formally the German Democratic Republic or GDR , was an Eastern Bloc state during the Cold War period . From 1949 to 1990 , it administered the region of ___MASK91___ that was occupied by Soviet forces at the end of World War II  the Soviet Occupation Zone of the Potsdam Agreement , bounded on the east by the Oder  Neisse line . The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin , but did not include it ; as a result , West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the GDR . The German Democratic Republic was established in the Soviet Zone , while the Federal Republic was established in the three western zones . East ___MASK91___ was a satellite state of the Soviet Union . Soviet occupation authorities began transferring administrative responsibility to German communist leaders in 1948 , and the GDR began to function as a state on 7 October 1949 . Soviet forces , however , remained in the country throughout the Cold War . Until 1989 , the GDR was governed by the Socialist Unity Party ( SED ), though other parties nominally participated in its alliance organisation , the National Front of Democratic ___MASK91___ . The 3 . Liga , is the third division of football in ___MASK91___ . The league started with the beginning of the 2008  09 season , when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in ___MASK91___ . In the German football league system , it is positioned between the 2 . Bundesliga and the semi - professional Regionalliga , which became the fourth division and initially consisted of three groups of 18 clubs playing separately . In ___MASK91___ , the 3 . Liga is the highest division that a football club ' s reserve team can play in . 1 . FC Magdeburg is a German association football club based in the city of Magdeburg . The club was founded in 1965 and spent all but one season in East ___MASK91___ ' s top flight , the DDR - Oberliga , winning three championships and seven cup titles . It is the only East German club to have won a European title , winning the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1974 . After German reunification , the club fell on hard times and only entered professional football in 2015 when the side was promoted to the 3 . Liga . Ronny Thielemann ( born November 15 , 1973 in Schlema ) is a former German football player and current manager . His last position in football was as manager of 1 . FC Magdeburg . Magdeburg ( Low Saxon : " Meideborg ") is the capital city and the second largest city of the state of Saxony - Anhalt , ___MASK91___ . Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe . The DDR - Oberliga ( English :" East German Premier League or GDR - Premier League ") was the top level football league in East ___MASK91___ .