It was important because it supported the Hanseatic trade route in the Baltik and the canal needed to be built between major trading cities. This was one of the great examples of co operation across borders in the North Europe in the area of free trade.
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Essentially yes (the answer is "TRUE"), It was split into West Germany, a free democratic state and later a member of NATO, and East Germany, a state essentially controlled by the Soviet union and a member of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
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