 The lower chamber, which continued in existence until German reunification in 1990, was the People's Chamber ("Volkskammer").In the Federal Republic of Germany the expression "Länderkammer" is sometimes used to denote the Bundesrat although it is not considered to be a parliament chamber.After 1945, the Soviet military administration established the five "Länder" of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.