y-Bis(ethylammonium) tetrachloromanganate(II), stable below 225 K, is orthorhombic, space group Pbca, with a = 7.325 (8), b = 7.151 (11), c = 22.035 (19) A, Z = 4. Refinement for 1329 reflexions with I > 1.96a(I) measured at 126 K converged to R -0.040 and R w = 0.047. The perovskite-like layer of cornersharing MnC16 octahedra shows an a-a-c tilt system; the ethylammonium group takes one of the two orientations of the 13 form. The hydrogen bonding involves two axial C1(2) atoms and one equatorial CI(1) atom as acceptors. The phase transition is accomplished by a change of the tilt system (a-a-c --, a-a-c °) and by orientation switching of the ethylammonium group.