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West Germany
Federal Republic of Germany in the period between its formation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Germany (German: West Deutschland) is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD; listen), retrospectively designated the Bonn Republic.[3] It was a country in Central Europe. It was created on May 23, 1949. It ended on October 3, 1990 due to German Reunification. During the Cold War, West Germany was part of the Western bloc. It was created from the eleven states in Allied-occupied Germany after World War II. The capital city was Bonn.
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Federal Republic of Germany Bundesrepublik Deutschland | |||||||||||
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1949–1990 | |||||||||||
Motto: "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" "Unity and Justice and Freedom" | |||||||||||
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![]() Territory of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from the accession of the Saar on 1 January 1957 to German reunification on 3 October 1990 | |||||||||||
Capital | Bonnf | ||||||||||
Largest city | Hamburg | ||||||||||
Common languages | German | ||||||||||
Demonym(s) | West German | ||||||||||
Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional republic | ||||||||||
President | |||||||||||
• 1949–1959 | Theodor Heuss | ||||||||||
• 1959–1969 | Heinrich Lübke | ||||||||||
• 1969–1974 | Gustav Heinemann | ||||||||||
• 1974–1979 | Walter Scheel | ||||||||||
• 1979–1984 | Karl Carstens | ||||||||||
• 1984–1990 | Richard von Weizsäckerb | ||||||||||
Chancellor | |||||||||||
• 1949–1963 | Konrad Adenauer | ||||||||||
• 1963–1966 | Ludwig Erhard | ||||||||||
• 1966–1969 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger | ||||||||||
• 1969–1974 | Willy Brandt | ||||||||||
• 1974–1982 | Helmut Schmidt | ||||||||||
• 1982–1990 | Helmut Kohlc | ||||||||||
Legislature | Bundestag | ||||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||
• Formation | 23 May 1949 | ||||||||||
• Accession of Saar Protectorate | 1 January 1957 | ||||||||||
• Admitted to the United Nations | 18 September 1973 | ||||||||||
3 October 1990 | |||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1990 | 248,577 km2 (95,976 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1950 | 50,958,000d | ||||||||||
• 1970 | 61,001,000 | ||||||||||
• 1990 | 63,254,000 | ||||||||||
Currency | Deutsche Marke (DM) (DEM) | ||||||||||
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||||||||||
UTC+2 (CEST) | |||||||||||
Calling code | 49 | ||||||||||
Internet TLD | .de | ||||||||||
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West Germany was very important in the Cold War. The last capital city of Germany Berlin was also split into West Berlin and East Berlin.