West Germany

Federal Republic of Germany Bundesrepublik Deutschland
1949–1990
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" "Unity and Justice and Freedom"
Anthem:  "Das Lied der Deutschen" (1952–1990) (English: "Song of the Germans")[a] "Ich hab' mich ergeben" and "Hymne an Deutschland" (1949–1952)
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
• Reunification	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)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Calling code	49
Internet TLD	.de
Preceded by Succeeded by Allied-occupied Germany Saar Protectorate Federal Republic of Germany (reunified Germany)
Today part of	Germany
From 1952 to 1991, the official national anthem of Germany was Deutschlandlied in its entirety, but only the third stanza was to be sung at official events.[1] Continued as President of the reunified Germany until 1994. Continued as Chancellor of the reunified Germany until 1998. Population statistics according to Statistisches Bundesamt.[2] In Saarland, between January 1957 and July 1959, the French franc and Saar franc. At first, Bonn was referred to only as the provisional seat of government institutions, but from the early 1970s it was called the "federal capital" (Bundeshauptstadt).

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.

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.
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1. ↑ [1] Archived 5 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. ↑ Bevölkerungsstand Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
3. ↑ The Bonn Republic — West German democracy, 1945-1990, Anthony James Nicholls, Longman, 1997