Western Germany
Topics referred to by the same term
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Western Germany may refer to:
- Areas in the geographical west of Germany, such as the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland
- West Germany, the common name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1990, when the country was divided from East Germany
- The old states of Germany, a phrase denoting the existing states of West Germany prior to 1990, which continued in the reunified Federal Republic of Germany after 1990 – the ten "old states" were joined by the five "new states" in the east, plus the reunified Berlin
See also
- West Central German, a dialect of the German language
- Allied-occupied Germany (1945–1949), the occupation zones after World War II that became West Germany
- Western German Football Association, the current regional association for North Rhine-Westphalia
- Western German Cup (1949–1974), run by the regional association
- Western German football championship (1903–1933), held in western areas of the German Empire