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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="ألمانيا الغربية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ألمانيا الغربية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanya_Occidental" title="Alemanya Occidental – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Alemanya Occidental" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep%C3%BAblica_Federal_d%27Alema%C3%B1a_(1949-1990)" title="República Federal d'Alemaña (1949-1990) – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="República Federal d'Alemaña (1949-1990)" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaniya_Federativ_Respublikas%C4%B1_(1949%E2%80%931990)" title="Almaniya Federativ Respublikası (1949–1990) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Almaniya Federativ Respublikası (1949–1990)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="باتی آلمان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="باتی آلمان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerman_Kauh" title="Jerman Kauh – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Jerman Kauh" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF" title="পশ্চিম জার্মানি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পশ্চিম জার্মানি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai-tek" title="Sai-tek – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sai-tek" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%9E%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%96_(1949%E2%80%941990)" title="Федэратыўная Рэспубліка Германіі (1949—1990) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Федэратыўная Рэспубліка Германіі (1949—1990)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Заходняя Нямеччына – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Заходняя Нямеччына" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Западна Германия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Западна Германия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapadna_Njema%C4%8Dka" title="Zapadna Njemačka – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zapadna Njemačka" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republik_Kevreadel_Alamagn_(1949-1990)" title="Republik Kevreadel Alamagn (1949-1990) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Republik Kevreadel Alamagn (1949-1990)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanya_Occidental" title="Alemanya Occidental – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Alemanya Occidental" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1padn%C3%AD_N%C4%9Bmecko" title="Západní Německo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Západní Německo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorllewin_yr_Almaen" title="Gorllewin yr Almaen – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gorllewin yr Almaen" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesttyskland" title="Vesttyskland – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vesttyskland" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="ألمانيا لغربية – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ألمانيا لغربية" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_der_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland_(bis_1990)" title="Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (bis 1990) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (bis 1990)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne-Saksamaa" title="Lääne-Saksamaa – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lääne-Saksamaa" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Δυτική Γερμανία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δυτική Γερμανία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="West Germany" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemania_Occidental" title="Alemania Occidental – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alemania Occidental" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okcidenta_Germanio" title="Okcidenta Germanio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Okcidenta Germanio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendebaldeko_Alemania" title="Mendebaldeko Alemania – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mendebaldeko Alemania" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="آلمان غربی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آلمان غربی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesturt%C3%BDskland" title="Vesturtýskland – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Vesturtýskland" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allemagne_de_l%27Ouest" title="Allemagne de l'Ouest – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Allemagne de l'Ouest" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-D%C3%BAtsl%C3%A2n" title="West-Dútslân – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="West-Dútslân" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ghearm%C3%A1in_Thiar" title="An Ghearmáin Thiar – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Ghearmáin Thiar" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yn_Ghermaan_Heear" title="Yn Ghermaan Heear – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yn Ghermaan Heear" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27_Ghearmailt_an_Iar" title="A' Ghearmailt an Iar – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="A' Ghearmailt an Iar" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep%C3%BAblica_Federal_Alem%C3%A1_(1949%E2%80%931990)" title="República Federal Alemá (1949–1990) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="República Federal Alemá (1949–1990)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%BE%B7" title="西德 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="西德" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%9C%EB%8F%85" title="서독 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="서독" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yammacin_Jamus" title="Yammacin Jamus – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Yammacin Jamus" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D6%86%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%BE_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Գերմանիայի ֆեդերատիվ հանրապետություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գերմանիայի ֆեդերատիվ հանրապետություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80" title="पश्चिम जर्मनी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पश्चिम जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapadna_Njema%C4%8Dka" title="Zapadna Njemačka – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zapadna Njemačka" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Germania" title="West-Germania – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="West-Germania" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerman_Barat" title="Jerman Barat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Jerman Barat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_Occidental" title="Germania Occidental – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Germania Occidental" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%8B%D0%BB%C3%A6%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Ныгуылæн Герман – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ныгуылæн Герман" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestur-%C3%9E%C3%BDskaland" title="Vestur-Þýskaland – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Vestur-Þýskaland" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_Ovest" title="Germania Ovest – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Germania Ovest" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA" title="גרמניה המערבית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גרמניה המערבית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerman_Kulon" title="Jerman Kulon – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Jerman Kulon" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90_(1990_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%93%E1%83%94)" title="გერმანიის ფედერაციული რესპუბლიკა (1990 წლამდე) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გერმანიის ფედერაციული რესპუბლიკა (1990 წლამდე)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujerumani_ya_Magharibi" title="Ujerumani ya Magharibi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ujerumani ya Magharibi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanyaya_Rojava" title="Almanyaya Rojava – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Almanyaya Rojava" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_dl_Vest" title="Germania dl Vest – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Germania dl Vest" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Res_publica_foederata_Germaniae_(1949-1990)" title="Res publica foederata Germaniae (1949-1990) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Res publica foederata Germaniae (1949-1990)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rietumv%C4%81cija" title="Rietumvācija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Rietumvācija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakar%C5%B3_Vokietija" title="Vakarų Vokietija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vakarų Vokietija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repubbrica_Feder%C3%A2_de_Germania" title="Repubbrica Federâ de Germania – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Repubbrica Federâ de Germania" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondsrippubliek_Duitsland_(1949-1990)" title="Boondsrippubliek Duitsland (1949-1990) – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Boondsrippubliek Duitsland (1949-1990)" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_Ovest" title="Germania Ovest – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Germania Ovest" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyugat-N%C3%A9metorsz%C3%A1g" title="Nyugat-Németország – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nyugat-Németország" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Западна Германија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Западна Германија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF" title="പശ്ചിമ ജർമ്മനി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പശ്ചിമ ജർമ്മനി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80" title="पश्चिम जर्मनी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पश्चिम जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90_(1949-1990)" title="გერმანიაშ ფედერაციული რესპუბლიკა (1949-1990) – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="გერმანიაშ ფედერაციული რესპუბლიკა (1949-1990)" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87" title="المانيا الغربيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="المانيا الغربيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerman_Barat" title="Jerman Barat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Jerman Barat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Баруун Герман – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Баруун Герман" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%82%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%94%E1%80%AE%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6" title="အနောက်ဂျာမနီနိုင်ငံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အနောက်ဂျာမနီနိုင်ငံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondsrepubliek_Duitsland_(1949-1990)" title="Bondsrepubliek Duitsland (1949-1990) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bondsrepubliek Duitsland (1949-1990)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Duutslaand" title="West-Duutslaand – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="West-Duutslaand" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80" title="पश्चिम जर्मनी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="पश्चिम जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E3%83%89%E3%82%A4%E3%83%84" title="西ドイツ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="西ドイツ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vest-Tyskland" title="Vest-Tyskland – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vest-Tyskland" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vest-Tyskland" title="Vest-Tyskland – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Vest-Tyskland" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanha_de_l%27O%C3%A8st" title="Alemanha de l'Oèst – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Alemanha de l'Oèst" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaniya_Federativ_Respublikasi_(1949%E2%80%941990)" title="Germaniya Federativ Respublikasi (1949—1990) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Germaniya Federativ Respublikasi (1949—1990)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%9B%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80" title="ਪੱਛਮੀ ਜਰਮਨੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪੱਛਮੀ ਜਰਮਨੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DB%90%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%81_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A" title="لوېديځ جرمني – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="لوېديځ جرمني" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republika_Federalna_Niemiec_(1949%E2%80%931990)" title="Republika Federalna Niemiec (1949–1990) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Republika Federalna Niemiec (1949–1990)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanha_Ocidental" title="Alemanha Ocidental – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Alemanha Ocidental" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_de_Vest" title="Germania de Vest – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Germania de Vest" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunti_Alimanya" title="Kunti Alimanya – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Kunti Alimanya" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D1%97%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE_(1949%E2%80%941990)" title="Сполкова републіка Нїмецько (1949—1990) – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Сполкова републіка Нїмецько (1949—1990)" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_(1949%E2%80%941990)" title="Федеративная Республика Германии (1949—1990) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Федеративная Республика Германии (1949—1990)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep%C3%B9blica_Federale_Tedesca" title="Repùblica Federale Tedesca – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Repùblica Federale Tedesca" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4%C3%A4st-D%C3%BC%C3%BCtsklound" title="Wääst-Düütsklound – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Wääst-Düütsklound" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjermania_Per%C3%ABndimore" title="Gjermania Perëndimore – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Gjermania Perëndimore" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girmania_Ovest" title="Girmania Ovest – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Girmania Ovest" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1padn%C3%A9_Nemecko_(1949_%E2%80%93_1990)" title="Západné Nemecko (1949 – 1990) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Západné Nemecko (1949 – 1990)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvezna_republika_Nem%C4%8Dija_(1949%E2%80%931990)" title="Zvezna republika Nemčija (1949–1990) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Zvezna republika Nemčija (1949–1990)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a 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vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Germany.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of West Germany"><img alt="Flag of West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/125px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/188px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/250px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_West_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag of West Germany">Flag</a></div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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href="/wiki/Das_Lied_der_Deutschen" class="mw-redirect" title="Das Lied der Deutschen">Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit</a></i></span>"</i></span><br /><small>"Unity and Justice and Freedom"</small></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data anthem"><b>Anthem:</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8662964">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">"<a href="/wiki/Deutschlandlied" title="Deutschlandlied">Das Lied der Deutschen</a>"</span></span> (1952–1990)</li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">(English: <span lang="en">"Song of the Germans"</span>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li></ul></div>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ich_hab%27_mich_ergeben&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ich hab' mich ergeben (not yet started)">Ich hab' mich ergeben</a>" and "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Hymne_an_Deutschland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hymne an Deutschland (not yet started)">Hymne an Deutschland</a>" (1949–1952)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Germany_1956-1990.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="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"><img alt="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" 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title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">West German</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federalism" title="Federalism">Federal</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary</a> <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_republic" title="Constitutional republic">constitutional republic</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1949–1959 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theodor_Heuss" title="Theodor Heuss">Theodor Heuss</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1959–1969 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_L%C3%BCbke" title="Heinrich Lübke">Heinrich Lübke</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1969–1974 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Heinemann" title="Gustav Heinemann">Gustav Heinemann</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1974–1979 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Scheel" title="Walter Scheel">Walter Scheel</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1979–1984 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Carstens" title="Karl Carstens">Karl Carstens</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1984–1990 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_von_Weizs%C3%A4cker" title="Richard von Weizsäcker">Richard von Weizsäcker</a><sup>b</sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chancellor_of_Germany_(1949%E2%80%93)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chancellor of Germany (1949–) (not yet started)">Chancellor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1949–1963 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer" title="Konrad Adenauer">Konrad Adenauer</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1963–1966 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Erhard" title="Ludwig Erhard">Ludwig Erhard</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1966–1969 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Georg_Kiesinger" title="Kurt Georg Kiesinger">Kurt Georg Kiesinger</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1969–1974 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Willy_Brandt" title="Willy Brandt">Willy Brandt</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1974–1982 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt" title="Helmut Schmidt">Helmut Schmidt</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1982–1990 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Helmut_Kohl" title="Helmut Kohl">Helmut Kohl</a><sup>c</sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data">Bundestag</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Germany_(1945%E2%80%9390)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Germany (1945–90) (not yet started)">Formation</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">23 May 1949</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saar_statute&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saar statute (not yet started)">Accession of Saar Protectorate</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 1957</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Admitted to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">18 September 1973</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/German_reunification" title="German reunification">Reunification</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">3 October 1990</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">1990</th><td class="infobox-data">248,577 km<sup>2</sup> (95,976 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link 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TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.de" class="mw-redirect" title=".de">.de</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; background: transparent; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; background: transparent; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Merchant_flag_of_Germany_%281946%E2%80%931949%29.svg/20px-Merchant_flag_of_Germany_%281946%E2%80%931949%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Saar_%281947%E2%80%931956%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Saar_%281947%E2%80%931956%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Saar_%281947%E2%80%931956%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Saar_%281947%E2%80%931956%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Saar_Protectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Saar Protectorate">Saar Protectorate</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; background:transparent; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Germany_since_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Germany since 1990">Federal Republic of Germany (reunified Germany)</a> </td> <td 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height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-country-fn"><ol class="ib-country-fn-alpha"> <li value="1">From 1952 to 1991, the official national anthem of Germany was <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Deutschlandlied</i></span> in its entirety, but only the third stanza was to be sung at official events.<big><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></big></li><li value="2">Continued as President of the reunified Germany until 1994.</li><li value="3">Continued as Chancellor of the reunified Germany until 1998.</li><li value="4">Population statistics according to <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Statistisches_Bundesamt" class="mw-redirect" title="Statistisches Bundesamt">Statistisches Bundesamt</a></i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bevölkerungsstand_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bevölkerungsstand-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li value="5">In <a href="/wiki/Saarland" title="Saarland">Saarland</a>, between January 1957 and July 1959, the <a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">French franc</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saar_franc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saar franc (not yet started)">Saar franc</a>.</li><li value="6">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" (<i>Bundeshauptstadt</i>).</li> </ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> <b>West Germany</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i>West Deutschland</i>) is the common <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> name for the <b>Federal Republic of Germany</b> (<b>FRG</b>; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Bundesrepublik Deutschland</i>, <b>BRD</b>; <span class="unicode haudio"><span class="fn"><span style="white-space:nowrap;margin-right:.25em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:De-Bundesrepublik_Deutschland.ogg" title="About this sound"><img alt="audio speaker icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/17px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 1.5x, 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It was created on May 23, 1949. It ended on October 3, 1990 due to <a href="/wiki/German_Reunification" class="mw-redirect" title="German Reunification">German Reunification</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, West Germany was part of the <a href="/wiki/Western_bloc" class="mw-redirect" title="Western bloc">Western bloc</a>. It was created from the eleven <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">states</a> in <a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Allied-occupied Germany</a> after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital city</a> was <a href="/wiki/Bonn" title="Bonn">Bonn</a>. </p><p>West Germany was very important in the Cold War. The last capital city of Germany <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> was also split into <a href="/wiki/West_Berlin" title="West Berlin">West Berlin</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Berlin" title="East Berlin">East Berlin</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Germany&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Germany&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After World War II, Germany was split into four zones. These zones were controlled by the - <a href="/wiki/United_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="United kingdom">British</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="The United States of America">Americans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviets</a>. From 1946 to 1949, the British, French, and American zones combined (came together) to create West Germany. The Soviet zone became <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a>. The two zones would not come together again until 1990. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer" title="Konrad Adenauer">Konrad Adenauer</a> was called in as <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany" title="Chancellor of Germany">chancellor</a> from 1947 until 1962. He was not meant to be the chancellor for a long time, but he stayed longer than expected. As chancellor, he helped West Germany recover (get better) from World War II and improved the economy. </p><p>After Adenauer left, he was followed by <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Erhard" title="Ludwig Erhard">Ludwig Erhard</a>, who was also followed by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Georg_Kiesinger" title="Kurt Georg Kiesinger">Kurt Georg Kiesinger</a>. In 1968 the <a href="/w/index.php?title=West_German_student_movement&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West German student movement (not yet started)">West German student movement</a> protests began. </p><p>In 1969 <a href="/wiki/Willy_Brandt" title="Willy Brandt">Willy Brandt</a> became chancellor. Under him, West Germany was nicer to the Eastern countries, and he managed to sign agreements with East Germany, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of Poland">Poland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>, who had been more hostile to West Germany. Brandt had to resign in May 1974 when it was found out that one of his staff members was a spy. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt" title="Helmut Schmidt">Helmut Schmidt</a> served as chancellor until 1982. He helped launch the <a href="/wiki/European_Monetary_System" title="European Monetary System">European Monetary System</a> (EMS). Schmidt was followed by <a href="/wiki/Helmut_Kohl" title="Helmut Kohl">Helmut Kohl</a>, who was chancellor when the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a> collapsed and Germany reunified in 1990. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Germany&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Notes" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Germany&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Notes"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111205175152/http://www.bundesregierung.de/Bundesregierung/-,8394/Nationalhymne.htm">Archived</a> 5 December 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bevölkerungsstand-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Bevölkerungsstand_3-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/Indikatoren/LangeReihen/Bevoelkerung/lrbev03.html">Bevölkerungsstand</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131113231041/https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/Indikatoren/LangeReihen/Bevoelkerung/lrbev03.html">Archived</a> 13 November 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span 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