Western Germany

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