West Germany

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West Germany was the democratic, capitalist western portion of Germany during the Cold War, which became an economic powerhouse and key NATO member after World War II.

Aliases (12)
  • Federal Republic of Germany ×57
  • West Germany national football team ×14
  • Western Germany ×8
  • Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) ×5
  • Germany ×3
  • FRG ×2
  • Federal Republic of Germany (politically) ×1
  • Federal Republic of Germany (postwar) ×1
  • Government of West Germany ×1
  • West German federal government ×1
  • West Germany vs Belgium ×1
  • western Germany ×1

Statements (71)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War state
capitalist economy
former sovereign state
liberal democracy
alliedWith France
United Kingdom
United States
borderedBy Austria
Belgium
Denmark
East Germany
France
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Switzerland
capital Bonn
constitution Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
constitutionEffectiveFrom 1949-05-23
continent Europe
country Germany
currency Deutsche Mark
dateDissolved 1990-10-03
dateEstablished 1949-05-23
deFactoCapital Bonn
demonym West German
economicStatus export-oriented economy
major industrial power
economicSystem social market economy
endTime 1990-10-03
executiveCapital Bonn
firstChancellor Konrad Adenauer
firstPresident Theodor Heuss
followedBy reunified Federal Republic of Germany
foreignPolicyDoctrine Ostpolitik
Westbindung
governmentType federal parliamentary republic
hadOccupationStatusUntil 1955
headOfGovernmentTitle Chancellor
headOfStateTitle President
historicalEra Cold War
ideology pro-Western liberal democracy
joinedEuropeanCommunities 1957
joinedNATO 1955
judicialCapital Karlsruhe
language German
lastChancellor Helmut Kohl
lastPresident Richard von Weizsäcker
legislativeCapital Bonn
locatedIn Central Europe
Western Europe
memberOf Council of Europe
European Communities
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
mergedInto Germany
notableEvent German reunification
Wirtschaftswunder
officialName Federal Republic of Germany
opposedTo Eastern Bloc
Soviet Union
partOf NATO
politicalSystem multi-party system
precededBy Allied-occupied Germany
American occupation zone in Germany
British occupation zone in Germany
French occupation zone in Germany
reunifiedWith East Germany
securityAllianceRole key NATO member
shortName FRG
startTime 1949-05-23
statusDuringColdWar frontline state in Europe

Referenced by (264)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Baldur von Schirach ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Emil Nolde
Emmy Göring
Erich Raeder
Erich von Manstein
Franz Stangl
Georg-Hans Reinhardt
Gerhard Barkhorn
Gerhard Klopfer
Heinz Guderian
Herbert Marcuse
Oskar Schindler
Otto Dietrich
Otto Dix
Otto Ohlendorf
Werner Heisenberg
Wilhelm Schepmann
Wilhelm Stuckart
countryOfDeath
Armgard von Cramm
Erhard Milch
Erhard Schmidt
Ernst von Weizsäcker
Franz Josef Strauß
Fritz Schäffer
Hans Heinrich Lammers
Hermann Hoth
Josef Priller
Karl Dönitz
Konrad Adenauer
Konstantin von Neurath
Ludwig Erhard
Maximilian von Weichs
Michael von Faulhaber
Otto Hofmann
Paul Blobel
Theodor Kaluza
placeOfDeath
Franz Josef Strauß
Friedrich Obleser
Fritz Schäffer
Gerhard Richter ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Günther Rall
Günther Sabetzki
Hans-Dietrich Genscher ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Hildegard Hamm-Brücher ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Johannes Steinhoff
Konrad Adenauer
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Ludwig Erhard
Manfred Rommel ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Sepp Maier
Theodor Heuss ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Walter Krupinski
countryOfCitizenship
Act on Titles, Orders and Decorations of 1951 ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Berlin Wall
Deutsche Mark
European Economic Community
Hallstein Doctrine
John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech
Munich air disaster
Munich massacre
Parliamentary Council
Waldi
Westbindung ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Wirtschaftswunder
fall of the Berlin Wall
country
Inside the Third Reich
Leopard 1
Ostpolitik
Panavia Tornado
Spandau: The Secret Diaries
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Happy Games
The Name of the Rose (film)
The Night of the Generals
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
Wandel durch Annäherung
countryOfOrigin
DEM
Deutsche Mark
Deutsche Mark ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Deutsche Mark
("Federal Republic of Germany")
Pfennig
Pfennig ("Federal Republic of Germany")
usedIn
1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics ("Federal Republic of Germany")
1974 FIFA World Cup
1974 FIFA World Cup ("Germany")
Games of the XX Olympiad
Mark Spitz won seven gold medals in swimming
hostCountry
Allied occupation of Germany
Economic Cooperation Administration
Ostpolitik ("Federal Republic of Germany")
United States Ambassador to West Germany
United States High Commissioner for Germany
appliesToJurisdiction
Krefeld ("Western Germany")
North Rhine-Westphalia ("Western Germany")
President of the Parliamentary Council
United States Ambassador to West Germany
University of Cologne ("Western Germany")
locatedIn
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Helmut Hasse
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Willy Messerschmitt
deathCountry
Düsseldorf ("Western Germany")
Leipzig ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Rhineland ("Federal Republic of Germany")
West Berlin ("Federal Republic of Germany (politically)")
partOf
1966 FIFA World Cup ("West Germany national football team")
1982 FIFA World Cup ("West Germany national football team")
1986 FIFA World Cup ("West Germany national football team")
UEFA Euro 1976 ("West Germany national football team")
runnerUp
Günther Rall ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Johannes Steinhoff ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Walter Krupinski ("Federal Republic of Germany")
allegiance
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ("Federal Republic of Germany")
countrySignatory
Heinrich Hoffmann
Max Born
Wilhelm Bittrich
deathPlace
Kennedy's European tour of 1963
Kennedy's European tour of 1963 ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Treaties of Paris (1954) ("Federal Republic of Germany")
hasParticipant
Allied operations in Western Europe
Eishockey-Bundesliga
Western Allied invasion of Germany ("Western Germany")
location
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972)
Treaty of Moscow (1970) ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Treaty of Moscow (1970)
party
Treaty of Paris (1951) ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Élysée Treaty ("Federal Republic of Germany")
signatory
Hallstein Doctrine ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Wirtschaftswunder ("Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)")
appliesTo
Allied Expeditionary Air Force ("western Germany")
Commander-in-Chief West ("Western Germany")
areaOfOperations
East Germany
Polish People’s Republic
borderedBy
1954 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
champion
Governing Mayor of West Berlin ("Federal Republic of Germany")
West Berlin ("Federal Republic of Germany")
countryDuringExistence
Lockheed bribery scandals
Élysée Treaty
countryInvolved
1978 FIFA World Cup ("West Germany national football team")
UEFA Euro 1976 ("West Germany national football team")
defendingChampion
Allied occupation of Germany ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Nazi Germany ("Federal Republic of Germany")
followedBy
European Coal and Steel Community
Treaty of Paris (1951)
foundingMemberState
1972 Summer Olympics
Games of the XX Olympiad ("Federal Republic of Germany")
hostNation
inner German border ("Federal Republic of Germany")
inner German border
oppositeSideControlledBy
1954 FIFA World Cup
UEFA Euro 1976 ("West Germany national football team")
qualifiedTeam
Luise Erhard
Oskar Schindler
residence
Modified Brussels Treaty ("Federal Republic of Germany")
Treaty of Rome
signatoryState
1954 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
winner
50th Space Wing
activatedCountry
Westbindung
appliesToPart
Allied Control Council ("Federal Republic of Germany")
appliesToSubsequentEntity
German Federal Archives ("Federal Republic of Germany")
archivesPeriod
Wirtschaftswunder ("West German federal government")
associatedWithInstitution
Communist Party of Germany ("Federal Republic of Germany")
bannedIn
Deutsche Mark ("Federal Republic of Germany")
becameCurrencyOf
ERP
beneficiaryCountry
Marshall Plan
benefitedCountry
Southern Germany ("Western Germany")
borders
1980 Summer Olympics
boycottingNation
Deutsche Mark ("Federal Republic of Germany")
coinsIssuedBy
inner German border
countryBorder
Strahlenkranz
countryOfEvent
Kurt Franz
countryOfTrial
Tip and Tap
countryRepresented
Treaty of Moscow (1970) ("Federal Republic of Germany")
countryRepresentedBy
Reichsjägermeister ("Federal Republic of Germany")
countrySuccessor
Kennedy's European tour of 1963
countryVisited
Panavia Tornado
developedBy
Indian Institute of Technology Madras ("Government of West Germany")
establishedWithAssistanceFrom
1948 Summer Olympics ("Germany")
excludedCountry
Otto Ohlendorf
executionerState
Franz Stangl
extraditedTo
1970 FIFA World Cup ("West Germany national football team")
fairPlayAward
1970 FIFA World Cup ("West Germany national football team")
featuredTeam
Rollerball
filmingLocation
1986 FIFA World Cup ("West Germany national football team")
finalist
UEFA Euro 1976 ("West Germany national football team")
finalists
UEFA Euro 1980 (matches) ("West Germany vs Belgium")
finalMatch
FIFA World Cup Trophy ("West Germany national football team")
firstWinner
Bonn
formerCapitalOf
Checkpoint Charlie
formerCountry
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
formerHeadquartersLocation
Germany men's national ice hockey team
formerRepresentation
Bonn ("Federal Republic of Germany")
formerSeatOfGovernmentOf
Free Democratic Party
foundedIn
European Coal and Steel Community
founder
European Economic Community
foundingMember
EEC
foundingMembers
1958 FIFA World Cup ("West Germany national football team")
fourthPlace
V Corps (United States)
garrisonDuringColdWar
West Berlin ("Federal Republic of Germany")
hadSpecialStatusIn
Franco-German reconciliation ("Federal Republic of Germany")
hasMainParticipants
New Left
hasMainRegion
Cold War cooperation
hasParticipants
Modified Brussels Treaty
hasParty
Kurt Georg Kiesinger ("Federal Republic of Germany")
headOfGovernment
Ludwig Erhard ("Federal Republic of Germany")
headOfGovernmentOf
Western Europe
historicallyIncludes
Germany ("Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)")
historicalPredecessor
Senate of Berlin (West) ("Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)")
historicalRegion
Germans ("Federal Republic of Germany")
historicalState
Tip and Tap
hostCountryOfEvent
First World
includesTypicalExamples
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
initiallyAppliedTo
Deutsche Mark
introducedIn
Deutsche Mark
introducedInTerritory
Berlin Crisis
involvedCountry
United States Ambassador to West Germany ("Federal Republic of Germany")
jurisdiction
Kennedy Round (1964–1967)
keyParticipant
Schöneberg
locatedInFormerCountry
Lockheed bribery scandals
locationOfEvent
Volga Germans ("Federal Republic of Germany")
majorDestinationCountry
Sepp Maier ("West Germany national football team")
memberOfSportsTeam
EEC
memberState
Czechoslovakia–West Germany border
neighboringCountryOnWest
West Germany ("Federal Republic of Germany")
officialName
Dornier Flugzeugwerke
operatedIn
Berlin Wall ("Federal Republic of Germany")
opposedBy
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
originalMembers
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
originalTerritorialScope
Villa Marlier ("Federal Republic of Germany (postwar)")
ownedBy
UEFA Euro 1980 (matches)
participatingTeam
Luise Erhard ("Federal Republic of Germany")
placeOfActivity
Markus Söder
placeOfBirth
Ferdinand Schörner
placeOfDetention
Unified Germany ("Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)")
precededBy
Schuman Declaration ("Federal Republic of Germany")
proposedTo
Republic of Vietnam
recognizedBy
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) ("Germany")
region
Slovakia–Germany border
relatedToHistoricalEntity
Tiefland
releaseCountry
GER ("FRG")
replaced
United States Ambassador to West Germany
residenceCountry
East Germany
reunifiedWith
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1966
secondPlaceNationality
inner German border
separated
Czechoslovakia–West Germany border
separatedCountry
Elvis Presley
servedIn
West Germany ("FRG")
shortName
Helsinki Accords
signatoryCountry
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) ("Federal Republic of Germany")
signedBy
Michael Strahan
spentChildhoodIn
Prussia ("Federal Republic of Germany")
successor
Reichsmark ("Federal Republic of Germany")
successorCurrencyRegion
German Army Group G ("Western Germany")
theater
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
theaterOfOperations
United States Ambassador to West Germany ("Federal Republic of Germany")
toCountry
1972 Summer Olympics ("Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)")
tookPlaceInCountryAtTheTime
Josef Mengele
wantedBy
Armin Mueller-Stahl
workLocation

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