Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): In the Western Zones of occupation , which became West Germany ( officially , the Federal Republic of Germany ) in 1949 , the former Prussian territories were divided up among North Rhine-Westphalia , Lower Saxony , Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate and Schleswig-Holstein .
Output (English): In the West ( from 1949 the Federal Republic of Germany ) , the Prussian lands went to North Rhine-Westphalia , Lower Saxony , Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate and Schleswig-Holstein .