Definition: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Input: 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:
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 .