When there was an East Germany. East and West were commonly used terms for two separate states during the Cold War, their real titles were Federal Republic of Germany (for the west and Germany as it is now) and German Democratic Republic (for the east).
In 1990 Germany was reunified after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. For further informations you should read wikipedia articles about the states and the Cold War. Of course there is still a west of Germany, namely the federal states of Nordrhein- Westfalen, Rheinland- Pfalz, Saarland and Hessen. But that is geographical.
The Ruhr
Yes, East and West. After WWII, control of occupied Germany was divided between the allies. In 1949, Two halves of Germany each became independent separately. The Western portion of Germany, called the Federal Republic of Germany was backed by the Western Allies, while the Soviet Union backed East Germany, the German Democratic Republic. In 1989, when the communist government of the GDR lost backing from Soviet troops, their government fell and Germany reunified in 1990.
Münster is a city in North Rhine - Westphalia (in Western Germany)
West Germany, which was controlled by the three western powers, of the US, Britain and France was larger, then East Germany, which was controlled by the USSR.
It was located on the north-western part of Germany and founded in 1543
The Ruhr
On the western front, along France's eastern border (it was called the western front because it was on the west of Germany.
western germany along the french border, it was called the "Rhineland"
Germany, France, and Russia. They are called the western and eastern front.
Germany invaded Western Europe in 1939 and 1940.
Germany is located in Western Europe.
Germany's western border is with France, Belgium and Holland .
The country called Samoa, previously Western Samoa.
Western part of Germany - on the river Mainz
France, Britain and the United States occupied the western half of Germany. Russia occupied the eastern half of Germany.
it is called western Samoa because Samoa is divided into two parts, American Samoa and western Samoa. After colonialism came to Samoa, America took control of Eastern Samoa which adapted the name "American Samoa". While Germany (and later NZ) took control of Western Samoa, who then took on the name "Western Samoa". No called SAMOA. The nation dropped the "western" in 1997.
All of Germany is in Western Europe.