American occupation zone in Germany

The American occupation zone in Germany (German: , US-Zone, or Southwest zone) was one of the four occupation zones established by the Allies of World War II in Germany west of the Oder–Neisse line in July 1945, around two months after the German surrender and the end of World War II in Europe. It was controlled by the Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) and ceased to exist after the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany on 21 September 1949 (FRG established 23 May 1949), but United States maintains military presence across Germany. Occupation Geography The zone encompassed a large section of south-eastern and central Germany: Bavaria (including the Thuringian exclave of Ostheim, but excluding Lindau and the Palatinate) The Prussian provinces of Kurhessen and Nassau (excluding the various exclaves belonging to them and the districts of Oberwesterwald, Unterwesterwald, Unterlahn, and Sankt Goarshausen) The portions of the People's State of Hesse east of the Rhine river (Starkenburg, Upper Hesse, and the parts of Rhenish Hesse east of the river). The portions of Württemberg and the Republic of Baden north of the Karlsruhe-Ulm Reichsautobahn (now the A 8)