Palatinate (region)

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Location of Palatinate in Rhineland-Palatinate

The Palatinate (germ.:Pfalz), historically also Rhenish Palatinate (lat.: palatinatum Renensis; germ.: Rheinpfalz), is a region in south-western Germany. It occupies more than a quarter of the German federal state (Bundesland) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz).

Geography

The western and northern part of the Palatinate is densely forested and mountainous. The highest point is the Donnersberg (687 m (2,253.9 ft)) near Kirchheimbolanden. The Palatinate forest (Pfälzerwald) covers more than a third of the region and is the largest uninterrupted forest in Germany. The eastern part is lower, and is a well known wine region, the Palatinate wine region through which passes the German wine road (Deutsche Weinstrasse). Most of the cities of the Palatinate (Ludwigshafen, Speyer, Landau, Frankenthal, Neustadt) lie in the Rhineplain in the east.

Traditionally, the Palatinate is divided into the regions of Anterior Palatinate (Vorderpfalz), West Palatinate (Westpfalz), North Palatinate (Nordpfalz), and South Palatinate (Südpfalz).

Administratively, the following districts and independent cities are part of the Palatinate:

Independent cities:

• Frankenthal
• Kaiserslautern
• Landau
• Ludwigshafen
• Neustadt an der Weinstraße
• Pirmasens
• Speyer
• Zweibrücken

Districts:

• Bad Dürkheim
• Donnersbergkreis
• Germersheim
• Kaiserslautern (district)
• Kusel
• Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
• Südliche Weinstraße
• Südwestpfalz

Palatinate (region) Media

• Weinberge bei Pleisweiler.JPG

  Vineyards near the Deutsche Weinstraße (German Wine Route)

• Weinberge bei Leinsweiler.JPG

  Typical vineyard landscape in front of the Palatinate Forest

• Ilbesheim - Medieval frame houses.jpg

  Medieval frame houses in a Palatine village. (Ilbesheim, South Palatinate)

• Wappen Rheinpfalz.svg

  Wappen des ehemaligen bayerischen Kreises Rheinpfalz

• Расположение провинции Пфальц на карте Германской империи.svg

  The Rhenish Palatinate when it was unified with the Kingdom of Bavaria, 1871

• Pennsylvania Dutch USC2000 PHS.svg

  Major Pennsylvania Dutch states: Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio

• Fläschknepp mit Meerretichsoß.jpg

  Fleeschknepp (meat dumplings) with horseradish sauce

• Lewwerknepp mit Sauerkraut.jpg

  Lewwerknepp (liver dumplings) with sauerkraut and garnishes

Other websites

• Bayern-Pfalz-Stifung Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
• The royal palace in Edenkoben Archived 2006-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Rhenish Palatinate - Catholic Encyclopedia article