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The Palatinate (/ p ə ˈ l æ t ɪ n ɪ t /; German: Pfalz; Palatine German: Palz), or the Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz), is a historical region of Germany.The Palatinate occupies most of the southern quarter of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), covering an area of 2,105 square miles (5,450 km 2) with about 1.4 million inhabitants.
Rhenish Palatinate (German: Rheinpfalz) may refer to: Rhenish Palatinate, a name for the Palatinate region (Pfalz), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany;
Rheinpfalz, an alternative name for Pfalzgrafenstein Castle in the Palatinate region, Germany; Rheinpfalz, the name of a planning region in Rhineland-Palatinate's regional development law; Die Rheinpfalz, a regional newspaper in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; KDStV Rheinpfalz, a Roman Catholic students' association in Darmstadt, Germany
In 1837, the Circle of the Rhine was renamed the Palatinate (Pfalz). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was also referred to as the Rhenish Palatinate ( Rheinpfalz ). [ 4 ] The territory remained Bavarian until 30 August 1946, with the exception of the area detached in 1920, which roughly corresponded to the present day Saarpfalz-Kreis .
Palatines (Palatine German: Pälzer) were the citizens and princes of the Palatinates, Holy Roman States that served as capitals for the Holy Roman Emperor. [1] [2] [3] After the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the nationality referred more specifically to residents of the Rhenish Palatinate, known simply as "the Palatinate".
The state of Rhineland-Palatinate was founded shortly after the Second World War, on 30 August 1946. It was formed mainly from the southern part of the Prussian Rhine Province (the Regierungsbezirke of Koblenz and Trier), from Rhenish Hesse, from the western part of Nassau and the Bavarian Rhenish Palatinate minus the county of Saarpfalz.
Geography and nature: Regions: Eifel - Hunsrück - Palatinate - Rhenish Hesse - Siegerland - Taunus - Westerwald Landscapes: Ahr Hills - Ahr valley - Alzey Hills - Bienwald - Bingen Forest - Bitburg Land - Bopparder Hamm - Breisiger Ländchen - Brohltal - Cochemer Krampen - Dahner Felsenland - Eifel - Einrich - Eistal - Haardt - Hohe Eifel - High Westerwald - Hunsrück - Idarwald - Islek ...
The March societies in the Bavarian territories of the Palatinate, Franconia and Swabia demanded adoption of the constitution, abolition of the monarchy, and separation of the Palatinate and Franconia from the Kingdom of Bavaria. [5] On 3 May 1849, the May Uprising in Dresden broke out, but was put down on 9 May by Saxon and Prussian troops.