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The Palatinate (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.
Rhineland-Palatinate (/ ˌ r aɪ n l æ n d p ə ˈ l æ t ɪ n ɪ t,-l ə n d-/ RYNE-land pə-LAT-in-it, -lənd-, US also /-ɪ n eɪ t /-in-ayt; German: Rheinland-Pfalz [ˈʁaɪnlant ˈpfalts] ⓘ; Luxembourgish: Rheinland-Pfalz [ˈʀɑɪnlɑm ˈpfɑlts]; Palatine German: Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany.
The name Rheinpfalz is still used in German today for this region. Rhenish Palatinate (German: Rheinpfalz), another name for the Circle of the Rhine (Rheinkreis) or the Bavarian Palatinate (Bayerischen Pfalz) west of the Rhine, from 1835 until 1946; Rhine Palatinate (German: Rheinpfalz), the former name of the Palatinate wine region
Landau (Palatine German: Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz (German pronunciation: [ˈlandaʊ ɪn deːɐ ˈpfalts], lit. ' Landau in the Palatinate ' ), is an autonomous ( kreisfrei ) town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany .
Spain and France fought over the city ... Trier station has direct railway connections to many cities in the region. ... Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz ...
Südwestpfalz is a district (Kreis or more precise Landkreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarpfalz, the district-free city Zweibrücken, the districts Kaiserslautern and Bad Dürkheim, the district-free city Landau (the Taubensuhl/Fassendeich forest part of the city), Südliche Weinstraße, and the French département Bas-Rhin.
The region and the Volcanic Eifel to the south are also known for the production of mineral water; for example, the iron-rich springs (e. g. the Apollinaris Spring) have made Bad Neuenahr into a spa town. Tourism has been a steadily growing part of the economy for many years.
The Westrich Plateau (highlighted) to the west of the Palatinate Forest and Wasgau. The Westrich Plateau (German: Westricher Hochfläche), [1] also Zweibrücken Westrich (Zweibrücker Westrich) [2] or Southwest Palatine Plateau (Südwestpfälzische Hochfläche), [3] [4] [5] is a landscape in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, with small areas also in the Saarland (Saarpfalz-Kreis).