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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.
It is the ninth-largest state by area. Rhineland-Palatinate is part of the SaarLorLux euregion. With 42% of its area covered by forests, it is the most forested state along with Hesse. [9] The state's major rivers are the Rhine, including the UNESCO World Heritage Site Middle Rhine, and the Moselle.
The Palatinate wine region overlaps with, but is not coextensive with, the traditional German region of Palatinate, making up only 5% of its area. The wine region is an 80 km (50 mi) stretch situated under the lee of the Palatinate Forest on the Haardt Mountains, a continuation of Alsace's Vosges Mountains. Its climate is much like that of ...
The Trier urban area is divided into 19 city districts. For each district there is an Ortsbeirat (local council) of between 9 and 15 members, as well as an Ortsvorsteher (local representative). The local councils are charged with hearing the important issues that affect the district, although the final decision on any issue rests with the city ...
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 .
Rheinland-Pfalz, the current federal German state of Rhineland-Palatinate Königspfalz or Kaiserpfalz , palaces and castles across the Holy Roman Empire that served as temporary seats of power for the king or emperor in the Early and High Middle Ages.
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
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.