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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;
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 .
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.
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.
As this region was politically connected to the Rhenish Palatinate, the name Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) became common from the early 16th century, to contrast with the Lower Palatinate along the Rhine. Rudolph I the Stammerer: 4 October 1274: 1294–1317: 12 August 1319: County Palatine of the Rhine: Matilda of Nassau 1 September 1294 ...
The right-bank Palatinate remained with Baden while northern parts became part of Prussia (Rhine Province) and Hesse (Rhenish Hesse). In 1816, the Palatinate became a formal part of the Wittelsbach Kingdom of Bavaria (the Rheinkreis or Circle of the Rhine ) in a pre-arranged exchange for Tyrol , which Bavaria returned to Austria.
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 ...