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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.
The Historical Museum of the Palatinate (German: Historisches Museum der Pfalz) is a museum in the city of Speyer in the Palatinate region of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated across the square from the Speyer Cathedral. The museum's focus is on the History of the Palatinate; it has a collection of about 1 million ...
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".
At the Congress of Vienna in 1814 and 1815, southern parts of the left-bank Palatinate were restored and enlarged by mediatisation (consuming the former Prince-Bishopric of Speyer, the Free Imperial City of Speyer, and others) up to the new border with France, and given (temporarily) to the Habsburg Austrian Empire; after this time, it was this ...
Kaiserslautern (German pronunciation: [ˌkaɪzɐsˈlaʊtɐn] ⓘ; Palatinate German: Lautre) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century.
Around 1720, Palatinate-Zweibrücken added the symbols of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg to its coat of arms. It was parted per pale. It was parted per pale. The dexter side was quartered, in the first and fourth quarter the Palatine Lion , in second and third the Bavarian silver and blue "bendy lozengy" pattern, and overall a silver ...
In the Palatinate, voters had elected Left representatives to all 19 seats. [1] At the opening of parliament on 22 January 1849, King Maximilian II promised further reforms. On 9 January, the majority of the parliament enacted a bill of rights, [2] as proposed by the Frankfurt Assembly in December 1848. The king refused to recognize their act ...
Palatinate-Lautern; Palatinate-Mosbach; Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt; Palatinate-Neuburg; Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken; Palatinate-Sulzbach; Palatine Zweibrücken; Electoral Palatinate; Palatine Lion; List of coats of arms with the Palatine Lion; Palatine uprising