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Palatinate

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(pӘlăt'ĭnāt´´), Ger. Pfalz , two regions of Germany. They are related historically, but not geographically. The Rhenish or Lower Palatinate (Ger. Rheinpfalz or Niederpfalz ), often called simply the Palatinate, is a district (c.2,100 sq mi/5,440 sq km) of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Ger. Rheinland-Pfalz ). The Rhenish Palatinate extends from the left bank of the Rhine and borders in the S on France and in the W on the Saarland and Luxembourg. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse is the capital; Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Pirmasens, and Speyer are the chief cities. It is a rich agricultural region, famed for its wines. The Upper Palatinate (Ger. Oberpfalz ) is a district (c.3,725 sq mi/9,650 sq km) of NE Bavaria, separated in the east from the Czech Republic by the Bohemian Forest. Regensburg is the capital. Agriculture and cattle raising are the chief occupations. The name of the two regions came from the office known as count palatine, a title used in the Holy Roman Empire to denote…
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(pӘlăt'ĭnāt´´), Ger. Pfalz , two regions of Germany. They are related historically, but not geographically. The Rhenish or Lower Palatinate (Ger. Rheinpfalz or Niederpfalz ), often called simply the Palatinate, is a district (c.2,100 sq mi/5,440 sq km) of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Ger. …
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From The Oxford Companion to British History
were border regions where the demands of security dictated that the local rulers should have special powers, particularly to raise troops and to administer justice to all levels. The earldom of Chester, created in 1071, gradually acquired palatinate privileges, its tenants-in-chief holding directly…
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(rīn'lănd pӘlăt'ĭnĭt´´), Ger. Rheinland-Pfalz , state (1994 pop. 3,926,000), 7,658 sq mi (19,834 sq km), W Germany. Mainz is the capital. The state was formed in 1946 by the merger of the Rhenish Palatinate , Rhenish Hesse, the southern portion of the former Rhine Province of Prussia (including…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Historical region, now part of Germany. The region was once under the jurisdiction of the counts palatine (secular princes), who in the 14th century became elector s of the Holy Roman Empire . In the 16th and 17th centuries the Palatinate was a stronghold of Protestantism. It was divided into two…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Historic division of Germany, dating from before the 8th century. It was ruled by a count palatine (a count with royal prerogatives) and varied in size. When the Palatinate was attached to Bavaria in 1815 it consisted of two separate parts: Rhenish (or Lower) Palatinate on the Rhine (capital…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Administrative region (German Land ) in southwest Germany, bordered to the north by North Rhine-Westphalia, to the east by Hesse and Baden-Württemberg, to the south by France, to the southwest by the Saarland, and to the west by Luxembourg and Belgium; area 19,847 sq km/7,663 sq mi; population (2003…
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From Chambers Dictionary of World History
A German Rhenish principality, with Heidelberg as its capital. Acquired by the Wittelsbach family (1214), it was elevated to an imperial electorate by the Golden Bull of 1356, and became increasingly wealthy and important in the 13–15c. After the introduction of Calvinism by Frederick III (1559/76), …
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