Palatinate

The Palatinate is a diverse region in southwestern , bordered by the Rhine to the east and to the South. Often called the 'Tuscany of Germany,' it is a land of dramatic contrasts: to the west lies the deep, quiet green of the Palatinate Forest, while the east is dominated by the sun-drenched vineyards of the German Wine Route.
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, officially am Rhein, is a city in the German state of , on the river Rhine, opposite . With Mannheim, , and the surrounding region, it forms the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.

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is a city in the region of . It is one of the oldest German cities and has a beautiful old town. has been a diocesan town since 346; its first churches and monasteries were built in the 6th and 7th century.

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is a spacious town of approximately 100,000 inhabitants in , .

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is an independent town in , , near the border with . It was famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called Landkreis from 1818 until 1997, when it was renamed to .

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Landau is a town of 47,000 people in the Palatinate. It is a university town, a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages of the Palatinate wine region.

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is a city at the German Wine Route in the district Südliche Weinstraße in the state .

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is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration in the Palatinate. lies at the edge of the Palatinate Forest on the German Wine Route.

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is a city of 8,000 people in that is home to the famed nearby Air Base.

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, officially the Sickingen Town of , is a town in the , in , . It is the seat of the Municipal Association of .

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is a town at the German Wine Route in the district Südliche Weinstraße on .
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Palatinate

Latitude of center
49.3° or 49° 18′ north
Longitude of center
8.1° or 8° 6′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q326359
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Palatinate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالاتينات”
  • Arabic: “بالاتينيت رينيه”
  • Arabic: “بفالز”
  • Basque: “Renaniar Palatinatu”
  • Bulgarian: “Пфалц”
  • Catalan: “Palatinat”
  • Catalan: “Pfalz”
  • Chinese: “普法爾茨地區”
  • Chinese: “法爾茲”
  • Czech: “Dolní Falc”
  • Czech: “Falc”
  • Czech: “Falcko”
  • Czech: “Palatinát”
  • Czech: “Pfalz”
  • Czech: “Rýnská Falc”
  • Danish: “Pfalz”
  • Danish: “Rheinpfalz”
  • Dutch: “Palts”
  • Dutch: “Pfalz”
  • Esperanto: “Palatinato”
  • Finnish: “Pfalz”
  • French: “Bavière rhénane”
  • French: “Palatinat rhenan”
  • French: “Palatinat rhénan”
  • French: “Palz”
  • French: “Pfalz”
  • French: “Pfälzer”
  • French: “Region Pfalz”
  • Galician: “Palatinado renano”
  • German: “Palz”
  • German: “Pfalz”
  • German: “Pfälzer”
  • German: “Region Pfalz”
  • Hebrew: “פפאלץ”
  • Hindi: “पैलाटिनेट”
  • Hungarian: “Pfalz”
  • Icelandic: “Pfalz”
  • Indonesian: “Palatinate”
  • Indonesian: “Pfalz”
  • Italian: “Palatinato”
  • Japanese: “プファルツ地区”
  • Japanese: “プファルツ地方”
  • Korean: “라인란트팔츠”
  • Korean: “로어팔츠”
  • Korean: “팔츠 (지역)”
  • Korean: “팔츠”
  • Kurdish: “Pfalz (herêm)”
  • Kurdish: “Pfalz”
  • Latvian: “Pfalca”
  • Macedonian: “Пфалц”
  • Macedonian: “Фалечка”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rheinpfalz”
  • Ossetian: “Пфальц”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Palz”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Pfalz”
  • Persian: “پالاتن”
  • Persian: “پفالتس”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Palz”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Pfalz”
  • Polish: “Palatynat”
  • Portuguese: “Palatinado”
  • Romanian: “Palatinat”
  • Romanian: “Pfalz”
  • Russian: “Пфальц”
  • Slovak: “Falcko”
  • Slovak: “Pfalz”
  • Slovenian: “Pfalško”
  • Slovenian: “Pfalz”
  • Slovenian: “Regija Pfalz”
  • Spanish: “Bajo Palatinado”
  • Spanish: “Niederpfalz”
  • Spanish: “Palatinado de Renania”
  • Spanish: “Palatinado del Rin”
  • Spanish: “Palatinado Renano”
  • Spanish: “Rheinpfalz”
  • Swedish: “Pfalz”
  • Swedish: “Rheinpfalz”
  • Swedish: “Rhenpfalz”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Pfalz”
  • Turkish: “Palatina”
  • Ukrainian: “Пфальц”
  • Urdu: “پالاتینٹ (خطہ)”
  • Urdu: “پالاتینٹ”
  • Venetian: “Pałatinà”
  • Western Frisian: “Palts”
  • Western Frisian: “Pfalz”
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