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  2. Palatinate (region) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Palatines - Wikipedia

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    Paladins. Caesar Maximilian I, the Holy Roman Emperor. The term palatine or palatinus was first used in the Roman Empire for chamberlains of the emperor (e.g. Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church) due to their association with the Palatine Hill, the home where Roman emperors lived since Augustus Caesar (and whence "palace").

  4. Rhineland-Palatinate - Wikipedia

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    Rhineland-Palatinate shares international borders with France , Luxembourg (Clervaux, Diekirch, Echternach, Grevenmacher, Remich, and Vianden), and Belgium . Within Germany, its neighbours are Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Saarland. It is the ninth-largest state by area.

  5. Palatinate Forest - Wikipedia

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    The forest is a designated nature park ( German: Naturpark Pfälzerwald) covering 1,771 km 2 and its highest elevation is the Kalmit (672.6 m). Together with the northern part of the adjacent Vosges Mountains in France it forms the UNESCO -designated Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve .

  6. Speyer - Wikipedia

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    Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer lies 25 km (16 miles) south of Ludwigshafenand Mannheim, and 21 km (13 miles) south-west of Heidelberg. Founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities. Speyer Cathedral, a number of other churches, and the Altpörtel("old gate") dominate the Speyer landscape.

  7. Palatinate (wine region) - Wikipedia

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    Palatinate ( German: Pfalz) is a German wine -growing region ( Weinbaugebiet) in the area of Bad Dürkheim, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, and Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate. Before 1993, it was known as Rhine Palatinate ( Rheinpfalz ). With 23,698 hectares (58,560 acres) under cultivation in 2022, the region is the second largest wine region in ...

  8. Landau - Wikipedia

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    www.landau.de. Landau ( Palatine German: Landach ), officially Landau in der Pfalz ( German pronunciation: [ˈlandaʊ ɪn deːɐ ˈpfalts] ), is an autonomous ( kreisfrei) town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990), a long-standing ...

  9. Pirmasens - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.pirmasens.de. Pirmasens ( German pronunciation: [ˈpɪʁmazɛns] ⓘ; Palatine German: Bärmesens (also Bermesens or Bärmasens )) is an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It was famous for the manufacture of shoes.