Palatinate (region)
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The Palatinate, or the Rhenish Palatinate, is a historical region of Germany. The Palatinate occupies most of the southern quarter of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, covering an area of 5,45
Vineyards near the German Wine Route
A typical vineyard landscape in the Palatinate Forest
Medieval frame houses in Ilbesheim, a village in South Palatinate
Fleeschknepp (meat dumplings) with horseradish sauce
Palatines
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Palatines were the citizens and princes of the Palatinates, Holy Roman States that served as capitals for the Holy Roman Emperor. After the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the nationality refer
Palatinate (region)
…of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), covering an area of 5,450 km2 (2,100 mi2) with about 1.4 million inhabitants. Its residents are known as Palatines (Pfälzer). The Palatinate borders Saarland in the west, historically also comprising the state's Saarpfalz District. In the northwest, the Hunsrück…
Caesar Maximilian I, the Holy Roman Emperor
A 1510 portrait of the double-headed eagle with coats of arms of individual states, the symbol of the Holy Roman Empire
A Paladin, an Imperial Knight
A Palatine soldier in 1748