Upper Palatinate
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The Upper Palatinate is an administrative region in the east of Bavaria, Germany. It consists of seven districts and 226 municipalities, including three cities.
Walhalla memorial
Trinity church of Kappl
Maria-Hilf
Electoral Palatinate
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The Electoral Palatinate was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire until it was annexed by the Electorate of Baden in 1803. From the end of the 13th century, its ruler was one of the Prince-ele
Upper Palatinate
…century, much of the region was controlled by the Wittelsbach dynasty and until 1329 was ruled by the Wittelsbach Elector Palatine as part of the larger County Palatine of the Rhine (German: Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein). By the 1329 Treaty of Pavia, the Wittelsbach territories were divided between two branches of the dynasty. The…
Frederick I, King of Bohemia (1619–1620)
Heidelberg Castle, destroyed by the French in 1689 and never rebuilt
Maximilian Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1799–1806)