palatinate

The Palatinate, or the Rhenish Palatinate, is a historical region of Germany. Palatinate occupies most of the southern quarter of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, covering an area of 2,105 square miles with about 1.4 million inhabitants. Its residents are known as Palatines.
  • Demonym(s): Palatine · Pfälzer
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