Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is ane o the 16 states o the Federal Republic o Germany. It haes an aurie o 19,846 square kilometres (7,663 sq mi) an aboot fower million inhabitants. The caipital is Mainz. Inglis speakers an aa commonly refer tae the state bi its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz.

History

The state o Rhineland-Palatinate wis established on 30 August 1946. It wis formed frae the northren pairt o the French Occupation Zone, which included pairts o Bavarie (the Rhenish Palatinate), the soothren pairts o the Proushie Rhine Province (includin the Destrict o Birkenfeld which umwhile belanged tae Oldenburg), pairts o the Proushie Province o Nassau (see Hesse-Nassau), an pairts o Hesse-Darmstadt (Rhinehessen on the wastren banks o the Rhine); the constitution wis legally confirmed bi referendum on 18 Mey 1947.

Geography

Situatit in wastren Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate borders (frae the north an clockwise) North Rhine-Westphalie, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Fraunce, Saarland, Luxembourg an Belgium.

The lairgest river in the state is the Rhine, which forms the border wi Baden-Württemberg an Hesse in the southeast afore flowin through the northren pairt o Rhineland-Palatinate. The Rhine Valley is bundit bi muntain chains an forms a fascinatin landscape containin some o the maist historically significant places in Germany.

The Eifel an Hunsrück muntain chains are foond on the wast bank o the Rhine in northren Rhineland-Palatinate, while the Westerwald an Taunus muntains are foond on the east bank. The hilly lands in the soothmaist region o the state are covered bi the Palatinate forest an the Palatinate.

These muntain chains are separatit frae ilk ither bi several tributaries o the Rhine: the Mosel, the Lahn an the Nahe.

The modren state consists o a conglomeration o the historic regions o soothren Rheinland Province, Rheinhessen an the Palatinate.

See an aa Leet o places in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Admeenistration

Mainz

Koblenz

Trier

Speyer

Rhineland-Palatinate is dividit intae 24 destricts, umwhile grouped intae the three admeenistrative regions: Koblenz, Trier an Rheinhessen-Pfalz.

Syne 2000, the employees an assets o the umwhile admeenistrative regions hae been organized intae the Aufsichts- un Dienstleistungsdirektion Trier (Supervisory an Service Directorate Trier) an the Struktur- un Genehmigungsdirektionen (Structural an Appruival Directorates) Nord in Koblenz an Süd in Neustadt (Weinstraße). These admeenistrations execute their authority ower the whole state, i.e., the ADD Trier owersees aw schuils.

Map o the destricts o Rhineland-Palatinate:

Ahrweiler Altenkirchen Alzey-Worms Bad Dürkheim Bad Kreuznach Bernkastel-Wittlich Birkenfeld Bitburg-Prüm

Cochem-Zell Vulkaneifel Donnersbergkreis Germersheim Kaiserslautern Kusel Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Mainz-Bingen

Mayen-Koblenz Neuwied Rhein-Hunsrück Rhein-Lahn Südliche Weinstraße Südwestpfalz Trier-Saarburg Westerwaldkreis

Ivery destrict is composed o numerous municipalities, which can consist o ceeties, veelages, or groups o veelages kent as Verbandsgemeinden. There are an aa twal urban destricts that are identifee'd on the map wi letters:

1. Frankenthal (F)
2. Kaiserslautern (Ka)
3. Koblenz Coblenz (Ko)
4. Landau (La, the main ceety an an exclave)
5. Ludwigshafen (Rheinpfalz-Kreis) (L)
6. Mainz (M)
7. Neustadt (Weinstraße) (N)
8. Pirmasens (P)
9. Speyer Spires (S)
10. Trier (T)
11. Worms (W)
12. Zweibrücken (Z)

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