Palatinate (region)
The Palatinate (German: Pfalz; Palatine German: Palz), or the Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz), is a historical region of Germany. 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 km2) with about 1.4 million inhabitants. Its residents are known as Palatines (Pfälzer).
This article is about the region of south-western Germany. For the Holy Roman state that existed from 1085 to 1803, see Electoral Palatinate. For other uses, see Palatinate.