Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is ane o the 16 states o the Federal Republic o Germany. It haes an aurie o 19,846 square kilometre (7,663 sq mi) an thareaboot fower million inhabitant. The caipital is Mainz. It is forby commonly refert tae bi its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz.

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

 Geography 
Situate 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, whilk forms the mairch 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 is 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 is kivered bi the Palatinate forest an the Palatinate.

Thir muntain chains is separate 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
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 haes 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). Thir admeenistrations execute their authority ower the whole state, i.e., the ADD Trier owersees aw schuils.

File:Rhineland p map (1).pngMap o the destricts o Rhineland-Palatinate:

 Ahrweiler
 Altenkirchen
 Alzey-Worms
 Bad Dürkheim
 Bad Kreuznach
 Bernkastel-Wittlich
 Birkenfeld
 Bitburg-Prüm<li> Cochem-Zell
<li> Vulkaneifel
<li> Donnersbergkreis
<li> Germersheim
<li> Kaiserslautern 
<li> Kusel
<li> Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
<li> Mainz-Bingen<li> Mayen-Koblenz
<li> Neuwied
<li> Rhein-Hunsrück
<li> Rhein-Lahn
<li> Südliche Weinstraße
<li> Südwestpfalz
<li> Trier-Saarburg
<li> Westerwaldkreis

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

 Frankenthal (F)
 Kaiserslautern (Ka)
 Koblenz Coblenz (Ko)
 Landau (La, the main ceety an an exclave)
 Ludwigshafen (Rheinpfalz-Kreis) (L)
 Mainz (M)
 Neustadt (Weinstraße) (N)
 Pirmasens (P)
 Speyer Spires (S)
 Trier (T)
 Worms (W)
 Zweibrücken (Z)

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