Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

national flag	Landeswappen
base data
capital:	Mainz
surface:	19.847, 39 km ² (9.)
Inhabitants:	4.060.280 (7.) (31. October 2005)
Population density:	205 inhabitants for each km ² (9.)
System of government:	Democratic and social member state of the FRG
debts:	6.068 € per inhabitant (at the end of of 2005)
debts entirely:	25.4 billion € (2002)
ISO 3166-2:	DE-RP
official Website:	www.rlp.de
politics
voices in the Upper House of Parliament:	4
Prime Minister:	Briefly Beck (SPD)
a governing party:	SPD
allocation of seats in the federal state parliament (101 seats):	SPD 53 CDU 38 FDP 10
last election of the federal parliament:	26. March 2006
next election of the federal parliament:	2011
layer in Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate is a Land of the Federal Republic in the southwest of the Federal Republic of Germany, to 18. May 1947 was formed. Valid abbreviations are RLP, RPF and/or. RP to confound (latter easily with the new license number RP of the Rhine Pfalz circle).

Rhineland-Palatinate borders on the Lands of the Federal Republic North Rhine-Westphalia, Hessen, the Saarland, Baden-Wuerttemberg as well as on the States of Belgium, France and Luxembourg.

Rhineland-Palatinate is topic tables collection of further articles around Rhineland-Palatinate round in the portal.

coats of arms

Rhineland-Palatinian Landeswappen consists of the Pfälzer lion, the cross of the ore diocese and cure principality Trier as well as the Mainzer the wheel and reminds thereby at to 1806 existing cure principalities the Trier, Mainz and Pfalz.

The right upper third takes since 1273 the testified landmark of the ore diocese Trier, the red cross on white reason. In the left upper third the silver sechsspeichige wheel of the diocese Mainz, that is likewise since that 13 on red reason. Century in the seal is led. The golden lion in the lower - black - third stands for the Kurpfalz. It carries a crown, which is to due to the special rank of the Bavaria dukes as „Pfalzgrafen with Rhine “. The entire coat of arms sign is from a crown from five goldfarbenen representative wine sheets superelevated as reference on the fact that Rhineland-Palatinate is the most important German Weinbaugebiet.

A description in more detail of the coat of arms and its meaning is to be received than pdf from the national center for political education under Landeswappen Rhineland-Palatinate.

geography

Rhineland-Palatinate covers the southern part of the Eifel , the Hunsrück, the western Westerwald and the northwest part of the Taunus in the north of the Rheini slate mountains as well as within the southern range the Rhine-hessian hill country, the Nordpfälzer mountain country, the Landstuhler break, the Südwestpfälzi high surface, the Pfälzer forest and a part of the lowlandses of the Upper Rhine. Highest mountain is the inheritance head (816 m) in the Hunsrück, sees also: List of the mountains in Rhineland-Palatinate.

By Rhineland-Palatinate the federal water ways Rhine , Mosel , Saar and Lahn flow. Further important running waters are close ones, sour, Our, Glan and victory than waters I. Order. Because of their water-economical meaning further approximately 720 km of the watercourses than waters are II. Order registers. There is this forest-loud, point-loud, Otterbach, Erlenbach, Michelsbach, Pfrimm, cock brook, Simmerbach, gulden brook, Ellerbach, Ahr, Prüm, Enz, Nims, black brook, horn brook, Kyll, Dhron, Lieser, Alf, Wied, Nister and Aar. Remaining flowing waters in Rhineland-Palatinate belong III. Order on.

objects of interest

of buildings and churches

fortress honour broad stone in Koblenz

cathedral in Mainz

cathedral in Speyer

Porta Nigra in Trier

Place	objects of interest
other oh one	Geysir other oh one on the Namedyer Werth round tower
bath Neuenahr Ahrweiler	historical old part of town with complete Stadtmauer in the quarter Ahrweiler excavations of the Roman mansion in the quarter Ahrweiler
being gene on the Rhine	Binger mouse tower Drususbrücke
Bad Kreuznach	bridge houses Pauluskirche
Idar Oberstein	German jewel museum jewel mines rock church
Koblenz	Balduinbrücke Basilika pc. Kastor German hit a corner fortress honour broad stone
Mainz	Mainzer cathedral of Roman stones Roman theatre Mainz citadel Mainz
Rhens	king chair
Remagen	Apollinariskirche bridge of Remagen
sank Goarshausen	Loreley
boat operator city	golden hat
Speyer	Speyerer cathedral
Trier	Amphitheater emperor hot springs Karl Marx house Konstantinbasilika Porta Nigra Roman bridge Trierer cathedral
Worms	Wormser cathedral Nibelungenbrücke
the volcanic Eifel	Laacher lake abbey Maria Laach volcanic park

UNESCO Welterbe in Rhineland-Palatinate

so far became four Rhineland-Palatinian objects of interest and/or. Ensemble taken up to the UNESCO list of the world inheritance:

• 1981: The cathedral to Speyer
• 1986: The Roman Trier with Porta Nigra, Amphitheater, emperor hot springs, Konstantinbasilika, cathedral and dear woman church
• 2002: The culture landscape upper central Rhine Valley between being gene and Koblenz
• 2005: 550 km long upper Germanic RA tables Limes between Rheinbrohl and Eining (landspreading)

only one selection of important

castles, locks and fortresses is located to castles , locks and fortresses here in Rhineland-Palatinate. Further ones are to be found in the lists list of the castles and locks and list of the fortresses.

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• historical events in the today's Rhineland-Palatinate good mountain Bible

in

in the contract by

a west Franconia realm, an east Franconia realm as well as into a central realm named Lotharingien. The latter was again divided 855 in the division of Prüm. The Mainzer Johannes good mountain invented the printing with mobile metal type characters around 1440. This new printing revolutionized the world and made so a rapid duplication possible of books, as well as accompanying with it a fast spreading of knowledge in all social classes. To 17. April

1521 stood for Martin Luther before Reichstag to Worms, before the met princes and realm conditions was cross-examined and last to the revocation requested. It leaned with the words „stands here I. God helps me. I cannot differently “off and thereupon by the Wormser edict outlawed. In the Pfälzi succession war (1688 - 1697) far parts of the today's Rhineland-Palatinate were devastated. Thus many cities in Kurtrier , cure Mainz and the Kurpfalz in flames came up and castle proud rock on the Rhine 1689 were completely destroyed. Cause was that Ludwig XIV. after the death of Karl II. the Kurpfalz stressed. Hambacher lock on the Hambacher lock with new city at the crying race celebrated to 27. May 1832 many thousands liberty-loving citizens from all parts of Germany „the Hambacher celebration “. In the meantime this demonstration is considered as milestone on the way to the German unit, and that Hambacher lock is recognized and called „the cradle of the German democracy “. Of 8.

- 10. July 1948 took place in the mountain hotel knight fall in Koblenz the conference of knight fall , which is called also birth place of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Rhineland-Palatinian federal state parliament decided 1950 the shifting of the federal state government

1988

of Ramstein occurred

. With these worst airplane disasters died on the US air cousin in

67 humans and 345 further were heavily hurt. [Work on] culture [work on] culture summer Rhineland-Palatinate of the culture summers offers a culture program for Rhineland-Palatinate in the months May until Octobers. Since 1993 the culture summer has an annually changing slogan. [Work on] Rhineland-Palatinate day

the Rhineland-Palatinate day is an annually organized national celebration. [Work on]

horticultural show for the year 2011 received the city Koblenz the addition for the organization of the Bundesgartenschau. In the years 2000 and 2001 the first Rhineland-Palatinian national horticultural show in

Kaiserslautern took place . In the year 2004 the adjustment of the national horticultural show was transferred by the city Trier. In the year 2008 the city being gene on the Rhine will transfer the adjustment. [Work on] parks with the barefoot park with bath Sobernheim 1992 a new and popular leisure facility were created. This found at many places of the German-speaking countries imitation. [Work on

universities

University of Trier professional school Ludwigshafen national theatre Mainz Nibelungenfestspiele

to the education landscape in Rhineland-Palatinate belong to 6 universities, 13 professional schools and the German university for administrative sciences in Speyer. Technical University of Kaiserslautern University of Koblenz Landau - locations: Koblenz, Landau Johannes good mountain university Mainz University of Trier

professional school being gene professional school Kaiserslautern - locations: Kaiserslautern I and II,

professional school Koblenz

,

professional school Ludwigshafen (with

professional school Mainz

professional school Trier - locations: Trier

catholic professional school Mainz professional school for finances Edenkoben

professional school of the German Federal Bank, Hachenburg professional school for public administration Mayen WHU - Otto Beisheim School OF management (formerly: Scientific university for management), Vallendar with Koblenz

[

] theatre in the Land of the Federal Republic Rhineland-Palatinate gives it four larger theatre cities. In detail are this three city theatres and a national theatre.

national theatre Mainz

city theatre Trier

in Koblenz. [Work on]

• the following festivals take place annually in Rhineland-Palatinate:
• Nibelungenfestspiele, Worms of antique festivals
• , Trier
• NatureOne festival, Kastellaun
• of castle festivals
• , Mayen of wine and festivals, Oppenheim Gaukler and Kleinkunstfestival, Koblenz
• [work on] economics Rhineland-Palatinate is center of the cultivation of wine and
• the sparkling wine wine cellars of Germany (gold hand,
• copper mountain,
• your hard,
• lock guard home). Agriculture plays particularly in the Rhine-hessian hill country and in the low country of the Upper Rhine a role. Are forest-economically important the Pfälzerwald, the Hunsrück and the Westerwald. The agricultural effective area covers about 37 per cent of the country. Rhineland-Palatinate possesses the largest Weinbaugebiete of Germany (
• Rhinehesse,
• Ahr, central Rhine,
• Mosel Saar Ruwer, close one and
• Pfalz). The industrial portion of the restaurant achievement is higher than in the Federal average. Important industries are the chemical industry ( the BASF in
• Ludwigshafen is the largest employer of the country), pharmaceutical industry (
• Boehringer Ingelheim of second largest employers) as well as vehicle and mechanical engineering (e.g. DaimlerChrysler - work in Wörth (the largest truck work of Europe), OPEL work Kaiserslautern). The service industry relies predominantly on smaller enterprises, whereby this sector of the economy is under the Federal average. The only nuclear power station
• in Rhineland-Palatinate, the nuclear power station Mülheim Kärlich

close one

Rhinehesse

• Pfalz in
• the six
• areas of cultivation of wine a bestockte Rebfäche of altogether approx. 64,500 hectares (all-German country approx. 98,600 hectares). At the most frequent cultivated Weissweinrebsorten (approx. 45.563ha) are in descending order: Riesling, Mueller Thurgau, Silvaner - the Green, Kerner, shyness vine, castle-and-he-white, Bacchus, Ruländer, Faberrebe, Huxelrebe, Ortega, Chardonnay, Morio Muskat, Elbling, Gewürztraminer, Reichensteiner, Ehrenfelser, winner vine, optima, Regner, Würzer, Sauvignon brightly, Auxerrois. With the Rotweinrebsorten (approx. 18,648 hectars) are this in descending order: Thorn fields, Portugieser - blue one, Spätburgunder - blue one, regent, Saint Laurent, Dunkelfelder, Merlot, Mueller vine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Heroldrebe, Frühburgunder - blue one, Cabernet Mitos, Acolon, Cabernet Dorsa, Domina.
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the regulation number 57 of French crew power of 30. August

, whose members had been already selected by the Rhineland-Palatinian circle and municipality meetings in November 1946.

The constituent meeting

• 22. November 1946
• in the Koblenz instead of. Shortly thereafter, to
• 4. December 1946, became a provisional federal state government
• under Dr. William soil (
• CDU) in an educated manner. After the national condition by popular vote
• to 18. May

did not even become. Peter Altmeier

Article 79 paragraph 1 of the national condition plans that the federal state parliament is “the highest organ of the political will formation” selected by the people. “It represents the people, selects the Prime Minister and confirms the federal state government, decides the laws and the Land budget, controls the carrying out force and works at the will formation of the country also in that the treatment of public affairs, in Europeanpolitical questions and in accordance with condition of agreements between federal state parliament and federal state government. ” < time LINE> ImageSize = width: 220 height: 400PlotArea = left: 50 right: 0 bottom: 40 top: 10 Putting = columns: 2 left: 15 top: 25 columnwidth: 50 DATE format = yyyy Period = from: 1947 till: 2006 TimeAxis = orientation: vertically format: yyyy ScaleMajor = unit: year increment: 5 start: 1947 Colors= ID: CDU VALUE: gray (0.25) putting: CDUID: SPD VALUE: talk putting: SPD PlotData= bar: Leaders width: 25 Marks: (LINE, white) align: left fontsize: S from: start till: 1947 SHIFTs: (25,5) color: CDU text: Dr. William soil (CDU) ~bis 13. July 1947from: 1947 till: 1969 SHIFTs: (25,5) color: CDU text: Dr. h.c Peter Altmeierfrom: 1969 till: 1976 SHIFTs: (25,5) color: CDU text: Dr. Helmut Kohlfrom: 1976 till: 1988 SHIFTs: (25,5) color: CDU text: Dr. Bernhard Vogelfrom: 1988 till: 1991 SHIFTs: (25,5) color: CDU text: Dr. Carl Ludwig Wagnerfrom: 1991 till: 1994 SHIFTs: (25,5) color: SPD text:Rudolf Scharpingfrom: 1994 till: end to SHIFTs: (25,5) color: SPD text:Briefly Beck < /timeline> The Prime Ministers since that 13. June 1947:

13. June 1947 -

9. July 1947: Dr. William soil, CDU 1947 - 1969: Dr. h.c. Peter Altmeier

-

Helmut Kohl, CDU 1976 - 1988: Dr. phil. Bernhard Vogel, CDU

1988 - 1991: Dr. Carl Ludwig Wagner, CDU 1991 - 1994: Rudolf Scharping, SPD 1994 - today: Beck, SPD the country is represented briefly with the federation by an authorized person. See also:

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• [work on] partnerships partnerships the Land of the Federal Republic Rhineland-Palatinate maintains partnerships with Burgund in France,
• Rwandese Republic in East Africa, the region Valencia in Spain,
• the German-language community of Belgium, the Polish Woiwodschaft Oppeln, the Mittelböhmi region
• in Tschechien, the Chinese province Fujian, that US - Federal State South Carolina
• and the Japanese prefecture Iwate. [
• Work on] administrative arrangement [work on] former governmental districts
• Rhineland-Palatinate consisted until 1999 of the governmental districts

Koblenz

Trier

Rhinehesse-Palatinate.

To the 1. January

2000 the three district governments in the supervision and service management

the structure and permission managements north and south were transferred. Their competencies partly extend since that time to the whole Land of the Federal Republic.

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districts (with

)

map of the districts in Rhineland-Palatinate

• (AW) old person churches
• (AC) Alzey Worms

(KH)

(WIL)

• Birkenfeld (BEER)
• Bitburg Prüm (BIT)
• Cochem cell (COC) Daun
• (DAU) thunder mountain circle
• (KIB) Germersheim
• (GER) Kaiserslautern
• (KL) Kusel
• (KUS) Rhine Pfalz circle (RP)
• Mainz being gene (MZ) Mayen Koblenz (MYK)

Rhine Hunsrück circle

(SÜW) Südwestpfalz (HP)

• (TR)
• Westerwaldkreis (WW)
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[It works on] circle-free cities (with license number)

(FT) Kaiserslautern

work on] cities and municipalities

city inhabitant to 31. December

66,455 new city at the crying race 53,917 53,760 Speyer 49,776 50,428

• 47,763 47,357
• Bad Kreuznach

43,164 43,757 Pirmasens 45,212 43,482 Landau in the Pfalz 41,122 41,841 two-bridges 35,719

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]

• the kitchen in Rhineland-Palatinate one determines by the mild temperatures
• at Rhine
• and Mosel. Important export article is
• the wine from
• the Pfalz, from
• Rhinehesse, from
• the central Rhine, from
• the Ahrtal and from the area
• Mosel Saar Ruwer. Well-known food is the Pfälzer

, meat cheese

• Mainzer Spundekäs

flaming cakes

• bulb cakes. In the north from Rhineland-Palatinate are Kräbbel (also potato fritters or
• potato pancakes
• called) and Dübbekoche (Karoffelbreiauflauf with Metz sausage or bacon) likes.
• [
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• ]
• persons
• (according to surnames sorts, with indications of origin according to first name)

Clemens Brentano

Johannes good mountain (inventor of the printing art with poured mobile type characters, publisher) Hildegard of being gene (theologies, Äbtissin, Naturheilerin) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (Franz. President A. D.) Helmut Kohl (Federal Chancellor A. D.) Nikolaus of Kues (theologian, cardinal, universal scholar, mathematician) max of Laue (physics Nobelpreisträger) Karl Lehmann (theologian, cardinal and bishop of Mainz, chairman of the German bishop conference) Karl Marx (political economist, philosopher, politics scientist, journalist) Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich (Austrian statesman)

Nicolaus August Otto (machine-builder, inventor of the Otto engine) Friedrich William Raiffeisen, (social reformer) Fritz walter (first and only honour citizen of the country Rhineland-Palatinate, Kapitän of the football world champion crew 1954) Carl Zuckmayer

(writer and dramatist)

• work on] sport

football

from Rhineland-Palatinate play in the season 2005/2006 still the 1. Fiber plastics Kaiserslautern and the FSV Mainz 05 in the 1. Federal league. In the regional league south are represented TuS Koblenz and unity Trier. [Work on] Gewichtheben of the AC nut/mother city achieved over 100 German championships. [Work on] hand ball the DJK/MJC Trier became 2003 German hand ball master (ladies). [Work on] Hockey

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• of the VfK boat operator city
• is in the struggle the association with most German championships. [
• Work on] basketball
• of the TBB Trier plays in the German basketball federal league. The Trierer Basketballer became 1998 and 2001 German Cup winner.
• [Work on]
• engine haven
• only castle ring [
• work on] formula 1
• on the only castle ring is delivered since
• 1995 annually the Formel-1 - Grand Prix of Europe.
• [Work on
• ] Rallye world championship
• since 2002 takes place in
• Trier and environment annually a run to the Rallye world championship
• . [

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