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Pfalz, Pfälzer, or Pfälzisch are German words referring to Palatinate.

They may refer to:

Places

  • Pfalz, the Palatinate (region) of Germany
    • Nordpfalz, the North Palatinate
    • Vorderpfalz, the Anterior Palatinate
    • Südpfalz, the South Palatinate
    • Westpfalz, the West Palatinate
  • Pfalz, the Palatinate wine region of Germany
    • Pfälzische Weinkönigin, the Palatine Wine Queen elected representative of the region
  • the Pfalz, nickname for Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, Germany
  • Pfälzerwald, the Palatinate Forest
  • Rheinland-Pfalz, the current federal German state of Rhineland-Palatinate

Historic states

  • Kurpfalz, the Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire. Historic houses and states include:
    • Pfalz-Birkenfeld, the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld
    • Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
    • Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
    • Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken
    • Pfalz-Kleeburg
    • Pfalz-Landsberg
    • Pfalz-Lautern
    • Pfalz-Mosbach
    • Pfalz-Mosbach-Neumarkt
    • Pfalz-Neuburg
    • Pfalz-Palatinate-Neumarkt, the House of Palatinate-Neumarkt
    • Pfalz-Simmern, the House of Palatinate-Simmern
    • Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken
    • Pfalz-Simmern-Kaiserslautern
    • Pfalz-Simmern-Sponheim
    • Pfalz-Sulzbach
    • Pfalz-Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein
    • Pfalz-Zweibrücken
    • Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
    • Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

People

Transportation

Aircaft

  • Pfalz Flugzeugwerke, a German World War I aircraft manufacturer
    • Pfalz D.III, 1917 biplane fighter
    • Pfalz D.VI, 1917 sesquiplane fighter aircraft not put into production
    • Pfalz D.VII, late 1917 biplane fighter not put into production
    • Pfalz D.VIII, 1918 biplane fighter
    • Pfalz D.XII, 1918 biplane fighter
    • Pfalz D.XV, 1918 single seat biplane fighter
    • Pfalz Dr.I, 1917 triplane fighter
    • Pfalz Dr.II, 1917 triplane fighter prototype

Rail

  • Pfalz, a German steam locomotive preserved at the Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum
  • Pfälzische Nordbahn, the Palatine Northern Railway
  • Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn, historic name for the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway
  • Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn, historic name for the Neustadt–Wissembourg railway

Ships

  • SS Pfalz, the name for three different steamships operated by German shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd

Other uses

  • Pfälzisch, a dialect of the German language

See also

  • Falz (disambiguation)
  • Pfaltz (disambiguation)
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