Pfalz
Appearance
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Pfalz, Pfälzer, or Pfälzisch are German words referring to Palatinate.
They may refer to:
Places
[edit]- 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
- Königspfalz or Kaiserpfalz, palaces and castles across the Holy Roman Empire that served as temporary seats of power for the king or emperor in the Early and High Middle Ages.
Historic states
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Elisabeth-Charlotte Wittelsbach von Pfalz (1652-1722)
- Friedrich V von der Pfalz (1596-1632)
- Heinrich Friedrich von der Pfalz (1614-29)
- Karl I. Ludwig von der Pfalz (1617-80)
- Ludwig I von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1424-89)
- Sophie von der Pfalz (1630-1714)
- Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg (1578-1653)
Transportation
[edit]Aircraft
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- SS Pfalz, the name for three different steamships operated by German shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd
Other uses
[edit]- Pfälzisch, a dialect of the German language