2) Palatinate. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...They are related historically, but not geographically. The Rhenish or Lower Palatinate (Ger. Rheinpfalz or Niederpfalz), often called simply the Palatinate, is a...

3) Rhineland-Palatinate. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The state was formed in 1946 by the merger of the Rhenish Palatinate, Rhenish Hesse, the southern portion of the former Rhine Province of Prussia (including Koblenz...

4) Wittelsbach. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...German dynasty that ruled Bavaria from 1180 until 1918. 1The family takes its name from the ancestral castle of Wittelsbach in Upper Bavaria. In 1180 Holy Roman Emperor...

5) Rhineland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The term is sometimes used to designate only the former Rhine Province of Prussia, but in its general meaning it also includes the Rhenish Palatinate, Rhenish and...

6) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rhenish Palatinate wine trade; manufactures include metal products, paper, and processed foods. The city is also a tourist center. The city is also known as Neustadt...

7) Baden, former state, Germany. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Karlsruhe was the capital. Stretching from the Main River in the northeast across the lower Neckar valley and along the right bank of the Rhine to Lake Constance...

8) Maximilian I, 1573-1651, elector and duke of Bavaria. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Thirty Years War and an ardent supporter of the Counter Reformation. His occupation (1607) of Donauworth, a Protestant stronghold then under the imperial ban, aroused...

9) Zweibrucken. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Zweibrucken is a transportation center and has ironworks, steelworks, and factories that produce leather goods, wood products, machines, and textiles. It is also...

10) Hunter, Robert. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...New York and New Jersey (1709-19), b. Ayrshire, Scotland. His administration was notably successful. He maintained a vigorous campaign against the French and the...