See soorce fer Rhineland-Palatinate

[[File:Deutschland Lage von Rheinland-Pfalz.svg|thumb|right]]

'''Rhineland-Palatinate''' is ane o the 16 [[States o Germany|states]] o the [[Germany|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 leid|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 [[Allied Occupation Zones in Germany|French Occupation Zone]], whilk included pairts o [[Bavarie]] (the [[Rhenish Palatinate]]), the soothren pairts o the [[Proushie]] [[Rhine Province]] (includin the Destrict o [[Birkenfeld (destrict)|Birkenfeld]] whilk umwhile belanged [[Oldenburg (state)|Oldenburg]]), pairts o the Proushie Province o Nassau (see [[Hesse-Nassau]]), an pairts o [[Fowkstate o Hesse|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 (region)|Palatinate]].

Thir muntain chains is separate frae ilk ither bi several tributaries o the Rhine: the [[Moselle River|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===
[[File:Mainz altstadt.jpg|thumb|[[Mainz]]]]
[[File:Altstadt Koblenz.jpg|thumb|[[Koblenz]]]]
[[File:Trier Steipe BW 0.JPG|thumb|[[Trier]]]]
[[File:Altpoertel.jpg|thumb|[[Speyer]]]]
Rhineland-Palatinate is dividit intae 24 destricts, umwhile grouped intae the three [[Regierungsbezirk|admeenistrative regions]]: [[Koblenz (region)|Koblenz]], [[Trier (region)|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).png]]<br />Map o the [[Leet o coats o airms o the destricts in Rhineland-Palatinate|destricts o Rhineland-Palatinate]]:

<table>
<tr><td width="34%" valign="top">
# [[Ahrweiler]]
# [[Altenkirchen (destrict)|Altenkirchen]]
# [[Alzey-Worms]]
# [[Bad Dürkheim (destrict)|Bad Dürkheim]]
# [[Bad Kreuznach (destrict)|Bad Kreuznach]]
# [[Bernkastel-Wittlich]]
# [[Birkenfeld (destrict)|Birkenfeld]]
# [[Bitburg-Prüm]]
</td><td width="33%" valign="top">
<ol start=9>
<li> [[Cochem-Zell]]
<li> [[Vulkaneifel]]
<li> [[Donnersbergkreis]]
<li> [[Germersheim (destrict)|Germersheim]]
<li> [[Kaiserslautern (destrict)|Kaiserslautern]] <!-- resort only if the map is updated! -->
<li> [[Kusel (destrict)|Kusel]]
<li> [[Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis]]
<li> [[Mainz-Bingen]]
</ol>
</td><td width="33%" valign="top">
<ol start=17>
<li> [[Mayen-Koblenz]]
<li> [[Neuwied (destrict)|Neuwied]]
<li> [[Rhein-Hunsrück]]
<li> [[Rhein-Lahn]]
<li> [[Südliche Weinstraße]]
<li> [[Südwestpfalz]]
<li> [[Trier-Saarburg]]
<li> [[Westerwaldkreis]]
</ol></td></tr>
</table>

Ivery destrict is componed o numerous municipalities, whilk can consist o ceeties, veelages, or groups o veelages kent as [[Verbandsgemeinde]]n. 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 an der Weinstrasse|Neustadt (Weinstraße)]] (N)
# [[Pirmasens]] (P)
# [[Speyer]] ''Spires'' (S)
# [[Trier]] (T)
# [[Worms, Germany|Worms]] (W)
# [[Zweibrücken]] (Z)

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