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Encyclopedia > Upper Palatinate
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State: Bavaria
Capital: Regensburg
Area: 9,692.23 km²
Inhabitants: 1,088,929 (2002)
pop. density: 112.35 inh./km²
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Image:Bavaria oberpfalz.png

The Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria. It's subdivided into two regions (Planungsverband) - Oberpfalz-Nord and Regensburg. Jump to: navigation, search Germany is a federal republic made up of 16 states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Jump to: navigation, search Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 150,212 in 2004) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Jump to: navigation, search Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Image File history File links Map of Bavaria highlighting the Oberpfalz region Based on the templates at Wikipedia:WikiProject German districts/Maptemplates File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...


The region took its name in the Late Middle Ages, when it was one of the main portions of the territory of the Wittelsbach Elector Palatine, who also ruled over the Lower Palatinate in the Rhineland, now normally just called the Palatinate, or Pfalz. The capital of the Upper Palatinate was Amberg. Cadet branches of the Wittelsbach also ruled over smaller territories in Neuburg and Sulzbach. As a result of the Elector Palatine Frederick V's abortive claim to the Bohemian throne in 1619-20, the Upper Palatinate, along with the rest of his lands, were declared forfeit to the Emperor and, along with the Electoral title, given to the Duke of Bavaria. Although the Lower Palatinate was restored to Frederick's son by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, the Upper Palatinate remained under the Elector of Bavaria, and has remained a part of Bavaria ever since. The smaller territories of Sulzbach and Neuburg came to Bavaria in 1742, while the city of Regensburg, an Imperial Free City, was not joined with the rest of the region until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. Dante by Michelino The Late Middle Ages is a term used by historians to describe European history in the period of the 14th and 15th centuries (1300–1500 CE). ... The Wittelsbach family were the ruling dynasty of the German kingdom of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was incorporated into Bavaria, which had been a kingdom since 1806. ... A palatinate is an area administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... The Rhenish Palatinate (German: Rheinpfalz) or Lower Palatinate (Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau, and Speyer. ... Map of Germany showing Amberg (currently incorrect) Amberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. ... Neuburg can refer to: Neuburg an der Donau, a town which is the administrative seat of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, in the state of Bavaria, Germany Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, a district in the state of Bavaria in Germany The Count Palatine of Neuburg — see Palatinate This is a disambiguation page — a... Jump to: navigation, search Frederick is also called the Winter King of Bohemia because he reigned for less than three winter months in 1620 after he was installed by a rebellious Protestant faction. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bohemia This article is about the historical region in central Europe; for other uses, see Bohemia (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster by Gerard Terborch (1648) Banquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Peace of Münster by Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1648 Known also as the treaties of Münster and Osnabrück, The Peace of... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Jump to: navigation, search Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 150,212 in 2004) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... In the Holy Roman Empire, an imperial free city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a city formally responsible to the emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a territory and were thus governed by one of the many princes (Fürsten) of... Jump to: navigation, search This page is about the Germanic empire. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Kreise
(districts)		 Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. Amberg-Sulzbach
  2. Cham
  3. Neumarkt
  4. Neustadt (Waldnaab)
  5. Regensburg
  6. Schwandorf
  7. Tirschenreuth
  1. Amberg
  2. Regensburg
  3. Weiden

Amberg_Sulzbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Cham is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Neumarkt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Neustadt (Waldnaab) is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Regensburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Schwandorf is a Kreis (district) in the east part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Tirschenreuth is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Amberg (currently incorrect) Amberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. ... Jump to: navigation, search Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 150,212 in 2004) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... Jump to: navigation, search Weiden ist the name of several towns and villages: in Austria: Municipality of Weiden am See in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland Municipality of Weiden bei Rechnitz in the district of Oberwart in the Burgenland Municipality of Weiden an der March in the...

Population

 Historical Population of Upper Palatinate: 1900: 553,841 1910: 600,284 1939: 694,742 1950: 906,822 1961: 898,580 1970: 963,833 1987: 969,868 2002: 1,088,929

External links

  • Official website (German)
  • Official website of government (German, English, Czech)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Palatinate (668 words)
The Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) is a larger area 300 km to the east, containing the cities of Regensburg and Amberg.
In the Golden Bull of 1356, the Palatinate was made one of the secular electorates, and given the hereditary offices of Archsteward of the Empire and Imperial Vicar of the western half of Germany.
Due to the practice of division of territories among different branches of the family, by the early 16th century junior lines of the Palatine Wittelsbachs came to rule in Simmern[?], Kaiserslautern[?], and Zweibrücken[?] in the Lower Palatinate, and in Neuburg[?] and Sulzbach[?] in the Upper Palatinate.
Bavaria - LoveToKnow 1911 (9169 words)
The smaller or western portion, the Palatinate, is bounded on the E. by the Rhine, which divides it from the grandduchy of Baden, on the S. by Alsace, and on the W. and N. by a lofty range of hills, the Haardtgebirge, which separate it from Lorraine and the Prussian Rhine province.
The districts of Lower Bavaria, Upper Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate are almost wholly Roman Catholic, while in the Rhine Palatinate, Upper Franconia, and especially Middle Franconia, the preponderance is on the side of the Protestants.
Albert's rival was George's son-in-law, Rupert, formerly bishop of Freising, and son of Philip, count palatine of the Rhine; and the emperor Maximilian I., interested as archduke of Austria and count of Tirol, interfered in the dispute.
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