Pfalz, Pfälzer, or Pfälzisch are German words referring to Palatinate. They may refer to:

Places

*Pfalz, the

Palatinate (region) The Palatinate (german: Pfalz; Palatine German: ''Palz'') is a region of Germany. In the Middle Ages it was known as the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz'') and Lower Palatinate (''Unterpfalz''), which strictly speaking designated only the wes ...

of Germany **Nordpfalz, the

North Palatinate North Palatinate''Das Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges in der Nordpfalz'' by Timo Scherne, Nordpfälzer Geschichtsverein, 2006. (german: Nordpfalz) is a region in southwest Germany with an area of just 650 km², making it the smallest landscape in ...

**Vorderpfalz, the

Anterior Palatinate The Palatinate (german: Pfalz; Palatine German: ''Palz'') is a region of Germany. In the Middle Ages it was known as the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz'') and Lower Palatinate (''Unterpfalz''), which strictly speaking designated only the wes ...

**Südpfalz, the South Palatinate **Westpfalz, the West Palatinate *Pfalz, the Palatinate wine region of Germany **Pfälzische Weinkönigin, the

Palatine Wine Queen The Palatine Wine Queen (german: Pfälzische Weinkönigin), sometimes also called the Palatinate Wine Queen, is the annually elected representative of the Palatine wine region, one of currently 13 recognized wine regions in Germany. She is eligible ...

elected representative of the region *the ''Pfalz'', nickname for

Pfalzgrafenstein Castle Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (german: link=no, Burg Pfalzgrafenstein) is a toll castle on the Falkenau island, otherwise known as Pfalz Island in the River Rhine near Kaub, Germany. Known as "the Pfalz", this former stronghold is famous for its pic ...

, 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 The House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld (German: ''Pfalz-Birkenfeld''), later Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, was the name of a collateral line of the Palatine Wittelsbachs. The Counts Palatine from this line initially ruled over only a relatively u ...

** Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler ** Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen ** Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken ** Pfalz-Kleeburg ** Pfalz-Landsberg ** Pfalz-Lautern ** Pfalz-Mosbach ** Pfalz-Mosbach-Neumarkt **

Pfalz-Neuburg Palatinate-Neuburg (german: Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1505 by a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Its capital was Neuburg an der Donau. Its area was about 2,750 km², with a population of ...

**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 Palatinate-Sulzbach was the name of two separate states of the Holy Roman Empire located in modern Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria, Germany, ruled by a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Palatinate-Sulzbach (1569–1604) Palatinate-Sulzbach wa ...

** Pfalz-Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein ** Pfalz-Zweibrücken ** Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld ** Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

People

Elisabeth-Charlotte Wittelsbach von Pfalz Princess Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (german: Prinzessin Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz), (french: Princesse Élisabeth-Charlotte du Palatinat); known as Liselotte von der Pfalz, 27 May 1652 – 8 December 1722) was a German m ...

(1652-1722) *

Friedrich V von der Pfalz Frederick V (german: link=no, Friedrich; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both r ...

(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 Sophia of Hanover (born Princess Sophia of the Palatinate; 14 October 1630 – 8 June 1714) was the Electress of Hanover by marriage to Elector Ernest Augustus and later the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England and Scotland (later Grea ...

(1630-1714) * Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg (1578-1653)

Transportation

Aircraft

* Pfalz Flugzeugwerke, a German World War I aircraft manufacturer **

Pfalz D.III The Pfalz D.III was a fighter aircraft used by the '' Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Air Service) during the First World War. The D.III was the first major original design from Pfalz Flugzeugwerke. Though generally considered inferior to c ...

, 1917 biplane fighter **

Pfalz D.VI The Pfalz D.VI was a German sesquiplane fighter aircraft from World War I. It was not put into production. Design and development The D.VI was a single bay sesquiplane with parallel chord wings which had angled tips The lower planes were sm ...

, 1917 sesquiplane fighter aircraft not put into production **

Pfalz D.VII The Pfalz D.VII was a German biplane fighter aircraft from World War I. It was not put into production. Design and development The D.VII was a single- bay biplane with staggered, parallel- chord wings. It had simple parallel interplane struts ...

, late 1917 biplane fighter not put into production **

Pfalz D.VIII The Pfalz D.VIII was a German World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United ...

, 1918 biplane fighter **

Pfalz D.XII The Pfalz D.XII was a German fighter aircraft built by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke. Designed by Rudolph Gehringer as a successor to the Pfalz D.III, the D.XII entered service in significant numbers near the end of the First World War. It was the last P ...

, 1918 biplane fighter **

Pfalz D.XV The Pfalz D.XV was a German single seat fighter aircraft which was approved for production right at the end of World War I, too late to enter service. Design and development The D.XV was last of the series of biplane fighter aircraft, fighters ...

, 1918 single seat biplane fighter **

Pfalz Dr.I The Pfalz Dr.I was a German fighter prototype of World War I. Official interest in the potential of the triplane A triplane is a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with three vertically stacked wing planes. Tailplanes and canard foreplanes are n ...

, 1917 triplane fighter **

Pfalz Dr.II The Pfalz Dr.II was a German triplane fighter prototype of World War I built by ''Pfalz Flugzeugwerke Pfalz Flugzeugwerke was a World War I German aircraft manufacturer, located at the Speyer airfield in the Palatinate (German: Pfalz). They a ...

, 1917 triplane fighter prototype

Rail

*''Pfalz'', a German steam locomotive preserved at the

Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum The Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum (''Eisenbahnmuseum Neustadt/Weinstraße'') is one of the two railway museums run by the German Railway History Company, (''Deutsche Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte'') or DGEG. It is located in the sta ...

*Pfälzische Nordbahn, the Palatine Northern Railway *Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn, historic name for the

Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway The Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway (german: Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn) is a railway in the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland that runs through Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kaiserslaut ...

*Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn, historic name for the

Neustadt–Wissembourg railway The Neustadt–Wissembourg railway, also called the ''Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn'' ("Palatine Maximilian Railway"), ''Maximiliansbahn'' or just the ''Maxbahn'' - is a railway line in southwestern Germany that runs from Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ...

Ships

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

Other uses

Pfälzisch Palatine German (endonym: ; Standard German: ), also known as Palatine Dutch, is a Rhenish Franconian language and is spoken in the Upper Rhine Valley, roughly in the area between Zweibrücken, Kaiserslautern, Alzey, Worms, Ludwigshafen am R ...

, a dialect of the German language