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

Places

*Pfalz, the

Palatinate (region) The Palatinate (; ; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Palz''), or the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz''), is a historical region of Germany. The Palatinate occupies most of the Southern Germany, southern quarter of the German States ...

of Germany **Nordpfalz, the North Palatinate **Vorderpfalz, the

Anterior Palatinate The Palatinate (; ; Palatine German: ''Palz''), or the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz''), is a historical region of Germany. The Palatinate occupies most of the southern quarter of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (''Rheinla ...

**Südpfalz, the

South Palatinate The Palatinate (; ; Palatine German: ''Palz''), or the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz''), is a historical region of Germany. The Palatinate occupies most of the southern quarter of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (''Rheinla ...

**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 Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (), also known as the Pfalz, is a toll castle situated on Falkenau island in the Rhine River, adjacent to Kaub, Germany. First established in 1326/27 by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King Ludwig IV of Bavaria, it served ...

, Germany *Pfälzerwald, the

Palatinate Forest The Palatinate Forest (; ), sometimes also called the Palatine Forest, is a List of landscapes in Rhineland-Palatinate, low-mountain region in southwestern Germany, located in the Palatinate (region), Palatinate in the state of Rhineland-Palatina ...

*Rheinland-Pfalz, the current federal German state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

Königspfalz The term ''Kaiserpfalz'' (, "imperial palace") or ''Königspfalz'' (, "royal palace", from Middle High German ''phal ne'' to Old High German ''phalanza'' from Middle Latin ''palatia'' luralto Latin ''palatium'' "palace") refers to a num ...

Kaiserpfalz The term ''Kaiserpfalz'' (, "imperial palace") or ''Königspfalz'' (, "royal palace", from Middle High German ''phal ne'' to Old High German ''phalanza'' from Middle Latin ''palatia'' luralto Latin ''palatium'' "palace") refers to a number o ...

, 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

*''Kurpfalz'', the

Electoral Palatinate The Electoral Palatinate was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire until it was annexed by the Electorate of Baden in 1803. From the end of the 13th century, its ruler was one of the Prince-electors who elected the Holy Roman Empero ...

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 Palatinate-Neumarkt (German: Pfalz-Neumarkt) was a subdivision of the Wittelsbach dynasty of the German Electoral Palatinate. Its capital was Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. History Palatinate-Neumarkt was first formed from the lineage of Rupert ...

**Pfalz-Simmern, the

House of Palatinate-Simmern The House of Palatinate-Simmern () was a Germany, German-Bavaria, Bavarian cadet branch of the House of Wittelsbach. The house was one of the collateral lineages of the Electoral Palatinate, Palatinate. It became the main branch in 1559. The Pala ...

** Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken ** Pfalz-Simmern-Kaiserslautern ** Pfalz-Simmern-Sponheim ** Pfalz-Sulzbach ** Pfalz-Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein ** Pfalz-Zweibrücken ** Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld ** Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

People

Elisabeth-Charlotte Wittelsbach von Pfalz '' Madame'' Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans (born Princess Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, ; 27 May 1652 – 8 December 1722), also known as Liselotte von der Pfalz, was a German member of the House of Wittelsbach who marri ...

(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

Aircraft

Pfalz Flugzeugwerke Pfalz Flugzeugwerke was a World War I Germany, German aircraft manufacturer, located at the Speyer airfield in the Palatinate (region), Palatinate (German: Pfalz). They are best known for their series of fighters, notably the Pfalz D.III and Pfa ...

, 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

*''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 The Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway () 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, Kaiserslautern, Homburg (Saar), Homburg an ...

*Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn, historic name for the Neustadt–Wissembourg railway

Ships

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

Other uses

* Pfälzisch, a dialect of the German language