Pfalz

Pfalz, Pfälzer, or Pfälzisch are German words referring to Palatinate.

They may refer to:

Places

• Pfalz, the Palatinate (region) of Germany
  • Nordpfalz, the North Palatinate
  • Vorderpfalz, the Anterior Palatinate
  • Südpfalz, the South Palatinate
  • 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, 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
  • 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
  • Pfalz-Simmern, the House of Palatinate-Simmern
  • 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 (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, 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
• 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

See also

• Falz (disambiguation)
• Pfaltz (disambiguation)