Is Rhineland-Palatinate red?

Rhineland-Palatinate is not just a beautiful state in the South-west of Germany but is also home to 6 high-quality wine-growing regions: Palatinate, Moselle, Nahe, Ahr, Rheinhessen and the Central Rhine. The Palatinate region is also synonymous with top-class red wines of superlative quality.

Why is it called Rhineland-Palatinate?

Its southwestern portion was formerly part of the Rhenish Palatinate, hence the name Rhineland-Palatinate. Its capital is Mainz.

Is Rheinland Pfalz the same as Rhineland-Palatinate?

listen)) is a western state of Germany. It covers 19,846 km2 (7,663 sq mi) 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….Rhineland-Palatinate.

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What is Rhineland-Palatinate famous for?

Known as the “state of roots and vines,” Rhineland-Palatinate is a hub for agriculture and wineries. It is dotted with small, hilly mountain ranges: the Eifel, the Hunsruck and the Pfaelzer Forest. A region known as Rhenish Hesse is the biggest wine producer in terms of volume in all of Germany.

What is Rhineland now?

Rhineland, German Rheinland, French Rhénanie, historically controversial area of western Europe lying in western Germany along both banks of the middle Rhine River. It lies east of Germany’s border with France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Where did most German immigrants come from?

Of the over 5,000 Germans initially immigrating primarily from the Alsace Region as few as 500 made up the first wave of immigrants to leave France en route to the Americas. Less than 150 of those first indentured German farmers made it to Louisiana and settled along what became known as the German Coast.

Where is Obrigheim in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany?

Obrigheim ( Pfalz) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration.

Where is the seat of government in Obrigheim?

Obrigheim belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde . In 1969, the smaller neighbouring municipalities of Albsheim, Colgenstein-Heidesheim and Mühlheim an der Eis were amalgamated with Obrigheim.

What was the population of Obrigheim in 1969?

On 7 June 1969 the municipality of Obrigheim was newly formed out of the dissolved municipalities of Albsheim an der Eis, Colgenstein-Heidesheim, Mühlheim an der Eis and Obrigheim. In 2007, 55.1% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 18.7% Catholic. The rest belonged to other faiths or adhered to none.