Palatine germans to america their history of immigration. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The electoral palatinate kurpfalz was a historical german principality consisting of the lower palatinate on the upper rhine 1 with its capital in heidelberg 2 and the north bavarian territory known as the upper palatinate along the bohemian border. Oberpfalz upper palatinate is located in the east of bavaria. Guide to rhineland palatinate rheinlandpfalz, germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy after 1945. The upper palatinate is a landscape with low mountains and numerous ponds and lakes in its lowland regions. If there are cities and other destinations listed, they may not all be at usable status or there may not be a valid regional structure and a get in section describing all of the typical ways to get here. The alliance between grantville and gustavus adolphus changed the history of the upper palatinate. Upper palatinate as more than 600 castles which are more or less open for tourists. Our site is coppa and kidsafecertified, so you can rest assured its a safe place for kids to grow and explore. References eedit eedit soorce fortschreibung des bevolkerungsstandes. States and territories of the late middle ages included. The counter reformation in the upper palatinate st andrews studies in reformation history 1st edition. The upper palatinate is one of the seven administrative districts of bavaria.
After world war ii the rhenish palatinate became 1946 a district of the newly created state of rhineland palatinate. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Appears in 2 books from 18842005 page 391 at a later day the number of the campfollowers was increased beyond all belief by the multiplication of children, so that in the last years of the war the numbers in the camp must be placed at three and four times that of the combatants, as appears in an example taken from the history of the war. By contrast with other regions of germany it is more rural in character and more sparsely settled. Infobox german location name brunn wappen wappen brunn opf.
Toleration, privilege, assimilation and secularization. Guide to the palatine or the pfalz ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Geographically, the palatinate was divided between two small territorial clusters. The upper palatinate was located in northern bavaria, on both sides of the naab. Anterior palatinate vorderpfalz between upper rhine and the haardt range of the. As you conduct family history research, you are sure to discover many family tree abbreviations in transcripts of parish registers, other transcripts, indexes and genealogy books history family tree abbreviations used in family history research quit attaching records to your family tree and start doing this instead history infography u. Cobb, though a bit wordy in places as books from the 1800s can sometimes be, is an excellent source of historical content, if your intent is historical research, this may well be the book to read. Home page about mindat the mindat manual history of. The most common minerals on earth information for educators mindat. Altbayern socalled old bavaria, the regions forming the historic bavaria, at present the districts of the upper palatinate, lower and upper bavaria, speaking austrobavarian.
The pfalzer lowe is a centuryold symbol of the region. The upper palatinate coat of arms consists of three symbols. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Fraktur fontmany forms and books are printed in this font. Dec 30, 2019 the story of the palatines by sanford h. Brief history of europelate middle ages wikibooks, open. Due to historical reasons upper palatinates population is dominantly catholic, there are 86. Upper palatinate upper palatinate is a region in bavaria, germany. Oberpfalz is one of the seven administrative regions of. They originated in oberpfalzer stiftland area upper palatinate, north east bavaria, near the cz border maybe members and readers of this board can provide some additional information from their own research and vice versa.
Since i dont speak german, you will need to find more information in your own library. Faltenmeier curled a delightful freekick into the top corner and in doing so wrote himself and his club into the history books. Breitenbrunn, upper palatinate for the town in burgenland, see breitenbrunn, austria. One of the book ive used for reference is of german ways by lavern rippley who talks about high, middle and low german which, he, too, refers to areas of germany, and, the german spoken by the pennsylvania dutch. Rhinelandpalatinate rheinlandpfalz, germany genealogy. From the solar system to the world economy to educational games, fact monster has the info kids are seeking. Louis ii the severe 125396 received from the last hohenstaufen, conradin, the latters estates in the nordgau, in the present upper palatinate oberpfalz, in bavaria, as pledge. The upper palatinate was increased by the addition of regensburg, which replaced amberg as capital. In spite of his diminished resources, he raised the country materially and intellectually to a highlyflourishing condition. This region travel guide to upper palatinate is an outline and may need more content. Upper palatinate historical data history of the upper palatinate. The upper palatinate was located in northern bavaria, on both sides of the naab river as it flows south toward the danube and extended eastward to the. To date it is the most concise font of info on the subject that i have found. Eat add listing eichmuhle regenstauf, zur roten amsel, kallmunz.
Palatinate, in german history, the lands of the count palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the holy roman empire. Bundesliga side since their promotion to the division in 2017, secured through a playoff win over fellow bavarians tsv 1860 munich. Both the rhenish and the upper palatinate became integral parts of bavaria. Moreover, by the expulsion of german speakers from eastern europe, bavaria has received a large population that was not traditionally bavarian.
Although the lower palatinate was restored to fredericks 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. Lists of germans from the palatinate who came to england in. This book weaves together a narrative of events in the south german principality of the upper palatinate with an examination of the structural transformations within the religious culture from the early seventeenth century to the mideighteenth. The club from the upper palatinate region of germany have been an established 2. At the beginning of the high middle ages the region now known as the upper palatinate was part of the bavarian march of the nordgau. The palatinate, the palatines and the pennsylvania germans. These pages are transcribed in their entirety, exactly as found in the book. At the peace of westphalia fredericks son, charles frederick 164880, received back the rhenish palatinate undiminished, but had to give up the upper palatinate and be content with a newlycreated electoral vote.
Mennonite communities of faith in the palatinate, rhinehesse and the northern upper rhine, 16641802. The upper palatinate s tortured sixteenth and seventeenthcentury confessional history has long called out for treatment in english, for in the course of the later sixteenth and earlyseventeenth centuries, the state changed its confessional allegiance no fewer than seven times among catholicism, lutheranism, and calvinism. More than this, however, the book also uses the upper palatinate casestudy to draw broader conclusions about the strengths and limitations of the confessional model, and suggests other ways of looking at religious change and identity formation in early modern europe which embraces popular religious culture and voluntary religion, as well coercion. Rhineland palatinate was established in 1946 after world war ii from territory of the historically separate regions of the rhineland. Oberpfalz is ane o the seiven admeenistrative destricts o bavarie, germany, locatit in the east o bavarie. The kalmar union 971523 was of the three kingdoms of denmark, sweden then including most of finland, and norway. Get discounted rates on hotel reservations in upper palatinate, germany with. The medieval history of upper palatinate was one of many wars so many castle are ruins and are situated in the forest reserves. The upper palatinate, one of the seven administrative districts in bavaria, represents a unit within the modern state administration organisation that, in centuries of development, has now gradually grown into its apparent natural closeness. It occupies roughly the southernmost quarter of the german federal state of rhinelandpalatinate rheinlandpfalz, covering an area of 5,451 square kilometres 2,105 sq mi with about 1. Obapfoiz, owerpfolz is one of the seven government regions in bavaria, germany. Upper palatinate synonyms, upper palatinate pronunciation, upper palatinate translation, english dictionary definition of upper palatinate. The palatinate or german pfalz, was, in german history, the land of the count palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the holy roman empire. Northern europe british isles included england and wales, ireland, and scotland.
Upper palatinate dark forests, clear glass, ancient towns. At a later date upper bavaria was called the upper palatinate to distinguish it from. It borders clockwise from the north on upper franconia, czech republic, lower bavaria, upper bavaria and middle franconia. While the land of the palatinate was good for its inhabitants, many of whom were farmers, vineyard operators etc. Discover the historic area of upper palatinate a cathedral, a scenic riverfront, and. The upper palatinate region has all the forest trails, ancient churches castles, and fun festivals for the perfect vacation not to mention its fascinating history of glass production. The palatinate historically also rhenish palatinate german. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Petrus and the bavarian white silver and blue lozenges bayerische rauten. Oct 28, 2009 buy magistrates, madonnas and miracles. The counter reformation in the upper palatinate st andrews studies in reformation history 1 by trevor johnson isbn. The region took its current name no earlier than the early 14th century. Upper palatinate definition of upper palatinate by the free. Palatinate pfalz, germany genealogy genealogy familysearch.
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