The Palatinate (or Pfalz in German) was a region of Germany located along the Rhine River, roughly where the modern German state of Rhineland-Pfalz is located. It is named for the Count Palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Prior to 1871, what is now Germany was a…
Today the Schleswig-Holstein area of Germany is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck, Flensburg and Neumünster. The former English name was Sleswick-Holsatia, the Danish name…
