North Palatinate ( German : Nordpfalz ) is a region in southwest Germany with an area of just 650 km, making it the smallest landscape in the Palatinate region of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate .
9-910: As its name suggests, the North Palatinate forms the northern part of the Palatinate. Almost its entire area is also part of the North Palatine Uplands , dominated by the Donnersberg massif with a height of 686.5 m above sea level (NHN) . The other regions of the Palatinate are Anterior Palatinate , South Palatinate and West Palatinate . The North Palatinate is only sparsely populated. The three largest towns all have fewer than 10,000 inhabitants: North Palatine Uplands The North Palatine Uplands ( German : Nordpfälzer Bergland ), sometimes shortened to Palatine Uplands ( Pfälzer Bergland ),
18-400: A strip of land on the border of the districts of Kusel and Kaiserslautern , which is roughly demarcated by the 420 , 270 and 48 federal highways and the A 6 and A 63 motorways. Depending on how the region is defined, its largest village is either Nußbach or Obermoschel . The region is very rural in character and has no towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants. Important places are
27-593: Is a low mountain range and landscape unit in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and belongs mainly to the Palatinate region. It is part of the Saar-Nahe Uplands . The North Palatine Uplands lie – roughly stated – between St. Wendel in the state of Saarland to the west and three towns belonging to Rhineland-Palatinate : Alzey to the east, Kaiserslautern to the south and Bad Kreuznach to
36-462: Is also the highest mountain in the Palatinate. The following is a list of prominent mountains and hills in the Uplands, sorted by height in metres above sea level (NHN): Important rivers in the west and north of the range are the 90 km long Glan and the 57 km long Alsenz . The 116 km long Nahe , into which the other two discharge, is no longer included in this region. The area of
45-640: Is an autobahn in southwestern Germany . It connects the Mainz area to Kaiserslautern and the A ;6 and is therefore an important connection between the Rhine/Main and the Saar areas. It was constructed during the 1980/90s and finished in 2004 (20 years ago) ( 2004 ) : last section Sembach to Kaiserslautern. Historically an uninterrupted Autobahn, one final 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) section
54-600: The Donnersberg is drained towards the east by the 43 km long Pfrimm , which itself rises in the northern Palatine Forest, and the 61 km long Selz . Both flow into the Upper Rhine . The North Palatine Uplands is also referred to locally as the "Old World" ( German : alte Welt or in Palatinate German : die alt Welt or bucklige Welt ). However, sometimes the term alte Welt just refers to
63-406: The county towns of Kirchheimbolanden and Kusel , and the collective municipalities of Alsenz , Altenglan , Lauterecken , Meisenheim , Rockenhausen , Winnweiler and Wolfstein . Motorways Federal roads Bundesautobahn 63 Bundesautobahn 63 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 63 , short form Autobahn 63 , abbreviated as BAB 63 or A 63 )
72-427: The districts of Kusel and Donnersbergkreis . To a lesser extent it also falls within parts of Kaiserslautern , St. Wendel , Birkenfeld and Bad Kreuznach . The North Palatine Uplands is characterised by numerous mountains, hills and valleys which lend the area sharp variations in height from about 200 to over 600 m above sea level (NN) . The highest point is the Donnersberg which, at 687 m
81-573: The north, although these towns are not actually within the region itself. The North Palatine Uplands thus links the landscapes of the Palatine Forest , Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park , Naheland and Rheinhessen . To the northwest its boundary with Naheland is not always clear. A rough guide is the heavily folded ridge north of the Glan river with a height different of as much as 300 metres in place. The North Palatine Uplands fall mainly within
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