Western Palatinate or West Palatinate ( German : Westpfalz ) is a sub-region in the west of the Palatinate , a German cultural and historic region in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It includes the western part of the Palatine Forest , the central part of the North Palatine Uplands , the West Palatine Moor and the Westrich Plateau . Its former name of "Further Palatinate" ( Hinterpfalz ), which emerged during the time of Bavarian rule in 1816 and was viewed by the local population as very discriminatory, is only commonly used in the Anterior Palatinate ( Vorderpfalz ).
4-699: The Rodalb , also called the Rodalbe , is a stream, just under 26 km (16 mi) long, in West Palatinate in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is an orographically left tributary of the Schwarzbach . The Rodalb rises in the southwestern Palatinate Forest , south of the town of Pirmasens near the hamlet of Rodalberhof [ de ] at a height of about 380 metres above sea level. To begin with it flows northeast, passing
8-607: The Schwarzbach from the left. West Palatinate The following counties and independent towns or cities lie wholly or partly in the Western Palatinate:: The county of Donnersbergkreis and the old counties of Rockenhausen and Kirchheimbolanden were also counted as part of the Western Palatinate in the widest sense, but are often viewed as an independent region ( North Palatinate or Nordpfalz ). A different definition also existed for
12-621: The division of the police force: the Police District of West Palatinate ( Polizeipräsidium Westpfalz ) looked after just the western part of Donnersbergkreis county (roughly corresponding to the old county of Rockenhausen) as well as the collective municipality of Meisenheim in the county of Bad Kreuznach as well as the above administrative regions. Almost 550,000 people live in West Palatinate, including around 30,000 foreigners. There are also around 50,000 Americans living in
16-518: The villages of Lemberg and Ruppertsweiler . It then swings north, accompanies the B 10 federal highway, 2 kilometres away, and flows through Münchweiler . At Riegelbrunnerhof (a district of Münchweiler), it picks up the waters of the Merzalbe , its largest tributary, from the right and changes direction once again to head northwest, passing through the little town of Rodalben . Near the hamlet of Biebermühle [ de ] it discharges into
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