| LC control no. | n 81035110 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Germany--Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Variant(s) | Land Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany) State of Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany) Rhineland-Pfalz (Germany) |
| See also | Rhin-et-Moselle (France) |
| Beginning date | 1946 |
| Found in | Polizeiverwaltungsgesetz von Rheinland-Pfalz, 1977. Wikipedia, Apr. 15, 2008 (Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz) is one of the 16 federal states (German: Bundesländer) of Germany. The capital is Mainz. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate was established on 30 August 1946. It was formed from the northern part of the French Occupation Zone, which included parts of Bavaria (the Rhenish Palatinate), the southern parts of the Prussian Rhine Province (including the District of Birkenfeld, which formerly belonged to Oldenburg), parts of the Prussian Province of Nassau, and parts of Hesse-Darmstadt (Rhinehessen on the western bank of the Rhine). The state constitution was confirmed by referendum on 18 May 1947) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm1; 49°40ʹ00ʺN 007°30ʹ00ʺE) Wikipedia, Sept. 09, 2014 (Rhin-et-Moselle; name of a département of the First French Empire in present Germany. It is named after the rivers Rhine and Moselle. It was formed in 1798, when the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France. After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the département became part of Prussia. Its territory is part of the present German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia) GEOnet, viewed March 9, 2015 (Rhineland-Palatinate [conventional]; State of Rhineland-Palatinate [conventional]; (Rhineland-Palatinate [short]; Rheinland-Pfalz [approved]; Land Rheinland-Pfalz [approved]; ADM1 in Germany, 49°53ʹ00ʺN 007°23ʹ00ʺE) Valentine Reinsel family, 1721 - 2018, 2019: page 2 (Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany) |
| Geographic area code | e-gx--- |
| Invalid LCCN | n 79064716 |
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