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Germany
Travel Guide
Rhineland-Palatinate Travel Information
Rhineland-Palatinate (German:
Rheinland-Pfalz) is one of the 16 federal states (German: Bundesländer)
of Germany.
It has an area of 19,846 km²
and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz.
Rhineland-Palatinate
borders (from the north and clockwise) North
Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse,
Baden-Württemberg,
France, Saarland, Luxembourg
and Belgium.
The
biggest river of the state is the Rhine river, which forms the border
with Baden-Württemberg
and Hesse in the southeast
before running through the northern part of Rhineland-Palatinate. The
Rhine Valley is bounded by mountain chains and forms a fascinating
landscape containing some of the most historically significant places in
Germany.
The
Eifel and Hunsrück mountain chains are found on the west bank of the
Rhine in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, while the Westerwald and Taunus
mountains are found on the east bank. The hilly lands in the southernmost
region of the state are covered by the Palatinate forest and the
Palatinate.
These
mountain chains are separated from each other by the following
tributaries of the Rhine: the Moselle (Mosel), the Lahn and the Nahe.
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