Kurpfalz

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Kurpfalz, also known as the Electoral Palatinate, was a significant historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire along the Rhine, ruled by the Counts Palatine and influential in imperial politics and the Reformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical territory ⓘ
imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
prince-electorate ⓘ
affectedBy War of the Palatine Succession ⓘ
capital Heidelberg ⓘ
castle Heidelberg Castle ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature golden lion on black field ⓘ
electoralStatusConfirmedBy Golden Bull of 1356 ⓘ
electoralVoteFor King of the Romans ⓘ
electorateEstablishedFor Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ
FrederickVBecame King of Bohemia ⓘ
FrederickVKnownAs the Winter King ⓘ
linked to: Winter King
GoldenBullIssuedBy Emperor Charles IV ⓘ
hadUniversity Heidelberg University ⓘ
hasCity Frankenthal ⓘ
Heidelberg ⓘ
Ladenburg ⓘ
Mannheim ⓘ
Neustadt an der Weinstraße ⓘ
hasEnglishName Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
hasGermanName Kurpfalz ⓘ
hasRegion Bergstraße ⓘ
Odenwald (parts) ⓘ
linked to: Odenwald

Palatinate (Pfalz) ⓘ
Rhine-Neckar area ⓘ
HeidelbergCastleDestroyedIn late 17th century ⓘ
HeidelbergUniversityFoundedBy Rupert I, Elector Palatine ⓘ
HeidelbergUniversityFoundedIn 1386 ⓘ
heldTitle Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
importantIn Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation

imperial politics ⓘ
involvedIn Thirty Years' War ⓘ
language Palatine German dialects ⓘ
linked to: Palatine German
laterCapital Mannheim ⓘ
locatedAlong Rhine River ⓘ
linked to: Rhine
locatedIn Upper Rhine region ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo Bavaria ⓘ
France ⓘ
modernRegionCorrespondsPartlyTo Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
Rheinland-Pfalz ⓘ
Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
predecessorDynasty House of Hohenstaufen ⓘ
religionIn16thCentury Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
ruledBy Counts Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ
ruledByDynasty House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
ruler Charles I, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Frederick V, Elector Palatine ⓘ
secularizedAndDividedIn early 19th century ⓘ
successorState Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
suffered French invasions in the 17th century ⓘ
devastation during the Thirty Years' War ⓘ

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Palatine German → spokenIn → Palatinate region ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
Neckarau → region → Kurpfalz ⓘ
Elizabeth of Bohemia → residence → Rhenish Palatinate ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → historicalRegion → Palatinate ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
Imperial City of Wetzlar → hasHistoricalRegion → Rhenish Franconia ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
County Palatine of the Rhine → alsoKnownAs → Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
Eurodistrict PAMINA → nameEtymology → Palatinat – Mittlerer Oberrhein – Nord Alsace ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer → historicRegion → Rhenish Palatinate ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
Palatinate wine region → historicalName → Rheinpfalz ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
North Baden → borders → Palatinate (Pfalz) ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
North Baden → hasCulturalRegion → Kurpfalz (Electoral Palatinate) area ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
Kurpfalz → hasGermanName → Kurpfalz ⓘ
Prince Palatine → hasTerritorialAssociation → Palatinate ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine → realm → Palatinate ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
Louis III, Elector Palatine → historicalRegion → Palatinate ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
Adolph I, Count Palatine of the Rhine → territorialJurisdiction → Palatinate ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
Adolph I, Count Palatine of the Rhine → residence → Palatinate ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz