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State: | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Adm. Region: | Rheinhessen-Pfalz |
Capital: | Germersheim |
Area: | 463.26 km² |
Inhabitants: | 124,380 (2001) |
pop. density: | 268 inh./km² |
Car identification: | GER |
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Germersheim is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) S�dliche Weinstra�e, Ludwighafen, the district Karlsruhe as well as the district-free city Karlsruhe, and the French departement Bas-Rhin.
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Most of the region was part of the Palatinate from the 11th century on. The bishops of Speyer owned some lands, too. The Palatinate was destroyed in the Napoleonic Wars, and the clerical states of Germany were dissolved in 1803. After a period of French occupation the Congress of Vienna decided to hand the territories over to Bavaria. The region remained a part of Bavaria until World War II; afterwards it was incorporated into the newly established state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The coat of arms shows the lion of Palatinate in the top part, and the cross of Speyer in the bottom part. The wavy line in the middle symbolizes the Rhine river, and the escutcheon in the middle is from the coat of arms of the city of Germersheim. |
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