Pfalz
# Pfalz

Pfalz, Pfälzer, or Pfälzisch are German words referring to Palatinate.

They may refer to:

## Places

* Pfalz, the Palatinate (region) of Germany
   * Nordpfalz, the North Palatinate
   * Vorderpfalz, the Anterior Palatinate
   * Südpfalz, the South Palatinate
   * Westpfalz, the West Palatinate
* Pfalz, the Palatinate wine region of Germany
   * Pfälzische Weinkönigin, the Palatine Wine Queen elected representative of the region
* the Pfalz, nickname for Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, Germany
* Pfälzerwald, the Palatinate Forest
* Rheinland-Pfalz, the current federal German state of Rhineland-Palatinate

## Historic states

* Kurpfalz, the Electoral Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire. Historic houses and states include:
   * Pfalz-Birkenfeld, the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld
   * Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
   * Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
   * Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken
   * Pfalz-Kleeburg
   * Pfalz-Landsberg
   * Pfalz-Lautern
   * Pfalz-Mosbach
   * Pfalz-Mosbach-Neumarkt
   * Pfalz-Neuburg
   * Pfalz-Palatinate-Neumarkt, the House of Palatinate-Neumarkt
   * Pfalz-Simmern, the House of Palatinate-Simmern
   * Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken
   * Pfalz-Simmern-Kaiserslautern
   * Pfalz-Simmern-Sponheim
   * Pfalz-Sulzbach
   * Pfalz-Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein
   * Pfalz-Zweibrücken
   * Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
   * Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

## People

* Elisabeth-Charlotte Wittelsbach von Pfalz (1652-1722)
* Friedrich V von der Pfalz (1596-1632)
* Heinrich Friedrich von der Pfalz (1614-29)
* Karl I. Ludwig von der Pfalz (1617-80)
* Ludwig I von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1424-89)
* Sophie von der Pfalz (1630-1714)
* Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg (1578-1653)

## Transportation

### Aircraft

* Pfalz Flugzeugwerke, a German World War I aircraft manufacturer
   * Pfalz D.III, 1917 biplane fighter
   * Pfalz D.VI, 1917 sesquiplane fighter aircraft not put into production
   * Pfalz D.VII, late 1917 biplane fighter not put into production
   * Pfalz D.VIII, 1918 biplane fighter
   * Pfalz D.XII, 1918 biplane fighter
   * Pfalz D.XV, 1918 single seat biplane fighter
   * Pfalz Dr.I, 1917 triplane fighter
   * Pfalz Dr.II, 1917 triplane fighter prototype

### Rail

* Pfalz, a German steam locomotive preserved at the Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum
* Pfälzische Nordbahn, the Palatine Northern Railway
* Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn, historic name for the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway
* Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn, historic name for the Neustadt–Wissembourg railway

### Ships

* SS Pfalz, the name for three different steamships operated by German shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd

## Other uses

* Pfälzisch, a dialect of the German language
