Upper Palatinate

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Upper Palatinate

The Upper Palatinate is one of the seven administrative region

Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states . It is responsible for the districts , either List of German rural districts or urban districts: cities which constitute a district in their own right ....
s of Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, located in the east of Bavaria. It is subdivided into two regions (Planungsverband) - Oberpfalz-Nord and Regensburg.

The region took its name first in the early 16th century, because it was by the Treaty of Pavia

Treaty of Pavia (1329)

The Treaty of Pavia which divided the House of Wittelsbach two branches, was signed in Pavia in 1329. Under the accord, Emperor Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor granted during his stay in Italy the Electoral Palatinate including the Bavarian Upper Palatinate to his brother Duke Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria descendants, Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria, R...
one of the main portions of the territory of the Wittelsbach

Wittelsbach

The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a Germany dynasty from Bavaria. Their major principal roles were as List of rulers of Bavaria , Electoral Palatinate , List of rulers of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, County of Hainaut and Zeeland , List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne , Duchy of J?lich and Berg , Kings of Sweden...
Elector Palatine, who also ruled over the Lower Palatinate in the Rhineland, now normally just called the Palatinate, or Pfalz.

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The Upper Palatinate is one of the seven administrative region

Regierungsbezirk

Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
, Germany

Germany

Treaty of Pavia (1329)

Wittelsbach

Amberg

Amberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate , roughly halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth. Population: 44,456 ....
. Cadet branches of the Wittelsbach also ruled over smaller territories in Neuburg

Neuburg

Neuburg can refer to:* Neuburg an der Donau, a town which is the administrative seat of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, in the state of Bavaria, Germany...
and Sulzbach

Sulzbach

Sulzbach may refer to:*places in Germany:**Sulzbach-Rosenberg, a town in the district Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria.**Sulzbach, Saarland, a town in the Saarbr?cken , Saarland....
. As a result of the Elector Palatine Frederick V's

Frederick V, Elector Palatine

Frederick V was Electoral Palatinate , and, as Frederick I , King of Bohemia . He was the son and heir of Frederick IV, Elector Palatine and of Louise Juliana of Nassau, the daughter of William I of Orange and Charlotte of Bourbon....
abortive claim to the Bohemia

Bohemia

History...
n throne in 1619–1620, the Upper Palatinate, along with the rest of his lands, were declared forfeit to the Emperor and, along with the Electoral title, given to the Duke of Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
. Although the Lower Palatinate was restored to Frederick's son by the Peace of Westphalia

Peace of Westphalia

The term Peace of Westphalia refers to the two Peace treaty of Osnabr?ck and M?nster, signed on May 15 and October 24, 1648, respectively, and written in Latin, that ended both the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Revolt between Spain and the Dutch Republic....
in 1648, the Upper Palatinate remained under the Elector of Bavaria, and has remained a part of Bavaria ever since. The smaller territories of Sulzbach and Neuburg came to Bavaria in 1742, while the city of Regensburg

Regensburg

Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen River rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube....
, an Imperial Free City, was not joined with the rest of the region until the end of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
in 1806.

Landkreise
(districts)

Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)

# Amberg-Sulzbach

Amberg-Sulzbach

Amberg-Sulzbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is surrounding, but not including the city of Amberg. It is bounded by the districts of Neustadt , Schwandorf , Neumarkt , Nuernberger Land and Bayreuth ....

# Cham

Cham (district)

Cham is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Regen , Straubing-Bogen, Regensburg and Schwandorf and by the Czech Republic Plzen Region....

# Neumarkt

Neumarkt (district)

Neumarkt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of N?rnberger Land, Amberg-Sulzbach, Schwandorf , Regensburg , Kelheim , Eichst?tt and Roth ....

# Neustadt (Waldnaab)

Neustadt (Waldnaab) (district)

Neustadt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Schwandorf , Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayreuth and Tirschenreuth , and by the Czech Republic ....

# Regensburg

Regensburg (district)

Regensburg is an administrative district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Schwandorf , Cham , Straubing-Bogen, Kelheim and Neumarkt ....

# Schwandorf

Schwandorf (district)

Schwandorf is a Kreis in the east part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are Cham , Regensburg , Neumarkt , Amberg-Sulzbach, Neustadt , and the Czech Republic Plzen Region....

# Tirschenreuth

Tirschenreuth (district)

Tirschenreuth is a Kreis in the northeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neustadt , Bayreuth and Wunsiedel . To the east are the Czech Republic districts of Plzen and Karlovy Vary....

# Amberg

Amberg

Amberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate , roughly halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth. Population: 44,456 ....

# Regensburg

Regensburg

Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen River rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube....

# Weiden in der Oberpfalz

Weiden in der Oberpfalz

Weiden in der Oberpfalz is a district-free city in Bavaria, Germany. A branch of the German Army's NCO Academy is located here. Weiden is also known as the Max Reger Stadt ....

Population

Historical Population of Upper Palatinate:

1900: 553,841
1910: 600,284
1939: 694,742
1950: 906,822
1961: 898,580
1970: 963,833
1987: 969,868
2002: 1,088,929
2005: 1,089,543
2006: 1,087,939

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