Westphalia (disambiguation)
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Places named Westphalia

Germany
  • Westphalia
    Westphalia
    Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Arnsberg, Bielefeld, Dortmund, Minden and Münster.Westphalia is roughly the region between the rivers Rhine and Weser, located north and south of the Ruhr River. No exact definition of borders can be given, because the name "Westphalia"...

    , a region in Germany, known as Westfalen in German
    • Duchy of Westphalia
      Duchy of Westphalia
      The Duchy of Westphalia was a historic territory in the greater region of Westphalia, located in the east of modern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Originally, Westphalia formed with Angria and Eastphalia one of the three main regions of Saxony...

    • Kingdom of Westphalia
      Kingdom of Westphalia
      The Kingdom of Westphalia was a new country of 2.6 million Germans that existed from 1807-1813. It included of territory in Hesse and other parts of present-day Germany. While formally independent, it was a vassal state of the First French Empire, ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte...

    • Province of Westphalia
      Province of Westphalia
      The Province of Westphalia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.-History:Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Kingdom of Westphalia, which was a client state of the First French Empire from 1807 to 1813...

    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      North Rhine-Westphalia
      North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...


United States
  • Westphalia, Indiana
    Westphalia, Indiana
    Westphalia is an unincorporated town in Vigo Township, Knox County, Indiana....

    , an unincorporated community
  • Westphalia, Iowa
    Westphalia, Iowa
    Westphalia is a city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States. The population was 160 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Westphalia is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

    , a town
  • Westphalia, Kansas
    Westphalia, Kansas
    Westphalia is a city in Anderson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 163.-Geography:Westphalia is located at...

    , a city
  • Westphalia, Maryland, an unincorporated community
  • Westphalia, Michigan
    Westphalia, Michigan
    Westphalia is a village in Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 876.The village is within Westphalia Township in the western portion of Clinton County, about 8 miles north of Interstate 96 on county roads and about 25 miles northwest of...

    , a village
  • Westphalia, Missouri
    Westphalia, Missouri
    Westphalia is a city in Osage County, Missouri, United States. The population was 320 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area....

    , a village
  • Westphalia, Texas
    Westphalia, Texas
    Westphalia is a small unincorporated German community in Falls County, Texas, United States located 35 miles south of Waco on state highway 320. Westphalia has a strong Catholic background. The Church of the Visitation was, until recently, the largest wooden church west of the Mississippi River...

    , an unincorporated community

Other uses

  • Peace of Westphalia
    Peace of Westphalia
    The Peace of Westphalia was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October of 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster. These treaties ended the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic, with Spain formally recognizing the...

  • Westphalian sovereignty
    Westphalian sovereignty
    Westphalian sovereignty is the concept of nation-state sovereignty based on two things: territoriality and the absence of a role for external agents in domestic structures....

  • Westphalian
    Westphalian
    Westphalian may refer to:* The culture or people of the Westphalia region of Germany* Westphalian language, one of the major dialect groups of West Low German* Westphalian sovereignty, a concept in international relations* Westphalian , in geology...

  • Westfalia
    Westfalia
    Westfalia is the designation of various specially converted Volkswagen camper vans. It is named after Westfalia-Werke, the contractor that built the vans, which is headquartered in the town of Rheda-Wiedenbrück located in the Westphalia region of Germany....

    , the name given to various camper vans
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