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The Rhineland-Palatinate
(Rheinland-Pfalz)
 One of the 16 Federal States (Bundesländer) in Germany
Motto: „Wir machen‘s einfach“
„We simply do it“
(People are known as straight forward)
The Rhineland-Palatinate
(Rheinland-Pfalz)
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Area:
99,853.36 km²
Population: 3,997 mio.
Capital city: Mainz
Five mountainous regions:
Westerwald (north)
Eifel
(west)
Hunsrück (middle)
Taunus
(east)
Pfälzerwald (south)
Points of interest
Biggest cities
Longest rivers
Highest mountains
(1) Mainz (200,000)
(1) Rhine
(1) Erbeskopf (816m)
(2) Ludwigshafen (164,000)
(2) Moselle
(3) Coblenz (106,000)
(3) Saar
(2) An den zwei Steinen
(766m)
(4) Trier (105,000)
(4) Lahn
(5) Kaiserslautern (99,000)
(5) Nahe
(3) Kahlheid (766m)
(4) Steingerüttel (757m)
(5) Sandkopf (756m)
Points of interest
 „Laacher See“
(lake in a vulcanic crater, 3.3 km²)
 Geyser of cold water
(located in Andernach; the biggest in the world)
 „Loreley“
(narrowest part of Rhine river & venue of rock festivals)
 „Deutsches Eck“
(monument in Coblenz where the Moselle flows into
the Rhine)
Most important buildings
 Porta Nigra
 Speyerer Dom
 Mainzer Dom
 Abtei Maria Laach
(= the black gate; Trier)
 Marksburg
 Festung Ehrenbreitstein
(Castle near Braubach)
(Cathedral)
(Cathedral)
(Benedictine Abbey)
(fortress in Coblenz)
Industries
 BASF (Ludwigshafen)
 Boehringer (Ingelheim)
 Daimler factory (Wörth)
 Opel factory
(Kaiserslautern)
 Bitburger beer brewery
 Gerolsteiner mineral
well (Coblenz)
& Winegrowing
 The Rhine and the
Moselle are areas most
famous for winegrowing
 Four mountains are
UNESCO World Heritage
 Bremmer Calmont
(steepest vineyard in
Europe)
Diez
 Rhine-Lahn-District
 Area:
12.41 km²
 Elevation: 110m
 Population: 10,600
 31 kms east of Coblenz
 Between the Westerwald (north) and Taunus (south)
Castle Grafenschloss
 Castle in the historical part of Diez
 Located above the mouth of the river Aar into
the Lahn river
 Hosts a regional museum
 Accommodates a very popular youth hostel
Castle Schloss Oranienstein
 Near the recreation area Hain (forest) and the
historical part of the town
 Accommodates barracks of the German armed
forces
 Mansion of the Dutch royal family
 Open to the public as a museum
Leisure time activities in Diez
• Baggersee (public swimming lake)
• Oranienbad (public swimming bath)
• Ice rink
• Hain (forest)
• Vorderwald (forest)
• Playground „Am Wirt“
• Playgrounds on the banks of the river Lahn