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unusual facts about Pfalz-Neuburg



Anna Maria, Florida

Ponce de Leon was said to have named the island for Maria Anna von der Pfalz-Neuburg, the queen of Charles II of Spain, the sponsor of his expedition.

Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik

The Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik (Arnold Jung Locomotive Works) was a locomotive manufacturer, in particular of Feldbahn locomotives, in Kirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Battle of Wevelinghoven

As Hessian troops marched towards Grevenbroich, which belonged to Jülich, Duke Wolfgang William feared that an occupation of Grevenbroich by the Hessians would be seen by the Imperial side as an opportunity to declare the neutrality of Jülich-Berg as null and void.

Bremen-class frigate

In 2012 the Rheinland-Pfalz was reportedly used to gather intelligence on Syrian troop movements to be passed to the Free Syrian Army assist in their attacks on the Syrian Army.

Colin O'Donoghue

In 2009, O'Donoghue appeared as Duke Philip of Bavaria in an episode of season 3 of the Showtime historical-fiction series The Tudors.

County of Veldenz

Georg Johann I, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1543–1592; or Georg Hans), from 1544 to 1592 Pfalzgraf of Pfalz-Veldenz

Eduard von Falz-Fein

:5th class (13 September 2007) - for outstanding contribution to the preservation of Ukrainian heritage, and active participation in the development of conservation and environmental education activities at the Biosphere Reserve Askania-Nova, named FE Pfalz-Fein Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Enkenbach-Alsenborn

Neighbouring municipalities are - in a clockwise direction - Neuhemsbach, Sippersfeld, Kerzenheim, Ramsen (Pfalz), Wattenheim, Fischbach (Kaiserslautern district), Kaiserslautern and Mehlingen.

First Army Air Service

A few pursuit patrols of Fokker airplanes were reported as operating in this sector, but it was quite probable that these were new airplanes received as replacements for the Albatross and Pfalz type formerly in use.

Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma

Married to Dorothea Sophia of the Palatinate, his brother Odoardo's widow, to avoid the return of her dowry, Francesco curtailed court expenditure, enormous under his father and predecessor, Ranuccio II, while preventing the occupation of his Duchy of Parma, nominally a Papal fief, during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Frederick P. Dinkelberg

Fred Dinkelberg was born on June 30, 1858 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Maria Imer (1832-1872), who was supposedly an Italian Countess, and well-to-do contractor Philip Dinkelberg (1832-1886), born in Ramsen, Rheinland-Pfalz.

Gau München-Oberbayern

Only the Pfalz, geographically separated from the rest of the state, became part of the French occupation zone.

Herxheim

Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, a town in the district Südliche Weinstraße, seat of the administrative reason

Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz

It is situated approximately 10 km south-east of Landau.

Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal

Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Hochdorf-Assenheim

Hochdorf-Assenheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Kalmar Nyckel

The piece was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2003, following release of a recording by the German orchestra Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.

Katarina Church

Construction of the church started during the reign of Charles X of Sweden, and the church is named after Princess Catherine, mother of the king, wife of John Casimir, Palsgrave of Pfalz-Zweibrücken and half-sister of Gustavus Adolphus.

Margaret of the Palatinate

Margaret of the Palatinate (1376 – 26 August 1434, Einville-au-Jard) (German Margarete von der Pfalz) was the daughter of Rupert of Germany and his wife Elisabeth of Nuremberg.

Maria Anna of Neuburg

She spent her childhood in the castle of Neuburg, where she was raised by a German governess, Frau von Klau, together with her sisters Maria Sophia, Dorothea Sophia - to whom she was very close - and Hedwig Elizabeth.

Marxdorf

Maxdorf, a German municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate

Maximilian Reichsgraf von Hamilton

He was given in 1698 the imperial title of count of Neuburg.

Noviomagus

Noviomagus Trevirorum - Neumagen-Dhron near Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - the modern name is derived from Noviomagus

Palatinate-Neuburg

After the so-called Kölner Spruch (Verdict of Cologne) the Duchy was created from the territories north of the Danube for Otto Henry and Philipp, the sons of Ruprecht of the Palatinate.

Philip William

Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615 – 1690), Count Palatine of Neuburg, Duke of Jülich and Berg, Elector of the Palatinate

Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg

To mask her feelings, a devastated Mary (Sarah Bolger) declares that she could never have married a Lutheran anyway.

Philip, Count Palatine is portrayed as Duke Philip of Bavaria by Colin O'Donoghue in the third season of Showtime's The Tudors.

Quirnbach

Quirnbach, Kusel (also Quirnbach/Pfalz), in the district of Kusel

Robert Franz Schmidt

Schmidt completed his A-level examinations in 1953 and graduated from the Neusprachliches Gymnasium in Frankenthal.

Rupprecht of the Palatinate

Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619–1682), known in German as Prinz Ruprecht von der Pfalz

Sebastián Durón

In 1715 he returned permanently to Bayonne, France as chaplain to the exiled queen Mariana of Neuburg, the widow of Charles II, to whom he officiated in her scandalous remarriage to the son of a barrel-maker.

SS Pfalz

SS Pfalz (1893) was a 3,849 ton passenger/cargo ship launched on 31 July 1893, by Wigham Richardson, Low Walker, England.

SS Pfalz (1912) was a 7,128 ton cargo ship launched on 31 August 1912, by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Flensburg, Germany as Ramses.

St. Andreas, Düsseldorf

It was originally a Jesuit church and also served as the court church for the Counts palatine of Neuburg.

Stumpfwald

Other holders of such rights were the inhabitants of Ramsen, Hettenleidelheim, Eisenberg and Stauf, because these communities belonged to Ramsen Abbey or the Barony of Stauf, who shared ownership of the Stumpfwald.

Süddeutscher Rundfunk

The merger of 1998 in the two German Länder of Baden-Württemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz made SDR and SWF the precursors of Südwestrundfunk SWR.

SV Roßbach/Verscheid

SV Roßbach/Verscheid is a German association football club based in Roßbach/Wied, Rhineland-Palatinate that currently plays in the Oberliga Südwest (IV).

Theodor von Strattman

Initially he served the Elector of Brandenburg, and later was at the court of the Elector Wilhelm von der Pfalz-Neuburg, (Palatinate) where he held the position of vice chancellor (Vicekanzler).

Union of Poles in Germany

District III (Bochum), which covered Westfalia, Rhineland, Baden and Pfalz - 13 000 members in 160 branches 45% of the total,

Untervaz

Neuburg Castle was first built during the late 13th Century, most likely for the Baron Tumb von Neuburg (Vorarlberg).

Upper Palatinate

Cadet branches of the Wittelsbach also ruled over smaller territories in Neuburg and Sulzbach.

Verbandsliga Südwest

The Amateurliga Südwest was formed in 1952 in the southern half of the state of Rheinland-Pfalz.

While the Oberliga covers the two states of Saarland and Rheinland-Pfalz, the Verbandsliga covers only the southern half of Rheinland-Pfalz.

After the war, these regions were incorporated into the new state of Rheinland-Pfalz.

Werlaburgdorf

In the early 19th century, speculations were made on the site of the historic Pfalz Werla near the village of Werle near Kassow in Mecklenburg or at Werl in Westphalia.


see also

Magnus Agricola

His famous uncle was the founder and rector of the Gymnasium Illustre in Lauingen, Bavaria (Magnus Agricola's future school) and later became councilor and State minister of the reigning Dukes of Zweibrücken and Pfalz-Neuburg, while his grandfather, also named Magnus Agricola, was a judge and administrator of Holzheim.