Kurpfalz

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historical territory imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire prince-electorate

Kurpfalz, also known as the Electoral Palatinate, was a significant historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire along the Rhine, ruled by the Counts Palatine and influential in imperial politics and the Reformation.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Palatinat – Mittlerer Oberrhein – Nord Alsace	1
Palatinate	1
Palatinate region	1
Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein	1
Rhenish Franconia	1
Rhenish Palatinate	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical territory ⓘ imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ prince-electorate ⓘ
affectedBy	War of the Palatine Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Heidelberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
castle	Heidelberg Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature	golden lion on black field ⓘ
electoralStatusConfirmedBy	Golden Bull of 1356 NERFINISHED ⓘ
electoralVoteFor	King of the Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ
electorateEstablishedFor	Count Palatine of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
FrederickVBecame	King of Bohemia ⓘ
FrederickVKnownAs	the Winter King NERFINISHED ⓘ
GoldenBullIssuedBy	Emperor Charles IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadUniversity	Heidelberg University NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCity	Frankenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ Heidelberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Ladenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Mannheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Neustadt an der Weinstraße NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEnglishName	Electoral Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGermanName	Kurpfalz NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegion	Bergstraße NERFINISHED ⓘ Odenwald (parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Palatinate (Pfalz) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhine-Neckar area NERFINISHED ⓘ
HeidelbergCastleDestroyedIn	late 17th century ⓘ
HeidelbergUniversityFoundedBy	Rupert I, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ
HeidelbergUniversityFoundedIn	1386 ⓘ
heldTitle	Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
importantIn	Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ imperial politics ⓘ
involvedIn	Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Palatine German dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterCapital	Mannheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAlong	Rhine River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Upper Rhine region NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo	Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernRegionCorrespondsPartlyTo	Baden-Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Rheinland-Pfalz NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
predecessorDynasty	House of Hohenstaufen NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionIn16thCentury	Calvinism NERFINISHED ⓘ Lutheranism NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruledBy	Counts Palatine of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruledByDynasty	House of Wittelsbach NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruler	Charles I, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick III, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick IV, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick V, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ
secularizedAndDividedIn	early 19th century ⓘ
successorState	Grand Duchy of Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Duchy of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
suffered	French invasions in the 17th century ⓘ devastation during the Thirty Years' War ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Palatine of the Rhine → alsoKnownAs → Kurpfalz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein

Imperial City of Wetzlar → hasHistoricalRegion → Kurpfalz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhenish Franconia

Karlsruhe administrative region → hasHistoricalRegion → Kurpfalz ⓘ

John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → historicalRegion → Kurpfalz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palatinate

Eurodistrict PAMINA → nameEtymology → Kurpfalz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palatinat – Mittlerer Oberrhein – Nord Alsace

Neckarau → region → Kurpfalz ⓘ

Elizabeth of Bohemia → residence → Kurpfalz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhenish Palatinate

Palatine German → spokenIn → Kurpfalz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palatinate region