Rheinhessen-Pfalz Explained

Rheinhessen-Pfalz
Native Name:Regierungsbezirk Rheinhessen-Pfalz
Native Name Lang:de
Settlement Type:Regierungsbezirk
Coordinates:49.35°N 17°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Germany
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Rhineland-Palatinate
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1968
Extinct Title:Disestablished
Extinct Date:2000-01-01
Seat Type:Region seat
Seat:Neustadt (Weinstraße)
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:6851.84
Population Total:2011381
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:GDP
Demographics1 Footnotes:[1]
Demographics1 Title1:Total
Demographics1 Info1:€90.984 billion (2021)

Rheinhessen-Pfalz (rarely anglicized as "Rhine-Hesse-Palatinate") was one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located in the south of the state. It was created in 1968 out of Regierungsbezirke Rheinhessen and Pfalz, which had themselves been created out of the left-bank territories of Bavaria and Hesse-Darmstadt before World War II.

Since 2000, the employees and assets of the Bezirksregierungen form the Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion Trier (Supervisory and Service Directorate Trier) and the Struktur- und Genehmigungsdirektionen (Structural and Approval Directorates) Nord in Koblenz and Süd in Neustadt (Weinstraße). These administrations execute their authority over the whole state, e.g. the ADD Trier oversees all schools.Kreise
(districts)

  1. Alzey-Worms
  2. Bad Dürkheim
  3. Donnersbergkreis
  4. Germersheim
  5. Kaiserslautern
  6. Kusel
  7. Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis (formerly Ludwigshafen)
  8. Mainz-Bingen
  9. Südliche Weinstraße
  10. Südwestpfalz

Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)

  1. Frankenthal
  2. Kaiserslautern
  3. Landau
  4. Ludwigshafen
  5. Mainz
  6. Neustadt (Weinstraße)
  7. Pirmasens
  8. Speyer
  9. Worms
  10. Zweibrücken

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EU regions by GDP, Eurostat. 18 September 2023.