The Electoral Palatinate (German: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (Pfalz), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (Kurfürstentum Pfalz), was a state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. Counts palatine of the Rhine served as prince-electors (Kurfürsten) from "time immemorial," were noted as such in a papal letter of 1261, and were confirmed as electors by the Golden Bull of 1356.

An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local …

the territory or jurisdiction of a count palatine; United Kingdom and Ireland. County palatine in England and Ireland; Palatinate (award), student sporting award of Durham University Palatinate (colour), a shade of purple used by the City of Durham and Durham University Palatinate, student newspaper of Durham University; Germany. Electoral Palatinate 1085–1803, or County Palatine …

After the unification of Germany under Emperor Wilhelm I in 1871, elections were held to the German Reichstag or 'Imperial Assembly', which supplanted its namesake, the Reichstag of the Norddeutscher Bund.The Reichstag could be dissolved by the Kaiser or, after the abdication of Wilhelm II in 1918, the Reichspräsident.With the Weimar Republic's Constitution of 1919, the …

The Upper Palatinate (German: Oberpfalz, pronounced ... 1620, the Upper Palatinate, along with the rest of his lands, were declared forfeit to the Emperor and, along with the Electoral title, given to the Duke of Bavaria. Although the Lower Palatinate was restored to Frederick's son by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, ...

Bitburg (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪtˌbʊʁk] ; French: Bitbourg; Luxembourgish: Béibreg) is a city in Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate approximately 25 km (16 mi.) northwest of Trier and 50 km (31 mi.) northeast of Luxembourg city. The American Spangdahlem Air Base is nearby.

The elector of the Palatinate (German: Kurfürst von der Pfalz) ruled the Electoral Palatinate of the Rhine in the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire from 915 to 1803. The title holder was a member of the small group of prince-electors who elected the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; the counts palatine of smaller states were not electors.

Koblenz (German pronunciation: [ˈkoːblɛnts] ()), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and of the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.. Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus around 8 B.C. Its name originates from the Latin (ad) cōnfluentēs, meaning "(at the) confluence". The actual confluence is today known as the "German Corner", a ...

Elizabeth Stuart (19 August 1596 – 13 February 1662) was Electress of the Palatinate and briefly Queen of Bohemia as the wife of Frederick V of the Palatinate.Because her husband's reign in Bohemia lasted for just one winter, Elizabeth is often referred to as the "Winter Queen". Elizabeth was the second child and eldest daughter of James VI and I, King of Scotland, England, and …

The German federal election system regulates the election of the members of the national parliament, called the Bundestag.According to the principles governing the elections laws, set down in Art. 38 of the German Basic Law, elections are to be universal, direct, free, equal, and secret.Furthermore, the German Basic Law stipulates that Bundestag elections are to take …