Rhineland-Palatinate is a western state of Germany. It covers 19,846 km2 (7,663 sq mi) and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern and Worms. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by the countries France, Luxembourg and Belgium.
The Rhineland is the name used for a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section.
The Sieg is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhine.
Ahr is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. Its source is at an elevation of approximately 470 metres (1,540 ft) above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim. After 18 kilometres (11 mi) it crosses from North Rhine-Westphalia into Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Siegerland is a region of Germany covering the old district of Siegen and the upper part of the district of Altenkirchen, belonging to the Rhineland-Palatinate adjoining it to the west.
The Heller is a 30 km long river in western Germany. It is a left tributary of the Sieg. The source is located near Haiger in Hesse. It flows through Burbach and Neunkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia. It flows into the river Sieg in Betzdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate. Its basin area is 204 km².
Moselle Franconian is a West Central German language, part of the Central Franconian language area, that includes Luxembourgish.
The Kyll, noted by the Roman poet Ausonius as Celbis, is a 128-kilometre-long (80 mi) river in western Germany, left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel mountains, near the border with Belgium and flows generally south through the towns Stadtkyll, Gerolstein, Kyllburg and east of Bitburg. It flows into the Moselle in Ehrang, a suburb of Trier.
Asdorf is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It flows into the Sieg in Kirchen.
Holperbach is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It flows into the Sieg near Wissen.
Gosenbach is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It flows into the Sieg near Mudersbach.
Irserbach is a river of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Sieg near Windeck.
Wisser Bach is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It flows into the Sieg in Wissen.
Otterbach is a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Odenbach is a village in the county of Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate.
Langbach is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Kyll near Frauenkron.
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