Western Palatinate

• Location of the Western Palatinate

The Western Palatinate is a region in the west part of the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Pfalz. It covers the western part of the Palatinate Forest, the central part of North Palatine hill country, the western Palatinate Moorniederung and Westricher plateau. The former name "Behind Pfalz " which had arisen during the period of the Bavarian administration from 1816 and was felt by the residents themselves as discriminatory is common only in the front Palatinate.

The following counties and county-level cities are located entirely or partially in the West Palatinate:

• District of Kaiserslautern
• City of Kaiserslautern
• Kusel district
• City ​​of Pirmasens
• County Southwest Palatinate
• City of Zweibrücken

The Donnersbergkreis or the Altkreise Rockhausen and Kirchheimbolanden be expected in a broader sense also for Westpfalz, but they are often regarded as an independent region (North Palatinate ).

A different definition exists for the division of the police, the police headquarters Westpfalz care in addition to the above enumerated circles only the western part of the Thunder Mountain district (about the Altkreis Rockhausen accordingly) as well as the municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach Meis home.