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Rhenish Hesse, the Glossary

Rhenish Hesse or Rhine Hesse (Rheinhessen) is a region and a former government district (Regierungsbezirk) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.^[1]

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Former government regions of Germany
Regions of Rhineland-Palatinate

Allied-occupied Germany

The entirety of Germany was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the Berlin Declaration on 5 June 1945 to the establishment of West Germany on 23 May 1949.

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Alsenz (river)

The Alsenz is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a right tributary to the Nahe.

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Alzey

Alzey is a Verband-free town – one belonging to no Verbandsgemeinde – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Alzey-Worms

Alzey-Worms is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Asparagus

Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus native to Eurasia.

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Bingen am Rhein

Bingen am Rhein is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Blauer Portugieser

Blauer Portugieser is a red Austrian, Slovenian wine, Croatian wine, Moravian and German wine grapeJ.

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Carnival

Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.

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Cenozoic

The Cenozoic is Earth's current geological era, representing the last 66million years of Earth's history.

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The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Coq au vin

Coq au vin ("rooster/cock with wine") is a French dish of chicken braised with wine, lardons, mushrooms, and optionally garlic.

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Cuisine

A cuisine is a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region.

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Districts of Germany

In 13 German states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a Gemeinde (municipality) is the Landkreis or Kreis.

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Dornfelder

Dornfelder is a dark-skinned variety of grape of German origin used for red wine.

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Duchy of Westphalia

The Duchy of Westphalia (Herzogtum Westfalen) was a historic territory in the Holy Roman Empire, which existed from 1102 to 1803.

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Electoral Palatinate

The Electoral Palatinate (Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (Pfalz), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (Kurfürstentum Pfalz), was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Electorate of Mainz

The Electorate of Mainz (Kurfürstentum Mainz or Kurmainz, Electoratus Moguntinus), previously known in English as Mentz and by its French name Mayence, was one of the most prestigious and influential states of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Federweisser

Federweisser (also Federweißer), is an alcoholic beverage commonly made in continental Europe.

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Flatulence

Flatulence is the expulsion of gas from the intestines via the anus, commonly referred to as farting.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.

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French First Republic

In the history of France, the First Republic (Première République), sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, and officially the French Republic (République française), was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution.

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German wine

German wine is primarily produced in the west of Germany, along the river Rhine and its tributaries, with the oldest plantations going back to the Roman era.

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Grand Duchy of Hesse

The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918.

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Gundersheim

Gundersheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Handkäse

Handkäse (literally: "hand cheese") is a German regional sour milk cheese (similar to Harzer) and is a culinary specialty of Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach am Main, Darmstadt, Langen, and other parts of southern Hesse.

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Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus Lepus.

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Hesse

Hesse or Hessia (Hessen), officially the State of Hesse (Land Hessen), is a state in Germany.

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High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300.

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Hunsrück

The Hunsrück is a long, triangular, pronounced upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Rhenish Hesse and Hunsrück are regions of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Imperial cathedrals

Imperial cathedral (Kaiserdom) is the designation for a cathedral linked to the Imperial rule of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Ingelheim am Rhein

Ingelheim, officially Ingelheim am Rhein (Ingelheim upon Rhine), is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany.

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Isenach

The Isenach is a left tributary of the Rhine in the northeastern Palatine region of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Jewish Cemetery, Worms

The Jewish Cemetery in Worms or Heiliger Sand, in Worms, Germany, is usually called the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe, although the Jewish burials in the Jewish sections of the Roman catacombs predate it by a millennium.

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Kappelberg (Rhenish Hesse)

The Kappelberg, at 358 metres, is the highest hill in Rhenish Hesse in central Germany.

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Kerner (grape)

The Kerner grape is an aromatic white grape variety.

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Liebfraumilch

Liebfraumilch or Liebfrauenmilch (German for 'Our Lady's Milk', in reference to the Virgin Mary) is a style of semi-sweet white German wine which may be produced, mostly for export, in the regions Rheinhessen, Palatinate, Rheingau, and Nahe.

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List of fried dough foods

This is a list of fried dough foods.

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Loess

A loess (from Löss) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.

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Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse

Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (14 June 1753 in Prenzlau – 6 April 1830 in Darmstadt) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (as Louis X) and later the first Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.

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Louis the German

Louis the German (c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD.

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Mainz

Mainz (see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 35th-largest city.

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Mainz Basin

The Mainz Basin (Mainzer Becken) or Rhine-Main Basin is the name given to a Cenozoic marine basin that covered the area of the present-day region of Rhenish Hesse in Germany about 38 to 12 million years ago (38 - 12 mya). Rhenish Hesse and Mainz Basin are regions of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Mainz carnival

The Mainz Carnival (Mainzer Fastnacht, "Määnzer Fassenacht" or "Meenzer Fassenacht") is a months-long citywide carnival celebration in Mainz, Germany that traditionally begins on 11 November but culminates in the days before Ash Wednesday in the spring.

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Mainz Cathedral

Mainz Cathedral or St.

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Mainz-Bingen

Mainz-Bingen is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Marl

Marl is an earthy material rich in carbonate minerals, clays, and silt.

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Müller-Thurgau

Müller-Thurgau is a white grape variety (sp. Vitis vinifera) which was created by Hermann Müller from the Swiss Canton of Thurgau in 1882 at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute in Germany.

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Mett

Mett, also known as Hackepeter (Northern Germany, Eastern Germany, Bavaria and Berlin), is a preparation of minced raw pork seasoned with salt and black pepper that is popular in Germany.

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Nahe (Rhine)

The Nahe is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine.

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Nieder-Olm

Nieder-Olm is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Nierstein

Nierstein is a town belonging to the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Oceanic basin

In hydrology, an oceanic basin (or ocean basin) is anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater.

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Oecanthus pellucens

Oecanthus pellucens, common name Italian tree cricket, is a species of tree crickets belonging to the family Gryllidae, subfamily Oecanthinae.

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Oppenheim

Oppenheim is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Osthofen

Osthofen is a town in the middle of the Wonnegau in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Palatinate (region)

The Palatinate (Pfalz; Palatine German: Palz), or the Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz), is a historical region of Germany. Rhenish Hesse and Palatinate (region) are former government regions of Germany and regions of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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People's State of Hesse

The People's State of Hesse (Volksstaat Hessen) was one of the constituent states of Germany from 1918 to 1945, as the successor to the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Großherzogtum Hessen) after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I, on the territory of the current German states of Hesse and the Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Pinot noir

Pinot noir, also known as Pinot nero, is a red-wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera.

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Prince-Bishopric of Worms

The Prince-Bishopric of Worms was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Regent (grape)

Regent is a dark-skinned inter-specific hybrid grape variety, used for making wine.

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Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk means "governmental district" and is a type of administrative division in Germany.

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Rheinhessen (wine region)

Rheinhessen (in English often Rhine-Hesse or Rhenish Hesse) is the largest of 13 German wine regions (Weinanbaugebiete) for quality wines (''QbA'' and ''Prädikatswein'') with under cultivation in 2018.

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Rhenish Franconia

Rhenish Franconia (Rheinfranken) or Western Franconia denotes the western half of the central German stem duchy of Franconia in the 10th and 11th century, with its residence at the city of Worms.

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Rhenish-Hessian Hills

The Rhenish-Hessian Hills (Rheinhessisches Hügelland), also called the "Land of the Thousand Hills" (Land der 1000 Hügel), refers to that part of Rhenish Hesse within the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland

Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland (Rheinhessische Schweiz) is a protected landscape and recreation area in the southwest of the German region of Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen).

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Rhine

--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.

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Rhineland

The Rhineland (Rheinland; Rhénanie; Rijnland; Rhingland; Latinised name: Rhenania) is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section. Rhenish Hesse and Rhineland are regions of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz; Rheinland-Pfalz; Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany.

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Riesling

Riesling is a white grape variety that originated in the Rhine region.

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Scheurebe

Scheurebe or Sämling 88 is a white wine grape variety.

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Selz

The Selz is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and a left hand tributary of the Rhine.

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Silvaner

Silvaner or Sylvaner is a variety of white wine grape grown primarily in Alsace and Germany, where its official name is Grüner Silvaner.

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States of Germany

The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states.

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Taunus

The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north west of Frankfurt and north of Wiesbaden. Rhenish Hesse and Taunus are regions of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War, from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.

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Treaty of Verdun

The Treaty of Verdun, agreed in, divided the Frankish Empire into three kingdoms between Lothair I, Louis II and Charles II, the surviving sons of the emperor Louis I, the son and successor of Charlemagne.

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Upper Rhine

The Upper Rhine (Oberrhein; Rhin Supérieur; kilometres 167 to 529 of the Rhine) is the section of the Rhine between the Middle Bridge in Basel, Switzerland, and the Rhine knee in Bingen, Germany.

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Upper Rhine Plain

The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben (German: Oberrheinische Tiefebene, Oberrheinisches Tiefland or Oberrheingraben, French: Vallée du Rhin) is a major rift, about and on average, between Basel in the south and the cities of Frankfurt/Wiesbaden in the north.

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War of the First Coalition

The War of the First Coalition (Guerre de la Première Coalition) was a set of wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797, initially against the constitutional Kingdom of France and then the French Republic that succeeded it.

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Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhenish_Hesse

Also known as Rheinhessen, Rheinhessen (province), Rheinhessen (region), Rhenish-Hessian cuisine, Rhinehessen.

, Nierstein, Oceanic basin, Oecanthus pellucens, Oppenheim, Osthofen, Palatinate (region), People's State of Hesse, Pinot noir, Prince-Bishopric of Worms, Regent (grape), Regierungsbezirk, Rheinhessen (wine region), Rhenish Franconia, Rhenish-Hessian Hills, Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland, Rhine, Rhineland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Riesling, Scheurebe, Selz, Silvaner, States of Germany, Taunus, Thirty Years' War, Treaty of Verdun, Upper Rhine, Upper Rhine Plain, War of the First Coalition, Weimar Republic, Wiesbaden, Worms Cathedral, Worms Synagogue, Worms, Germany, Zwiebelkuchen.

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See also

Former government regions of Germany

Regions of Rhineland-Palatinate

References