The Westrich Plateau (highlighted) to the west of the Palatinate Forest and Wasgau
The Westrich Plateau (German: Westricher Hochfläche),[1] also Zweibrücken Westrich (Zweibrücker Westrich)[2] or Southwest Palatine Plateau (Südwestpfälzische Hochfläche),[3][4][5] is a landscape in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, with small areas also in the Saarland (Saarpfalz-Kreis). Its heart is in the southwest of the Palatinate region and it is part of the historic region of Westrich.[6]
^Helmut Beeger et al.: "Die Landschaften von Rheinhessen-Pfalz − Benennung und räumliche Abgrenzung". In: Berichte zur deutschen Landeskunde, Vol. 63, Part 2, Trier, 1989, pp. 327–359
^For example in the Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands.
^Albert Zink (1966), Die Pfalz, mein Heimatland : Eine Heimatkunde für die Pfälzer Jugend (in German) (3. ed.), Speyer: Zechner
^Heinz Wittner: Großer Pfalzführer, p. 479
^Emil Heuser: Neuer Pfalzführer, p. 6
^August Becker: Die Pfalz und die Pfälzer, pp. 347−354; pp. 363−368; pp. 369−385
The WestrichPlateau (German: Westricher Hochfläche), also Zweibrücken Westrich (Zweibrücker Westrich) or Southwest Palatine Plateau (Südwestpfälzische...
(e.g. on the Donnersberg) and younger strata (muschelkalk, e.g. the WestrichPlateau). While the boundaries of the Palatinate Forest are comparatively clearly...
part of the North Palatine Uplands, the West Palatine Moor and the WestrichPlateau. Its former name of "Further Palatinate" (Hinterpfalz), which emerged...
west the hills transition smoothly into the landscape region of the WestrichPlateau; from there the younger rock strata of the muschelkalk cover the bunter...
the west and southwest it forms part of the agriculturally dominated WestrichPlateau. To the south it borders the so-called Alsace bossue (German: Krumme...
the Middle Ages. The Sickingen Heights form the northern part of the WestrichPlateau; about a third of the area within the county of Kaiserslautern and...
Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 5 February 2023. Westrich, Paul (2019). Die Wildbienen Deutschlands. ISBN 978-3-8186-0881-1. OCLC 1190164412...
its church and Michelsburg castle ruin is said to be a landmark of the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France....
(“single-roof-ridge houses”), a kind of farmhouse found throughout the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France....
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