Palatinate Forest in the context of "Vosges Mountains"

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⭐ Core Definition: Palatinate Forest

The Palatinate Forest (/pəˈlætɪnɪt/; German: Pfälzerwald [ˈpfɛltsɐvalt] ), sometimes also called the Palatine Forest, is a low-mountain region in southwestern Germany, located in the Palatinate in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The forest is a designated nature park (German: Naturpark Pfälzerwald) covering 1,771 km and its highest elevation is the Kalmit (672.6 m).

Together with the northern part of the adjacent Vosges Mountains in France it forms the UNESCO-designated Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve.

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Palatinate Forest in the context of Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern (German pronunciation: [ˌkaɪzɐsˈlaʊtɐn] ; Palatine German: Lautre) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is 459 kilometres (285 miles) from Paris, 117 km (73 miles) from Frankfurt am Main, 666 km (414 miles) from Berlin, and 159 km (99 miles) from Luxembourg.

Kaiserslautern is home to about 100,000 people. Additionally, approximately 45,000 NATO military personnel are based in the city and its surrounding district (Landkreis Kaiserslautern).

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German language → List of landscapes in Rhineland-Palatinate → Germany → Palatinate (region) → Rhineland-Palatinate → Palatinate Forest Nature Park → Kalmit → Vosges Mountains → France → UNESCO → Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve →