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Definition: Capital city: Koblenz Known in ancient Roman times as a buffer zone between Gaul and the Germanic peoples to the east, the Rhineland was originally divided among the duchies of Lorraine, Saxony, Franconia, and Swabia. During the late Middle Ages and early modern period, the Rhineland was the seat of numerous territorial principalities. At the Congress of Vienna, the whole region, including the territory west of the Rhine River, was given to Prussia and subsequently (1824) constituted into the Rhine province. The Treaty of Versailles (1919) awarded Eupen, Malmédy, and Moresnet to Belgium, and the Saar became autonomous. The Rhineland province, except the Ruhr region, was occupied by the Allies until 1926. The province was remilitarized by German troops in 1936. Under the Weimar Republic, the Rhineland continued to be part of Prussia. The Rhineland consisted of five administrative subunits, Aachen, Koblenz, Köln, Düsseldorf, and Trier. (en-US)

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The Times Atlas of World History. Edited by Geofrey Barraclough. Third Edition. Maplewood, New Jersey: Hammond, 1989.

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