1700 - Divisions

In the 18th century (the 1700s) the territories of the Pfalz included  

1.  Kurpfalz - the Electoral Palatinate  Districts: Alzey, Bacharach, Frankenthal, Germersheim,          Lautern=Kaiserslautern, Kreuznach=Bad Kreuznach, Lauterecken, Neustadt (an der Weinstrasse), Oppenheim, Simmern, Stromberg, Veldenz. 

 2.  Markgrafschaft Baden(-Baden) - the Margraviate of Baden Districts: Graefenstein, Martinstein, Kirchberg (in the         Hunsrueck), Hintere Grafschaft Sponheim (including the areas of Birkenfeld, Dill, Herrstein, Idar (as in Idar-Oberstein), and Winterburg.  

3.  Reichsgrafschaft Blieskastel - the Imperial County of Blieskastel Districts ruled by the Von der LEYEN family: Blieskastel, Geisberg, Muenchweiler, and Otterbach  

4.  Reichsgrafschaft Falkenstein - the Imperial County of Falkenstein Districts: Wald (forest) such as Winnweiler, Tal (valley) such as Framersheim, and Gau (District) such as Framersheim 

 5.  Frankreich - France. Districts: Landau, Schaumburg, Weissemburg and Lembach (these now Wissembourg and Lembach in Alsace), Merzig  

6.  Reichsgrafschaft Hanau-Lichtenberg - Imperial County of Hanau-Lichtenberg Districts: Lemberg, Muenchweiler, Obersteinbach, Winningen  

7.  Fuerstentum/Grafschaft Leiningen - Principality/County of Leiningen Districts: Duerkheim, Hardenburg, Waldleiningen, Wallhalben von Leiningen-Daxburg-Falkenburg: Falkenburg, Hassloch, Lindenbrunn von Leiningen-Daxburg-Guntersblum: Guntersblum, Assenheim, Biedesheim von Leiningen-Daxburg-Heidesheim: Heidesheim, Steinbach von Leiningen-Westerburg - Gruenstadt, Tiefental  

8.  Grafschaft Nassau-Saarbrücken - County of Nassau-Saarbrücken Districts: Saarbrücken, St. Johann am Saar, Ottweiler, Abteiherrschaft Wadgassen  

9.  Grafschaft Nassau-Weilburg - County of Nassau-Weilburg Districts: Alsenz, Kirchheim  

10. Herrschaft Reipoldskirchen - Lordship of Reipoldskirchen Doernbach, Finkenbach, Gersweiler, Hefersweiler, Morbach, Nussbach, Ratskirchen, Reichstal, Reipoldskirchen, Relsberg, Schoenburg,         Rudolfskirchen  

11. Herrschaft Rhodt unter Rietberg (Rueppurg) - Lordship of Rhodt below     Rietberg (Baden-Durlach)  

12. Grafschaft Sickingen - County of Sickingen Districts: Landstuhl (Grossgericht and Kleingericht: large and         small court districts), Hoheneinoed/Thaleischweiler  

13. Grafschaft Sponheim - County of Sponheim Districts: Kreuznach (now Bad Kreuznach), Kirchberg  

14. Die Wild- und Rheingrafschaften There were 3 rulers of these territories; therefore the subjects had the pleasure of paying taxes to 3 places Grumbach, later Gaugrehweiler Salm-Kyrburg Rheingrafenstein or Dhaun (not Daun!)  15. Herzogtum Pfalz-Zweibruecken - Duchy of Zweibruecken Districts - Bergzabern, Guttenberg, Homburg, Lichtenberg,         Meisenheim, Nohfelden, Schaumburg, Zweibruecken, and Hagenbach after 1768  

16. Other small territories Altdorf Bretzenheim Gmuenden Koblenz (city) Siersberg (in Rehlingen) Oberstein Scharffeneck Schweppenhausen (Counts of Ingelheim) Sobernheim (city)