Where is the Palatinate area of Germany?

Where is the Palatinate area of Germany?

Rhineland-Palatinate is situated in central south-west of Germany, it borders the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia in north, Hesse in east and Baden-Württemberg in south-east, it surrounds the federal state of Saarland and it shares international borders with France, Luxembourg and Belgium.

Why did Germans leave the Palatinate?

With the outbreak of the Thirty Years War in 1618, came 96 years of sporadic fighting and wars that would leave the Palatinate destroyed. This forced thousands of Germans to flee their homeland, and helped lead to the creation of the United States.

Why did the Palatines come to England?

Historian and Migration Museum Trustee David Olusoga tells the story of the Palatines, one of a number of groups of European migrants who came to Britain in the 18th century to escape poverty, religious persecution and seek a better life.

Why did Palatines migrate to England?

Is palatine a country?

The Palatinate (German: Pfalz; Palatine German: Palz) is a historical region of Germany (Deutschland).

How were the Palatines treated in Britain?

Local authorities in London feared that Palatines would be classed as ‘vagrants’ that by law they would have to support under the Poor Laws. When it was discovered that a third of the immigrants were in fact Catholics and arriving because of poverty and not persecution, sympathy for them drained away.

What did the Palatines do?

In 1709, in an area in Blackheath in south London, 13,000 German migrants called the Palatines formed what became regarded as Britain’s first refugee camp. They spoke different languages and belonged to different churches and became a curiosity for thousands of Londoners of the period.

Where did the Palatines migrate to?

Britain
The story of the Palatines who migrated to Britain in the 1700s (BBC Bitesize) Historian and Migration Museum Trustee David Olusoga tells the story of the Palatines, one of a number of groups of European migrants who came to Britain in the 18th century to escape poverty, religious persecution and seek a better life.