What is Rhineland?
[[File:Rhineland.jpg|thumb|Location of Rhineland]] The '''Rhinelands'''<ref>{{cite book |last=Dickinson |first=Robert E. |year=1964 |title=Germany: A regional and economic geography |edition=2nd |location=London |publisher=Methuen |pages=357f |id=ASIN B000IOFSEQ }}</ref> used to mean an area on both banks of the [[Rhine]], in [[Central Europe]], but the '''Rhineland''' (or '''Rheinland''' in [[German language|German]]) is now a general word for areas of [[Germany]] along the middle and the lower Rhine. It borders [[Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]] to the west and the Rhine to the east. After the French were defeated in the early 19th century, the German - and the [[Dutch language|Dutch]]-speaking areas in the middle and the lower Rhine were added to the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] and were called the '''Rhine Province''' (or '''Rhenish Prussia'''). After [[World War I]], the western part of Rhineland was under Allied control and [[demilitarized zone|demilitarized]], with no military activities allowed, under the [[Treaty of Versailles]]. German forces sent armies back to it in 1936, three years before [[World War II]] began. Still, to this day, the '''Rhinelands''' remain a part of Germany. == Reference == {{Reflist}} {{Commonscat}} [[Category:Geography of North Rhine-Westphalia]] [[Category:Geography of Rhineland-Palatinate]] [[Category:Regions of Germany]]