Climate change in Germany
The Rhineland is historically a heavily industrial and population-dense area which includes the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate, and Saarland. This region is rich in iron and coal deposits and supports one of Europe's largest coal industries. In the past, sulfuric acid emissions from Rhineland coal plants contributed to acid rain, damaging forests in other regions like Hesse, Thuringia, and Saxony.
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
The Protestant Church in the Rhineland emerged on 12 November 1948, when the "Ecclesiastical Province of the Rhineland" within the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union gained independence as its own church body.
The Protestants in Hohenzollern emerged 1950 to Württemberg, keeping the Old Prussian mass.