The Palatinate (German: die Pfalz, Pfaelzer pfälzer: Dialect), palz historically Also Rhenish (Palatinate: German), rheinpfalz is a region In Southwestern. Germany it occupies more than a quarter of The german federal state Of-Rhineland (Palatinate-Rheinland). pfalzike most of Europe, the Palatinate is part of the oceanic climate zone influenced by the Atlantic, with an average annual temperature of about 10 degrees Celsius. Wet air streaming from West and Southwest leads to precipitations in the Mittelgebirge ranges, while it warms up on its way further down to the Rhine Valley.