In May/June 1849, after the failed revolution of 1848, and as part of the Imperial Constitution campaign, separatist elements wanted the district to secede from Bavaria and establish its own "Palatine Republic". A separatist uprising was suppressed by Prussian military intervention. The Palatinate's union with Bavaria persisted after it became part of the German Empire in 1871, and, indeed, after the Wittelsbach dynasty was deposed, and Bavaria became a free state of the Weimar Republic in 1918.
In May/June 1849 after the failed revolution of 1848 and as part of the Imperial Constitution campaign separatist elements wanted the district to secede from Bavaria and establish its own "Palatine Republic" A separatist uprising was suppressed by Prussian military intervention The Palatinate's union with Bavaria persisted after it became part of the German Empire in 1871 and indeed after the Wittelsbach dynasty was deposed and Bavaria became a free state of the Weimar Republic in 1918