Editing Rhineland (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Koblenz im Buga-Jahr 2011 - Deutsches Eck 01.jpg|thumb|''[[Deutsches Eck]]'', Koblenz]]
To the west the area stretches to the borders with [[Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]], and the [[Netherlands]]; on the eastern side, it encompasses the towns and cities along the river and the [[Bergisches Land]] area up to the [[Westphalia]]n ([[Siegerland]]) and [[Hesse|Hessian]] regions. Stretching down to the [[North Palatine Uplands]] in the south, this area, except for the [[Saarland]], more or less corresponds with the modern use of the term. 

The southern and eastern parts are mainly hill country ([[Westerwald]], [[Hunsrück]], [[Siebengebirge]], [[Taunus]] and [[Eifel]]), cut by river valleys, principally the [[Middle Rhine]] up to [[Bingen am Rhein|Bingen]] (or very rarely between the confluence with the [[Neckar]] and [[Cologne]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Marsden |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djtpAAAAMAAJ |first=Walter |year=1973 |title=The Rhineland |publisher=Hastings House |location=New York |isbn=0-8038-6324-1 }}</ref>) and its [[Ahr]], [[Moselle]] and [[Nahe (Rhine)|Nahe]] tributaries. The border of the [[North German plain]] is marked by the lower [[Ruhr (river)|Ruhr]]. In the south, the river cuts the [[Rhenish Massif]].

The area encompasses the western part of the [[Ruhr]] industrial region and the [[Cologne Lowland]]. Some of the larger cities in the Rhineland are [[Aachen]], [[Bonn]], [[Cologne]], [[Duisburg]], [[Düsseldorf]], [[Essen]], [[Koblenz]], [[Krefeld]], [[Leverkusen]], [[Mainz]], [[Mönchengladbach]], [[Mülheim an der Ruhr]], [[Oberhausen]], [[Remscheid]], [[Solingen]], [[Trier]] and [[Wuppertal]].

[[German toponymy|Toponyms]] as well as local [[family name]]s often trace back to the Frankish heritage.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}The lands on the western shore of the Rhine are strongly characterized by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] influence, including [[viticulture]]. In the core territories, large parts of the population are members of the [[Catholic Church]].