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Rhineland-Palatinate
St. Martin's Cathedral in Mainz, Germany.
Rhineland-Palatinate is bordered by four German states:
- North Rhine–Westphalia to the north
- Hessen to the east
- Baden-Württemberg to the southeast
- Saarland to the southwest1
In addition to these domestic borders, the state shares international boundaries with France, Luxembourg, and Belgium to the south and west.1