On May 18, 2012, the State of Rhineland-Palatinate turns 65 – reason enough to look back at the long history of this ancient cultural region.

The six lecture events of the University in the City Hall series start with the colonization of the Trier region and will continue through the history and art of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period right up to the present time. Remarkable insights into the development of our region as reflected in the statistics of the 19th and 20th centuries will be presented, as well as seldom shown film footage from the SWR archives.

Moreover, the event series will provide a first look at the new three-volume work on the region's history, which will appear in 2012 and is entitled "Cross, Wheel, Lion – Rhineland Palatinate. A Land and Its History."

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