Schlosspark Schwetzingen -'s by pesu

Schwetzingen - Germany, Baden-Württemberg summer residence of the Palatinate princes (18th century)

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horourke - May, 04 2009 09:05am What a wonderful willow. There is a tenuous link here to my home town where a village named Palatine is reputed to have been established in the reign of Louis XIV and is still called Palatine to this day. Wikipaedia has a ninteenth century reference giving some dtail as follows"PALATINETOWN is mentioned in "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837:[1] “ PALATINETOWN, a hamlet, in the parish of URGLIN, barony and county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 2 3/4 miles (N. E.) from Carlow, on the road to Castledermot; containing 88 inhabitants. It is said to derive its name from a colony of German refugees, who were driven from their native country, and settled here, in the reign of Louis XIV. The Rt. Hon. B. Burton obtained a patent for four fairs, of which that on the 26th of March is the only one at present held. A constabulary police force is stationed in the village.