Seven papers, from a colloquium held at the Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen, examine the ways in which the Palatinate Kings of Germany imposed their power on the region (encompassing Aachen, Goslar and Dortmund). Subjects royal progressions, particularly that of Henry II in 1017; Palatinate studies today; administration; the spread of power into south-western Germany, Henry IV in Goslar; the vicus of Aachen; the royal court at Dortmund. German text.