Annweiler am Trifels
Annweiler am Trifels, or Annweiler is a town in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Queich, 12 km west of Landau. Trifels station is on the Landau–Saarbrücken railway.
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Overview
Annweiler is situated in the Southern part of the Palatinate forest called the Wasgau, and is surrounded by high hills which yield a famous red sandstone. The town's main industry is tourism. On the Sonnenberg (493 m) lie the ruins of the castle of Trifels, in which Richard Coeur de Lion was imprisoned from 31 March to 19 April 1193. Annweiler is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Annweiler am Trifels. In a 1911 edition of the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, the area around Annweiler was referred to as "Pfälzer Schweiz". Annweiler has a primary school and a secondary school (Staatliche Realschule Annweiler) which was a partner school with the William Lovell Secondary School in Stickney, Lincolnshire. There is also a school for people with learning disabilities and a vocational school and the Trifels-Gymnasium evangelical grammar school. • Illustration — Protestant church at the Marktplatz • Illustration — Annweiler am Trifels • Illustration — Annweiler am Trifels • Illustration — Annweiler am Trifels
Key facts
Key facts
• Type — Stadt • State — Rheinland-Pfalz • District — Südliche Weinstraße • Verbandsgemeinde — Annweiler am Trifels • Elevation — 179 • Area — 39.87 • Postal Code — 76855 • Area Code — 06346 • Licence — SÜW • Gemeindeschlussel — 07 3 37 501 • Website — www.annweiler.de • Mayor — Carmen Winter • Leader Term — 2024–29
Mayors
Mayors
• Christian Sieben (1815–1832) • Heinrich Pasquay (1832–1833) • Abraham Noe (1833–1835) • Heinrich Mühlhäuser (1837–1848) • Wilhelm Köstner (1848–1851) • Matthäus Künkele (1852) • Georg Jacoby (1853–1858) • Philipp Streccius (1871–1874) • Karl Culmann (1875–1877) • Georg Jacoby (1877–1885) • August Pasquay (1885–1899) • Philipp Daniel Bartz (1900–1913) • Jean Meyer (1913–1918) • Philipp Mergenthaler (1918–1919) • Adolf Hoffmann (1920–1921) • Heinrich Gotthold (1921) • Konrad Bretz (1921–1928) • Friedrich Orth (1928–1933) • Karl Becker (1933) • Richard Bärsch (1933–1935) • Friedrich Peters (1935–1940) • Richard Bärsch (1940–1945) • Eduard Diehlmann (1945–1946) • Friedrich Hofäcker (1946–1956) • Theo Leyendecker (1956–1969) • Hans Stöcklein (1969–1987) • Peter Weber (1987–1994) • Gert Rillmann (1994–2004) • Thomas Wollenweber (2004–2019) • Benjamin Seyfried (2019–2024) • Carmen Winter (2024–)
Notable residents
Notable residents
• Markward von Annweiler (1140–1202) • Horst Christill (born 1959) church musician and composer • Matthias Kern (1750–1793) Journalist • August Naegle (1869–1932) Church Historian, Politician • Hans-Ulrich Pfaffmann, Politician • Jutta Kleinschmidt, Auto Racing Driver • Gustav Ullrich, Industrialist • Friedrich Gerhard Wahl (1748–1826) Engineer and Architect
International relations
International relations
Annweiler am Trifels is twinned with: • France Ambert, France • Gorgonzola, Italy • Illustration — Cardboard factory in Sarnstall
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