Annweiler am Trifels

Annweiler am Trifels

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Annweiler am Trifels

Coordinates: 49°12′N 7°58′E / 49.200°N 7.967°E / 49.200; 7.967Coordinates: 49°12′N 7°58′E / 49.200°N 7.967°E / 49.200; 7.967
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Südliche Weinstraße
Municipal assoc. Annweiler am Trifels
Government
  Mayor Thomas Wollenweber (SPD)
Area
  Total 39.87 km2 (15.39 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 6,987
  Density 180/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 76855
Dialling codes 06346
Vehicle registration SÜW
Website www.annweiler.de

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, and on the railway from Landau to Pirmasens.

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 an 1911 edition of the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, the area around Annweiler was referred to as "Pfälzer Schweiz".[2]

Protestant church at the Marktplatz
Annweiler am Trifels
Annweiler am Trifels
Annweiler am Trifels

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cardboard factory in Sarnstall
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