Annweiler am Trifels (), or Annweiler is a town in the

Südliche Weinstraße Südliche Weinstraße ( pfl, Siedlischi Woischdrooß; en, "Southern Wine Route") is a district (''Kreis'') in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Südwestpfalz, Bad Dürkheim, the district-f ...

district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river

Queich The Queich is a tributary of the Rhine, which rises in the southern part of the Palatinate Forest, and flows through the Upper Rhine valley to its confluence with the Rhine in Germersheim. It is long and is one of the four major drainage system ...

, 12 km west of Landau.

Annweiler am Trifels station Annweiler am Trifels station is the main station in the town of Annweiler am Trifels in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Deutsche Bahn classifies it as a category 5 station and it has three platform tracks. The station is located in the n ...

is on the Landau–

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

railway. Annweiler is situated in the Southern part of the Palatinate forest called the

Wasgau The Wasgau (german: Wasgau, french: Vasgovie) is a Franco-German hill range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the French departments of Bas-Rhin and Moselle. It is formed from the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the north ...

, 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 Trifels Castle (german: Reichsburg Trifels) is a reconstructed medieval castle at an elevation of near the small town of Annweiler, in the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany. It is located high above the Queich valley within the Palatina ...

, 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".Entry for Annweiler in the German "Brockhaus Kleines Konversations-Lexikon" from 1911
/ref> Annweiler has a primary school and a

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

('' Staatliche Realschule Annweiler '') which was a partner school with the William Lovell Secondary School in

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. There is also a school for people with learning disabilities and a vocational school and the ''Trifels-Gymnasium'' evangelical grammar school. Stadtkirche Annweiler

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)

Notable residents

Markward von Annweiler Markward von Annweiler (died 1202) was Imperial Seneschal and Regent of the Kingdom of Sicily. Biography Markward was a ministerialis, that is, he came not from the free nobility, but from a class of unfree knights and administrators whose purpose ...

(1140–1202) *

Horst Christill Horst Christill (born 1959) is a German church musician and composer of sacred music, especially hymns of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL). Life and career Born in Annweiler am Trifels, Christill first studied from 1976 music pedagogy, foc ...

(born 1959), church musician and composer *

Matthias Kern Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. People Notable people named Matthias include the following: In religion: * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot * ...

(1750–1793) Journalist *

Eugen Jäger Eheim GmbH & Co. KG is a German company founded by Gunther Eheim, operating in the domain of aquariums and aquarium accessories, garden ponds and related accessories. It manufactures different kinds of water filters (internal and external) and the ...

(1842–1926) Publicist *

August Naegle August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...

(1869–1932) Church Historian, Politician *

Hans-Ulrich Pfaffmann Hans-Ulrich or Hans Ulrich may refer to: *Hans Ulrich Aschenborn (born 1947), animal painter in Southern Africa * Hans-Ulrich Back (1896–1976), German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II * Hans-Ulrich Brunner (1943–2006), Swiss painter ...

Politician *

Jutta Kleinschmidt Jutta Kleinschmidt (born 29 August 1962) is a German competitor of offroad automotive racing events. She is known for her numerous showings in the Paris Dakar Rally, and notably for having won the event in 2001, becoming the only woman driver to ...

Auto Racing Driver * Gustav Franz Ullrich Industrialist * Friedrich Gerhard Wahl Engineer and Architect (1748–1826)

International relations

Annweiler am Trifels is twinned with: *

Ambert Ambert (; Auvergnat: ''Embèrt'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Administration Ambert is the seat of the canton of Ambert and the arrondissement of Ambert. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. ...

, France * Gorgonzola, Italy Sarnstall Fabrik

Notes and references

References

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