Annweiler am Trifels (German: [ˈanvaɪlɐ ʔam ˈtʁiːfɛls] ⓘ), 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. Annweiler am Trifels station is on the Landau–Saarbrücken railway.
Annweiler am Trifels | |
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 Town hall | |
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Location of Annweiler am Trifels within Südliche Weinstraße district  | |
  Annweiler am Trifels  Annweiler am Trifels | |
| Coordinates: 49°12′N 7°58′E / 49.200°N 7.967°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Südliche Weinstraße |
| Municipal assoc. | Annweiler am Trifels |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Benjamin Seyfried[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.87 km2 (15.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 7,254 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 76855 |
| Dialling codes | 06346 |
| Vehicle registration | SÜW |
| Website | www.annweiler.de |
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.[3]
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".[4]
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.
Mayors
edit- 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
edit- 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 Franz Ullrich Industrialist
- Friedrich Gerhard Wahl Engineer and Architect (1748–1826)
International relations
editAnnweiler am Trifels is twinned with:
Notes and references
edit- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 158.
- ^ Entry for Annweiler in the German "Brockhaus Kleines Konversations-Lexikon" from 1911
References
edit- Biundo, Georg, Georg; Hess, Hans (1968). Annweiler - Geschichte einer alten Reichsstadt. Mannheim: Studio Hruschka.
- Kölsch, Hans-Joachim; Sonja Pfundstein (2004). Annweiler - Zeitsprünge. Oaklands Book.