Annweiler am Trifels

Annweiler am Trifels (German: [ˈanvaɪlɐ ʔam ˈtʁiːfɛls] (listen)), 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
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Annweiler am Trifels within Südliche Weinstraße district
Annweiler am Trifels
Annweiler am Trifels
Coordinates: 49°12′N 7°58′E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictSüdliche Weinstraße
Municipal assoc.Annweiler am Trifels
Government
 • MayorBenjamin Seyfried
Area
 • Total39.87 km2 (15.39 sq mi)
Elevation
179 m (587 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total7,081
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
76855
Dialling codes06346
Vehicle registrationSÜW
Websitewww.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.[2]

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".[3]

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

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 – )

Notable residents
  • Markward von Annweiler (1140–1202)
  • Horst Christill
  • Matthias Kern (1750–1793) Journalist
  • Eugen Jäger (1842–1926) Publicist
  • 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
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Annweiler am Trifels is twinned with:

Cardboard factory in Sarnstall

Notes and references
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Anweiler" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 158.
  3. Entry for Annweiler in the German "Brockhaus Kleines Konversations-Lexikon" from 1911

References
  • Biundo, Georg, Georg; Hess, Hans (1968). Annweiler - Geschichte einer alten Reichsstadt. Mannheim: Studio Hruschka.
  • Kölsch, Hans-Joachim; Sonja Pfundstein (2004). Annweiler - Zeitsprünge. Oaklands Book.


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