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
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Annweiler am Trifels
Location of Annweiler am Trifels within Südliche Weinstraße district
Annweiler am Trifels is located in Germany
Annweiler am Trifels
Annweiler am Trifels
Annweiler am Trifels is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Annweiler am Trifels
Annweiler am Trifels
Coordinates: 49°12′N 7°58′E / 49.200°N 7.967°E / 49.200; 7.967
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictSüdliche Weinstraße
Municipal assoc.Annweiler am Trifels
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Benjamin Seyfried[1]
Area
 • Total39.87 km2 (15.39 sq mi)
Elevation
179 m (587 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total7,254
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.[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.

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

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

International relations

edit

Annweiler am Trifels is twinned with:

 
Cardboard factory in Sarnstall

Notes and references

edit
  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Anweiler" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 158.
  4. ^ 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.