Annweiler am Trifels

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
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Annweiler am Trifels within Südliche Weinstraße district
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Coordinates: 49°12′N 7°58′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  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	7,249
• 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.

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 (2004–2019)
• Benjamin Seyfried (2019 – )

Notable residents

• 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 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:

• Ambert, France
• Gorgonzola, Italy

Cardboard factory in Sarnstall