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Coordinates: 49°12′N 7°36′E

Pirmasens
Coat of arms of Pirmasens Location of Pirmasens in Germany
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District urban district
Population 43,482 (2005)
Area 61.37 km²
Population density 709 /km²
Elevation 360-400 m
Coordinates 49°12′ N 7°36′ E
Postal code 66953-66955
Area code 06331
Licence plate code PS
Mayor Bernhard Matheis (CDU)
Website pirmasens.de

Pirmasens is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France.

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Incorporation

  • 1969: Erlenbrunn, Fehrbach, Hengsberg, Niedersimten, Winzeln
  • 1972: Gersbach, Windsberg

Evolution of population (since December 2002):

[edit] Politics

[edit] Common council

Town council election 13 June 2004:

CDU 46,0% (-1,8) - 21 seats (-1)
SPD 23,8% (-11,4) - 11 seats (-5)
WGR 10,8% +3,7) - 5 seats (+3)
REP 10,2% (+7,3) - 5 seats (+5)
The Greens 4,3% (+0,3) - 2 seats (=)
Other 5,1% (+2,0) - 0 Sitze (-1)

[edit] Major

  • Dr. Bernhard Matheis (CDU), lord major
  • Peter Scheidel (CDU), major
  • Michael Schieler (crossbench), full time councilor
  • Helga Knerr (FWG), honorary councilor

[edit] Town Twinning

[edit] Culture and Sights

  • Museums
  • Collected works of Hugo Ball
  • Picture-gallery of the painter Heinrich Bürkel
  • Museum of shoes
  • Silhouettes from Elisabeth Emmler
  • Westwallmuseum

[edit] Music

  • Choir of oratory Pirmasens
  • Chantor's house of Pirmasens

[edit] Theater

  • Performances at the festival hall

[edit] Sports

  • FK Pirmasens
  • TV 1863 Pirmasens
  • VFB Pirmasens
  • GW Pirmasens
  • SG Pirmasens
  • Rot-Weiß Pirmasens
  • Blau-Weiß Pirmasens
  • ASV Pirmasens
  • TTC Pirmasens
  • TUS/DJK Pirmasens
  • SV 1907 Ruhbank
  • RC Pirmasens
  • 1. Boule Verein Pirmasens
  • MTV 1873 Pirmasens

[edit] Clubs

  • Aero-Club Pirmasens
  • First carnival club of Pirmasens, CVP
  • "Knubbe un Knode" - club of old manual work practices (e.g. knitting)

[edit] Regular Events

[edit] Corporations

[edit] Education

[edit] Trivia

Pirmasens is ...

  • the only international location in Rhineland-Palatinate for exhibitions
  • the world's biggest trade center of shoes
  • the location of Germany's oldest shoe-factory (Peter Kaiser, founded 1838)
  • the city with the most millionairs in Rhineland-Palatinate
  • built, like Rome, on seven hills
  • the city with the highest number of private insolvency in Germany
  • location of the US-channel "Pirmasens-Husterhöhe", which transferred the signals of the Apollo 11 Mission to Houston,Texas in 1969.

[edit] Literature

  • German literature
    1. J.B.Lehnung, Geliebtes Pirmasens, 12 Bände, Pirmasens (Komet), 1978 ff. [with a lot of photos]
    2. Gräber/Spindler, Die Pfalzbefreier, Ludwigshafen/Rhein, 2005 [discussed separatism]

[edit] External links


Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate
 Urban and rural districts in the
Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany
Flag of Germany

Urban
districts

Frankenthal | Kaiserslautern | Koblenz | Landau | Ludwigshafen | Mainz | Neustadt (Weinstraße)
Pirmasens | Speyer | Trier | Worms | Zweibrücken

Rural
districts

Ahrweiler | Altenkirchen | Alzey-Worms | Bad Dürkheim | Bad Kreuznach | Bernkastel-Wittlich | Birkenfeld | Bitburg-Prüm
Cochem-Zell | Daun | Donnersbergkreis | Germersheim | Kaiserslautern | Kusel | Mainz-Bingen
Mayen-Koblenz | Neuwied | Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis | Rhein-Lahn-Kreis | Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Südliche Weinstraße | Südwestpfalz | Trier-Saarburg | Westerwaldkreis
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