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Annweiler am Trifels
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Location of the town of Annweiler am Trifels within Südliche Weinstraße district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Südliche Weinstraße |
| Municipal assoc. | Annweiler am Trifels |
| Mayor | Thomas Wollenweber (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 39.87 km2 (15.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Population | 6,889 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 173 /km2 (448 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | SÜW |
| Postal code | 76855 |
| Area code | 06346 |
| Website | www.annweiler.de |
Annweiler am Trifels, 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, and on the railway from Landau to Pirmasens.
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. On the Sonnenberg (493 m) lie the ruins of the castle of Trifels, in which Richard Coeur de Leon was imprisoned in 1193. Its main industry is tourism.
Annweiler is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Annweiler am Trifels.
In an 1911 edition of the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, the area around Annweiler was referred to as "Pfälzer Schweiz".[2]
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