Annweiler am Trifels

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Annweiler Rathaus.jpg
Wappen = Wappen_Annweiler_am_Trifels.pnglat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 12 |lat_sec = 12
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 58 |lon_sec = 00
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Südliche Weinstraße
Verbandsgemeinde = Annweiler am Trifels
Höhe = 179
Fläche = 39.87
Einwohner = 7090
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 76855
Vorwahl = 06346
Kfz = SÜW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 37 501
Adresse-Verband = Hauptstraße 20
76855 Annweiler am Trifels
Website = [http://www.annweiler.de/ www.annweiler.de]
Bürgermeister = Thomas Wollenweber
Partei = SPD

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 romantically situated in the eastern part of the Palatinate forest called the Pfälzer Schweiz (Palatinate Switzerland), 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.

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 - )

Notable Residents of Annweiler

* 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)

References

*cite book | last = Biundo, Georg and Hess, Hans| first = | authorlink = Georg Biundo | year = 1968 | title = Annweiler - Geschichte einer alten Reichsstadt| publisher = Studio Hruschka, Mannheim, Germany |

*cite book | last = Kölsch, Hans-Joachim and Pfundstein, Sonja| first = | authorlink = Hans-Joachim Kölsch | year = 2004 | title = Annweiler - Zeitsprünge | publisher = Oaklands Book Services Ltd, England |

Twin cities

*flagicon|France Ambert, France