Coordinates: 49°12′N 7°36′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...

Pirmasens
Federal state	Rhineland-Palatinate
Administrative region
District	urban district
Population	43,482 NA (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

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History

• First mention of "pirminiseusna" in 860 as a colony of the cloister Hornbach. The name belongs to holy Pirminius, the founder of the cloister.
• 1763 Pirmasens is chartered by landgrave Ludwig IX. (Hessen-Darmstadt)
• 1790 Death of Ludwig IX. (Hessen-Darmstadt) and annulment of the garrison
• 1793 battle of Pirmasens; Prussia and Braunschweig fight against the french Moselle Army
• 1793 - 1815 affiliation to France
• 1923/24 tests of palatinate separatists to settle down in Pirmasens failed on 12 February 1924: occupation of the district town hall, home of the separatistic administration; many deaths on both sides
• 9 November 1938 destruction of the synagogue during the so called "Novemberpogrome"
• 15 March 1945 invasion of US-troops, World War II is over for the civilization
• 1946 Pirmasens becomes part of the newly founded Bundesland Rhineland-Palatinate
• 1989 Foundation of the FH Kaiserslautern which will be located in Pirmasens

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Incorporation

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

Evolution of population (since december 2002):

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Politics

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)
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Major

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

Town Twinning

• Poissy (France)

Poissy is a commune of the Yvelines département in France, located 20km from Paris, with a population (1999) of 36,000. ...

Culture and Sights

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

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Music

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

Oratory is the art of eloquent speech. ...

Theater

• Performances at the festival hall

Sports

Clubs

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

Knit hat, yarn, and knitting needles. ...

Regular Events

• the "Landgrafen-Tage" (days of the landgraves) - every second weekend in April
• Open-Air Highlights at the parade-ground (e.g. musicals, opera)
• "Schlabbeflicker-Fest", a parade of uniformed musicians - every first weekend in August
• Parade-ground festival - every second weekend in September
• Euroclassic festival (Festival of the cities: Pirmasens, Bitche, Zweibrücken, Blieskastel and of the Verbandsgemeinde Zweibrücken-Land)
• "Grenadiermarkt" (infantryman market) - in Autumn
• "Novembermarkt" - last weekend of October or first weekend of November
• Christmas market in the Advent

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Corporations

• Carl Zeiss Meditec Systems GmbH
• Ergo-Fit - manufacturer of cardiology equipment
• Kennel&Schmenger Schuhfabrik - manufacturer of shoes
• Koch Maschinenbau GmbH - engineering
• Peter Kaiser GmbH - Germany's oldest shoe-factory
• Park&Bellheimer AG - brewery
• Profine GmbH, Kömmerling - manufacturer of synthetic material; major company
• psb GmbH
• SympaTel Telemarketing GmbH
• WAFO GmbH - specialist in the abrasion technique
• WAWI Euro GmbH - chocolate factory
• "Pirmasenser Zeitung" local newspaper
• "Die Rheinpfalz" national newspaper

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Education

• Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern located in Pirmasens
• Deutsche Schuhfachschule

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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 second highest number of private insolvency in Germany
• location of the US-channel "Pirmasens-Husterhöhe", which transfers the signals of the Apollo 11 Mission to Houston,Texas in 1969.

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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]

Separatism involves setting oneself or others apart. ...

External links

• Homepage (de)
• Westwallmuseum (de)

	Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany
Cities Image File history File links Flag_of_Rhineland-Palatinate. ... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ...	Frankenthal | Kaiserslautern | Koblenz | Landau | Ludwigshafen | Mainz | Neustadt (Weinstraße) Pirmasens | Speyer | Trier | Worms | Zweibrücken Political status Country: Germany Federal state: Rhineland-Palatinate Region: Rhine Neckar Area District: Independent municipality Facts Population: 47,564 (December 2003) Area: 43. ... // Overview Located in the state of the Rhineland-Pfalz in southwest Germany on the edge of the Pfalz forest (Pfälzerwald) Kaiserslautern hosts a population of 100,000 people + approximately 30,000 NATO military personnel (mostly US-Americans) and their families, who call the city K-Town due to its... Koblenz (also Coblenz in pre-1926 German spellings; French Coblence; from ) is situated on the left bank of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck (German Corner) and its monument are situated. ... Map of Germany showing Landau Coat of Arms of Landau, 1291 – 1955 Landau or Landau in der Pfalz is an autonomous (Kreisfrei) city surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße (southern wineroute) district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with about 166,000 inhabitants. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Neustadt an der Weinstraße, otherwise known as Neustadt a. ... Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx. ... Trier (French: Trèves, Spanish: Treveris, Italian: Treviri) is Germanys oldest city. ... // Worms (pronounced ) is a city in the southwest of Germany. ... Zweibrücken is a city of Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate, on the Schwarzbach river at the border of the Palatine Forest. ...
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 Categories: Districts of Rhineland-Palatinate ... Categories: Districts of Rhineland-Palatinate ... Categories: Districts of Rhineland-Palatinate ... Bad Dürkheim is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Categories: Districts of Rhineland-Palatinate ... Bernkastel-Wittlich is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Birkenfeld is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Bitburg-Prüm is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Categories: Districts of Rhineland-Palatinate ... Daun is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... The Donnersbergkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Germersheim is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Kaiserslautern is a district (Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Kusel is a district (Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Mainz-Bingen is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Mayen-Koblenz is a district (Kreis) in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Neuwied is a district (Kreis) in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Rhein-Hunsrück is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Rhein-Lahn is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Südliche Weinstraße is a district (Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Südwestpfalz is a district (Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Trier-Saarburg is a district in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... The Westerwaldkreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ...