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Pirmasens: Guide
Pirmasens is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It is famous for the manufacture of shoes.
History
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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 France|french Moselle Army
1793 - 1815 affiliation to France
24 tests of palatinate separatists to settle down in Pirmasens failed on 12 February 1924: Military occupation|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 Kristallnacht|"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 Fachhochschule|FH Kaiserslautern which will be located in Pirmasens
Incorporation
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1969: Erlenbrunn, Fehrbach, Hengsberg, Niedersimten, Winzeln
1972: Gersbach, Windsberg
Evolution of population (since December 2002):
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Politics
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Common council
Town council election 13 June 2004:
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU 46,0% (-1,8) - 21 seats (-1)
SPD 23,8% (-11,4) - 11 seats (-5)
WGR 10,8% +3,7) - 5 seats (+3)
The Republicans (Germany)|REP 10,2% (+7,3) - 5 seats (+5)
The Greens 4,3% (+0,3) - 2 seats (=)
Other 5,1% (+2,0) - 0 Sitze (-1)
Major
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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)
Culture and Sights
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Museums
Collected works of Hugo Ball
Picture-gallery of the painter Heinrich Bürkel
Museum of shoes
Silhouettes from Elisabeth Emmler
Siegfried Line|Westwallmuseum
Music
Choir of oratory Pirmasens
Chantor's house of Pirmasens
Theater
Performances at the festival hall
Sports
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Clubs
Aero-Club Pirmasens
First carnival club of Pirmasens, CVP
"Knubbe un Knode" - club of old manual work practices (e.g. knitting)
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 Season of advent|Advent
Corporations
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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 Aktiengesellschaft|AG - brewery
Profine GmbH, Kömmerling - manufacturer of Chemical synthesis|synthetic material; major company
psb GmbH
SympaTel Telemarketing GmbH
WAFO GmbH - specialist in the abrasion technique
WAWI Euro GmbH - chocolate factory
"Pirmasenser Zeitung" newspaper|local newspaper
"Die Rheinpfalz" newspaper|national newspaper
Education
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Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern located in Pirmasens
Deutsche Schuhfachschule
Trivia
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Pirmasens is ...
the only international location in Rhineland-Palatinate for convention (meeting)|exhibitions
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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|Apollo 11 Mission to Houston|Houston,Texas in 1969. Literature
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German literature
# J.B.Lehnung, Geliebtes Pirmasens, 12 Bände, Pirmasens (Komet), 1978 ff.
# Gräber/Spindler, Die Pfalzbefreier, Ludwigshafen/Rhein, 2005 External links
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