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Website. www.pirmasens.de. Pirmasens ( German pronunciation: [ˈpɪʁmazɛns] ⓘ; Palatine German: Bärmesens (also Bermesens or Bärmasens )) is an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It was famous for the manufacture of shoes.
- 380 m (1,250 ft)
- Urban district
May 26, 2023 · In fact, the city was founded by the passion for the military by Landgrave Ludwig IX who chose Pirmasens as his residence in 1741 because he was not allowed to keep grenadier guards in the French town Bouxville.
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Founded in the 8th cent., Pirmasens belonged to the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg until 1736. It later passed to Hesse-Darmstadt and in 1816 to Bavaria. The city was heavily damaged in World War II.
Founded in the 8th cent., Pirmasens belonged to the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg until 1736. It later passed to Hesse-Darmstadt and in 1816 to Bavaria. The city was heavily damaged in World War II.
Pirmasens, located right next to the wilderness of the Palatinate Forest ( Pfälzerwald), has an untouched beauty that borders on the mysterious. It takes you right back to the 8th century where it has its origins and even now refuses to entirely shed its medieval veneer.
Pirmasens is a town of 40.000 inhabitants, hence not very big, but it is the centre of the southernmost part of Rheinland-Pfalz along the French border. Just like Rome it was built on seven hills. The surrounding region is quite rural, large parts covered in forest, so a town this size feels like a metropolis.
Pirmasens (Palatine German: Bärmesens) is an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is near the border with France and was the center of the shoe industry in Germany until around 1970.
