town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Pirmasens is in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Map of Pirmasens

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  • 1 Westwallmuseum Pirmasens. A museum dedicated to the "western wall" the Nazis had built to try and defend Germany against the Allied counterattack.    
  • 2 Dynamikum. A science museum  
  • Old Postal Building, with an exhibition of the life and work of Hugo Ball and a picture gallery of the painter Heinrich Bürkel
  • Collected works of Hugo Ball in the public library
  • Old Town Hall, now a museum of local history and shoes, with silhouettes from Elisabeth Emmler
  • Siegfried Line Museum

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  • 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 Advent

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  • 1 Hotel Alt Pirmasens, Wittelsbacher Straße 26, 66954 Pirmasens, +49 6331 55450, fax: +49 6331 554599, . Restaurant: M–Sa from 17:30 (beer garden from 17:00), closed Su except holidays. Also includes the Restaurant Alt Bärmesens. single from €55, double from €81, €5 per person for breakfast.
  • 2 Hotel-Restaurant Kunz, Bottenbacher Straße 74, 66954 Pirmasens OT Winzeln, +49 6331 8750, fax: +49 6331 875125, . single from €82, double from €92, suite from €108.

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