Pirmasens-Land, Pirmasens

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Pirmasens-Land is a Verbandsgemeinde in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the southwestern edge of the Palatinate forest, around Pirmasens. The seat of the municipality is in Pirmasens, itself not part of the municipality. ()

Local name: Verbandsgemeinde Pirmasens-Land Coordinates: 49°12'5"N, 7°36'25"E

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Pirmasens-Land – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lemberg Castle, Clausensee, Siegfried Line Museum, Devil's Table.

3.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Lemberg Castle
80 min walk • Lemberg Castle, perched atop a hill in the picturesque region of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, is a historical edifice that offers a journey back to the medieval era. This castle, though not as widely recognized as some of its counterparts, is a hidden gem that boasts...
7.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Clausensee
182 min walk • The Clausensee is a reservoir in the Schwarzbach valley in the western Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
1.9 miS
Specialty museum, Museum, Military museum
Siegfried Line Museum, Pirmasens
49 min walk • The Siegfried Line Museum at Pirmasens is a museum in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate that is housed in a former subterranean fortification on the edge of the village of Niedersimten in southwest Palatinate. Its theme is war, but it also views itself as a memorial to peace.
5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Devil's Table
134 min walk • The Devil's Table of Salzwoog, in the municipality of Lemberg, is a striking mushroom rock in the German part of the Wasgau that covers the southern part of the Palatinate Forest in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
~1970 ftW
Science museum, Museum
Dynamikum, Pirmasens
10 min walk • The Dynamikum is a technology museum that opened on the site of the former Rheinberger shoe factory in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, on April 29, 2008. The hands-on museum is designed to bring phenomena from nature and technology to life and to...
6 miNE
Forts and castles
Heidelsburg
154 min walk • The Heidelsburg, also called the Bunenstein, is an old fortification in the western Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate that goes back at least to the days of the Roman Empire. Today only the remains of two gates, together with their steps, the castle walls and a cistern have survived.
3.8 miE
Forts and castles
Ruppertstein Castle
97 min walk • Ruppertstein Castle is the ruins of a hill castle located at an elevation of 452 m above sea level near the village of Lemberg in the collective municipality of Pirmasens-Land in the county of Südwestpfalz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
6.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bichtenberg
155 min walk • The Bichtenberg is a 400-metre-high hill in the western Wasgau, a region on the Franco-German border that includes the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the northern part of the Vosges.
~1290 ftS
Church
Luther Church, Pirmasens
7 min walk • The Lutherkirche is a Protestant church in Pirmasens.
1.2 miNW
Sport, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
Sportpark Husterhöhe, Pirmasens
31 min walk • Sportpark Husterhöhe is a multi-use stadium in Pirmasens, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Pirmasens. The stadium is able to hold 10,000 people and opened in 2004. On 5 September 2009, the stadium hosted Germany U-20's 6–1 win over South Africa U-20.

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Which popular attractions are close to Pirmasens-Land?

Nearby attractions include Luther Church, Pirmasens (7 min walk), Dynamikum, Pirmasens (10 min walk).