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This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (September 2006) |
| Pirmasens | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Urban district |
| Lord Mayor | Bernhard Matheis (CDU) |
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| Area | 61.37 km² (23.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 380 m (1247 ft) |
| Population | 42,427 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 691 /km² (1,791 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | PS |
| Postal codes | 66953–66955 |
| Area code | 06331 |
| Website | www.pirmasens.de |
Pirmasens is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It is famous for the manufacture of shoes.
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The first mention of "Pirminiseusna", a colony of Hornbach Abbey, dates from 860. The name derives from St. Pirminius, the founder of the cloister.
In 1763 Pirmasens is chartered by landgrave Ludwig IX (Hesse-Darmstadt). In 1793 it was the location of battle between Prussia and Braunschweig against the french Moselle Army; subsequently, until 1814, the town was part of France.
On 15 March 1945 Pirmasens was captured by US troops, and the following year it became part of the newly founded Bundesland Rhineland-Palatinate.
In 1989 the FH Kaiserslautern was founded. After the fall of communism, and the reunification of East and West Germany, Pirmasens saw an influx of Russian immigrants (mainly from White Russia) claiming to be descendants of German soldiers caught behind the iron curtain after the second World War. Russian immigrants claiming German descendency were given permanent resident status. As expectedwho?, tensions began to build between the newly arrived immigrants and local residents, who were already at odds with the increasing Turkish and former Yugoslavian populations.
Evolution of population (since December 2002):
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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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