Landau

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Landau is a historic fortified town in southwestern Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate, long valued for its strategic military position in Europe.

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Landau in der Pfalz 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
urban district
area 82.94 square kilometres
cededTo Bavaria in 1816
France in 1648
coordinateLocation 49.198°N 8.116°E
country Germany NERFINISHED
dialingCode +49 6341
economy agriculture
services
wine production
elevation 139 metres
federalState Rhineland-Palatinate NERFINISHED
fortificationsDesignedBy Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban NERFINISHED
grantedTownRights 13th century
hasSubdivision Arzheim NERFINISHED
Dammheim NERFINISHED
Godramstein NERFINISHED
Mörlheim NERFINISHED
Mörzheim
Nußdorf NERFINISHED
Queichheim NERFINISHED
Wollmesheim NERFINISHED
historicalRole fortified town
strategic military stronghold
joined Décapole NERFINISHED
knownFor historic old town
remnants of fortifications
wine festival
locatedIn Palatinate wine region NERFINISHED
Upper Rhine Plain NERFINISHED
southwestern Germany NERFINISHED
locatedNear Palatinate Forest NERFINISHED
locatedNorthOf Karlsruhe NERFINISHED
locatedSouthOf Ludwigshafen am Rhein NERFINISHED
memberOf Ten Imperial Cities of Alsace NERFINISHED
partOf Rheinland-Pfalz NERFINISHED
population approximately 47,000
populationAsOf 2023
postalCode 76829
river Queich NERFINISHED
sufferedSiege during War of the Austrian Succession
during War of the Spanish Succession
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED
university Landau campus of University of Koblenz-Landau (historically) NERFINISHED
vehicleRegistrationCode LD NERFINISHED
wasImperialCityOf Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
wasPartOf Alsace-Lorraine at times in history
French fortress system NERFINISHED

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