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

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