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Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Landau is a town of 47,000 people (2018) in the Palatinate. It is a university town, a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages of the Palatinate wine region. Landau lies east of the Palatinate forest, Europe's largest contiguous forest, on the German Wine Route.
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Reichsburg Trifels
Castle where Richard Lionheart of England was held as a hostage and the place where the imperial regalia was stored.
Burg Lemberg - Pfalz
Landau's large main square is dominated by the town hall (Rathaus) and the market hall (Altes Kaufhaus).
The zoo is close to the centre of Landau alongside the historical fortifications. Animals are held in natural enclosures. The zoo contains numerous exotic species such as tigers, cheetahs, seals, penguins, kangaroos and flamingos.
By train
Rail connections from Neustadt an der Weinstraße which has good long distance connections, also from Karlsruhe and Pirmasens.
By car
The town lies just off the A65, about 50 km from Ludwigshafen and 40 km from Karlsruhe.
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