Kreisfreie Stadt Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle of Zweibrücken and Europe’s Rose Garden.
Castle of Zweibrücken
Castle
Photo: Thomas W. Jefferson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zweibrücken Castle is a building in the town of Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It was built as a ducal palace in 1720–1725. It is the largest and most magnificent secular building in the Palatinate.
Zweibrücken Observatory
Observatory
Photo: TeKaBe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zweibrücken Observatory, or the Zweibrück Observatory of the Natural Science Association, is a public observatory in Zweibrücken, Germany. Its dome was painted to resemble the Star Wars character R2-D2 in 2018.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Contwig and Althornbach.
Contwig
Village
Photo: Ramessos, Public domain.
Contwig is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. It has slightly over 5.000 inhabitants, and is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Zweibrücken-Land. Its current mayor is Nadine Brinette, elected in 2021. Contwig is situated 4 km east of Kreisfreie Stadt Zweibrücken.
Althornbach
Village
Photo: Gerd Saile, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Althornbach is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Althornbach is situated 6 km south of Kreisfreie Stadt Zweibrücken.
Kreisfreie Stadt Zweibrücken
- Type: Locality with 33,300 residents
- Also known as: “Kreisfreie Stadt Zweibruecken” and “Zweibrücken”
- Location: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.2581° or 49° 15′ 29″ northLongitude
7.3794° or 7° 22′ 46″ eastPopulation
33,300Elevation
243 metres (797 feet)Open location code
8FX9795H+6QGeoNames ID
3247902
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