Pirmasens

Pirmasens is a German Ville and a district, located in the Land of the Rhineland-Palatinat, near the French border . The name of the city comes from Saint Pirmin, founder of the Abbaye of Hornbach.

History

The city is mentioned for the first time in 826 in the form Pirminiseusna , in the registers of the Abbaye of Hornbach. In 1763, the city is integrated into the county Hesse-Darmstadt by the Landgrave Louis IX and the city is attached to the France 1793 with 1815. The city is bombarded by the American on August 9th, 1944 and - second once - the March 15th 1945.

Population

1875 : 10.136
1890 : 21.041
1925 : 42.996
1933 : 47.221
1939 : 50.560
1950 : 49.676
1970 : 57.773
1987 : 47.997
2002 : 44.367
2003 : 43.971

Policy

Results of the elections of the June 13rd 2004:

CDU: 46,0 %
SPD : 23,8 %
WGR : 10,8%
REFERENCE MARK: 10,2%
Green: 4,3%
Others: 5,1%

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