#annweiler am trifels

Dusk in Annweiler am Trifels (Palatinate Forest, Germany)

The city of Annweiler is first mentioned in the year 1086. Etymology suggests, that it was founded during the 7th or 8th century, presumably by a frankish peasant called Anno or Arno.

From 1125 to 1298 the imperial insignia, including the crown of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation, were kept secure in the nearby Trifels castle. From 1193 to 1194 king Richard, the Lionheart was hold ransom in the same castle.

In 1219 emperor Friedrich II. gave Annweiler the privileges of a town.