Landau
Landau in der Pfalz | |
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Courthouse | |
Location of Landau in der Pfalz | |
| Coordinates: 49°12′N 8°7′E / 49.200°N 8.117°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Urban district |
| Subdivisions | 8 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor (2023–31) | Dominik Geißler (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 82.94 km2 (32.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 142 m (466 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
• Total | 48,341 |
| • Density | 580/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 76829 |
| Dialling codes | 06341 |
| Vehicle registration | LD |
| Website | www.landau.de |
Landau (Palatine German: Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz (German pronunciation: [ˈlandaʊ ʔɪn deːɐ̯ ˈpfalts], lit. 'Landau in the Palatinate'), is an autonomous (kreisfrei) town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990), 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, on the German Wine Route.
It contains the districts (Ortsteile) of Arzheim, Dammheim, Godramstein, Mörlheim, Mörzheim, Nussdorf, Queichheim, and Wollmesheim.