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Extract from the Annweiler Travel Guides:
ANNWEILER
, which is some 20km northwest of Bad Bergzabern, and a similar distance west of Landau, with which it has a direct rail link, stands in the lee of the region's most famous castle,
Burg Trifels
(Tues-Sun 9am-5/6pm; DM6/?3). To get here you have to walk up a steep path to the jagged crag on which it stands, but it's well worth the trek. The Burg is one of the most venerable in Germany, dating back to the eleventh century, and was supposedly one of Frederick Barbarossa's favourite haunts. In 1193 Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned here and only released on payment of an enormous ransom. It subsequently served as a...
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