Freinsheim

Freinsheim (; ) is a town in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With about 5,000 inhabitants, it is among the state's smaller towns. It is also the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: Freinsheim BW 24.jpg
German location.image_caption: Town hall and protestant church
German location.image_coa: DEU Freinsheim COA.svg
German location.image_flag: Hissflagge Freinsheim.svg
German location.image_plan: Freinsheim in DÜW.svg
German location.state: Rheinland-Pfalz
German location.district: Bad Dürkheim
German location.Verbandsgemeinde: Freinsheim
German location.elevation: 72
German location.area: 13.59
German location.postal_code: 67251 67098 (Lindemannsruhe) 67247, 67248 (P.O. boxes)

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Contents

Geography
History
Politics
Town council
Mayors
Coat of arms
''Verbandsgemeinde''
Town partnerships
Culture and sightseeing
Literature prize
Buildings
Town wall
Protestant parish church
Former castle
Wayside shrine
West tower
Regular events
''Rotweinwanderweg''
''Freinsheimer Altstadtfest''
''Stadtmauerfest''
''Kulinarischer Weinwanderweg''
''Weihnachtsmarkt''
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
Transport
Famous people
Sons and daughters of the town
Famous people associated with the town
Further reading
References
External links

== Geography == Freinsheim lies in the Upper Rhine Plain at the eastern edge of the Palatinate forest, roughly 20 km west of Ludwigshafen between Bad Dürkheim (about 6 km to the southwest) and Grünstadt near the German Wine Route. Within town limits rises the Fuchsbach.