Pirmasens (Palatine German: Bärmesens) is an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is near the border with France and was the center of the shoe industry in Germany until around 1970.


  • Pirmasens
  • View with shoe factory

    View with shoe factory

  • Shoe factory and city hall tower

    Shoe factory and city hall tower

  • Shoemaker boy

    Shoemaker boy

  • Dynamikum

    Dynamikum

  • Old post office

    Old post office

  • New Apostolic Church

    New Apostolic Church

  • Listed residential building

    Listed residential building

  • Listed villa

    Listed villa

  • Stairway of the birds

    Stairway of the birds

  • Stairway of the birds

    Stairway of the birds