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' is a city

City

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in southwest Germany

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, located in the Bundesland
States of Germany

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(State) of Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz....
(Rheinland-Pfalz) at the edge of the Palatinate forest (Pfälzer Wald). The historic centre dates to the 9th century and is within easy reach of Paris

Paris

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(459 kilometres) and Luxembourg

Luxembourg (city)

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(159 kilometres).

Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people. In the city and its surrounding district (Landkreis Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern (district)

Kaiserslautern is a district in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Kusel , Donnersbergkreis, Bad D?rkheim and S?dwestpfalz....
) live an additional approximately 50,000 NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization , also called the Atlantic Alliance, is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949....
military personnel members (mainly American), who often call the city K-Town
Kaiserslautern Military Community

Kaiserslautern military community is a community of Americans living in and around Kaiserslautern, Germany supporting United States armed forces and NATO installations, such as the Ramstein Air Base, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Kapaun Air Station, Vogelweh Housing Area, Pulaski Barracks, Kleber Kaserne, Daenner Kaserne, Panzer Kaserne...
, and contribute approximately $1 billion annually to the Kaiserslautern economy.

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History

Prehistoric settlement in the area of what is now Kaiserslautern has been traced to at least 800 B.C. Some 2,500-year-old Celt

Celt

Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
ic tombs were uncovered at Miesau, a town about 29 kilometres west of Kaiserslautern. The recovered relics are now in the Museum for Palatinate History at Speyer

Speyer

Speyer is a city in Germany with approx. 50,000 inhabitants, located beside the river Rhine. It lies 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim....
.

Kaiserslautern received its name from the favorite hunting retreat of Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Image:HRR 14Jh.jpgThe Roman of the Emperor's title was a reflection of the translatio imperii principle that regarded the Holy Roman Emperors as the inheritors of the title of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a title left unclaimed in the West after the death of Julius Nepos in 480....
Frederick Barbarossa

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick I Barbarossa was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt am Main on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March, crowned King of Italy in Pavia in 1154, and finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155....
who ruled the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
from 1155 until 1190. The small river Lauter

Lauter

Lauter may refer to:In towns:*Lauter, Saxony, town in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany*Lauter, Bavaria, village in the district of Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany...
made the old section of Kaiserslautern an island in medieval times. Ruins of Frederick's original castle, built 1152–1160, can still be seen in front of the Rathaus (city hall). A second castle, Nanstein Castle, was built at Landstuhl

Landstuhl

Landstuhl is a municipality of over 9,000 people in southwestern Germany. It is part of the Kaiserslautern , in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....
to guard the western approach to the city. Because of the influence Frederick Barbarossa had on the town, it is nicknamed a "Barbarossa town".

The Stiftkirche, Kaiserslautern's oldest church, was constructed in 1250–1350. As the population of Kaiserslautern grew, King Rudolf von Habsburg

Rudolph I of Germany

Rudolph I, also known as Rudolph of Habsburg May 1, 1218 – July 15, 1291) was King of the Romans from 1273 until his death. He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg family to a leading position among the Germany feudal dynasties....
chartered the town in 1276. St. Martin

Martin of Tours

Saint Martin of Tours , was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Roman Catholic Church saints....
's Kirche (church) was built from 1300–1350 for an order of monks

Monks

Monks may refer to:*Plural of monk* Robert Monks -- American entrepreneur, politician, and corporate activist* "Monks " -- a character from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist...
. Today a section of the original city wall still stands in the courtyard of the church.

In 1375, the city of Kaiserslautern was put into pawn to the Kurpfalz and therefore became subsequently part of the Wittelsbach

Wittelsbach

The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a Germany dynasty from Bavaria. Their major principal roles were as List of rulers of Bavaria , Electoral Palatinate , List of rulers of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, County of Hainaut and Zeeland , List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne , Duchy of J?lich and Berg , Kings of Sweden...
heirloom. In 1519, Franz von Sickingen

Franz von Sickingen

Franz von Sickingen was a Germany knight, one of the most notable figures of the first period of the Protestant Reformation.He was born at Ebernburg near Bad Kreuznach....
became the owner of Nanstein Castle. He became a Protestant, and in 1522 Nanstein was a stronghold for local nobles favouring the Reformation

Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation was a Christian reform movement in Europe. It is thought to have begun in 1517 with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and may be considered to have ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648....
. Sickingen and the local nobles began their battle against the Archbishop of Trier; but the attack was unsuccessful, and they retreated to Nanstein. Nanstein was then besieged by cannon

Cannon

A cannon is any tubular piece of artillery, that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellants to launch a projectile over a distance....
-armed German Catholic

Catholic

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princes. Sickingen died after the castle surrendered, and the Protestant nobility of the Palatinate were subdued by the Catholic princes.

Count

Count

A count is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin comes?in its Accusative case comitem?meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor"....
of the Palatinate Johann Casimir, came to Kaiserslautern during the Thirty Years' War

Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily in Germany and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe....
(1618–1648). Harsh Spanish

Spain

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occupation in 1621–1632 ended when Protestant Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
armies liberated the area. In 1635, however, the ruthless Croatia

Croatia

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n troops of the Austria

Austria

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n emperor's army entered Kaiserslautern and killed 3,000 of the 3,200 residents in three days' plundering. Landstuhl was saved from a similar fate by surrendering without a fight. It took Kaiserslautern about 160 years to repopulate itself.

Conflict did not end with the Peace of Westphalia

Peace of Westphalia

The term Peace of Westphalia refers to the two Peace treaty of Osnabr?ck and M?nster, signed on May 15 and October 24, 1648, respectively, and written in Latin, that ended both the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Revolt between Spain and the Dutch Republic....
in 1648. The Elector

Prince-elector

The Prince-Electors of the Holy Roman Empire were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of Imperial election the Holy Roman Emperors....
of the Pfalz had difficulty with many of his subjects and ordered all castles, including Nanstein, destroyed. The French

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
repeatedly invaded and occupied the area, residing in Kaiserslautern in 1686–1697. Nevertheless, after the treaty of Utrecht it was restored to be part of the Palatinate. During the unquiet episodes in the 18th century, the Palatinate was the scene of fighting between French and German troops of different states. In 1713, the French destroyed Barbarossa's castle and the city's wall towers. From 1793 until Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

In the Battle of Waterloo forces of the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
in 1815, the area was under French administration.

As French power declined after 1815, Kaiserslautern and the Palatinate became a Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
n province and remained so until 1918. After World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, French troops again occupied the Palatinate for several years.

In World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, more than 60% of Kaiserslautern was destroyed by bombs from Allied

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers of World War II during the World War II. Within the ranks of the Allies powers, the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America were known as "The Big Three"....
aircraft. The railway and several main roads were primary targets. The heaviest attacks occurred on 7 January, 11 August, and 28 September, 1944. Of the 20,000 homes, 11,000 were destroyed or damaged. The cemetery wall opposite Kleber Kaserne still bears shell marks of these raids.

On 20 March, 1945, as the last of Omar Bradley

Omar Bradley

Omar Nelson Bradley Knight Commander of the Bath was one of the main United States Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II and a General of the Army in the United States Army....
's 1st Army crossed the Rhine

Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
at Remagen

Remagen

Remagen is a town in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler. It is about a one hour's drive from Cologne , just south of Bonn, the former West-German capital....
, the U.S. 80th Division

U.S. 80th Division

The 80th Division was a Military formation of the United States Army. During World War I and World War II, the unit was designated the 80th Infantry Division. Nicknamed the "Blue Ridge Mountains Division", it was initially composed of draftees from the mid-atlantic states of Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland....
, 319th Infantry, part of George Patton's 3rd Army, seized Kaiserslautern without resistance. The war was over for this area, but there was little reconstruction until the currency reform of 1948. The pace of the economy remained slow until 1952, when construction for newly established garrisons of American troops brought economic growth to the area.

The city's coat of arms is a red and white shield, with an open-mouthed pike on it. This was reportedly Frederick's favorite dish.

Sites and buildings

Today, Kaiserslautern is a modern centre of information and communications technology as well as a well-known university, a technical college and many international research institutes located throughout the city.

The Palatine Gallery dates from 1874 featuring exhibits of painting and sculpture from the 19th century to the present day.

Town Hall Kaiserslautern

The Town Hall Kaiserslautern was the tallest town hall in Germany at its inauguration in 1968. It has 25 floors above ground, from which the three uppermost are only used as storage or for operational devices....
is one of the tallest buildings and is located in the city centre. The bar and coffee shop on the top floor provides a paranoramic view of the city and surrounding countryside.

The tallest building in the center of Kaiserslautern is Marienkirche, a Catholic church.

The television tower, in fact the highest structure in Kaiserslautern is not in the city centre, but located at Dansenberg, a suburb in the southwest of the city.

Kaiserslautern's large botanical gardens feature a Japanese-style garden. Another unusual feature is the Waschmühle, an enormous 160-metre public swimming pool

Swimming pool

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that is the largest in Europe. There are several pedestrian only shopping zones with numerous and varied restaurants and bars located in the city centre surrounding the old city (Altstadt). In the Altstadt you will find the "Kaiserbrunnen", a large ornamental fountain in which various historically important features of the city are represented, including eg. a sewing machine - for the Pfaff-werke, a football, and various creatures, on which children can climb.

University of Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern University of Technology is a university located in Kaiserslautern, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 10 Faculties....
was founded on 13 July 1970. Earlier, it was part of the twin University Trier/Kaiserslautern. It started with the departments of Mathematics

Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
, Physics

Physics

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and Technology

Technology

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. Later many more facilities were added.

Culture and Sports

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern Local theatre employs more than 300 people and features plays, operas, ballets, concerts, and musicals. The first German performance of West Side Story
West Side Story

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took place there. As the arts in Germany are significantly subsidized by the government, its ticket prices are reasonably low. Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern hosts the Else-Lasker-Schüler-Preis awards for German literature. The Kammgarn The is classified as a historical site. It served as a spinning factory before being transformed into the cultural heart of Kaiserslautern. This renovation has preserved its historical character while incorporating the latest sound and lighting technologies. The Kammgarn stands among the top venues in Germany and serves as a first-call club for rising groups and performers as well as established jazz, rock, blues and pop artists in Europe. Performances have included international stars B.B. King, Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band is a jazz/rock group formed by Manfred Mann , in 1971 in music....
, Pat Metheny, Uriah Heep

Uriah Heep (band)

Uriah Heep are an English people rock music band, formed in December 1969 when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley to join Spice , a band signed to his own Bronze Records label....
and Jan Garbarek.

Gartenschau (Garden exhibition) Better known as the 'Dino Park' because of its lifesize dinosaur models, the is open from April through October and is popular with families. Having begun as a series of botanical displays and enjoying success at the first State Garden Exhibition of Rhineland-Palatinate in Kaiserlautern in 2000, this park has been transformed into one of the most multi-dimensional cultural centers in Germany.

Fritz Walter Stadium The newly renovated Fritz Walter Stadion
Fritz Walter Stadion

The Fritz Walter Stadion is the home to the 2. Fu?ball-Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and is located in the city of Kaiserslautern. It was also one of the stadiums to be used in the Football World Cup 2006....
accommodates 48,500 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
fans. In June 2006, Kaiserslautern was one of 12 German cities to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names international football world championship tournament....
. During the five matches played, the first goal ever from an Australian team in a Football World Cup finals match was scored (By Tim Cahill).

Kaiserslautern is also home to the Football team 1. FC Kaiserslautern

1. FC Kaiserslautern

1. Fussball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK or simply FCK, is a Germany football List of football clubs in Germany based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate....
, which achieved the title "Deutscher Meister" (German champions) four times.

Museums and libraries

Palatinate Gallery of Art (artgallery, mainly pictures and sculptures from the 19th and 20th century)
/ (local history)
(Municipal Library)
(university library of Kaiserslautern)
(Bibliothek of Fachhochschule)
Pfalzbibliothek (scientific library with a main focus on palatinate issues)

Religion

Churches

The largest church is the Mary Church. There is also the historic Apostel Church.

Mosques

The city has two mosques. The first mosque was built by the Turkish community living in the city. It is located on the Richard-Wagner-Str. Another one built more recently, Islamic Centre Kaiserslautern, is located at Humboldstraße.

Synagogue

The city was once the site of the magnificent Moorish Revival

Moorish Revival

Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of the Romanticist Orientalism....
Kaiserslautern synagogue. Built in 1886, the synagogue's great dome could be seen from across the city. It was destroyed on Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht

File:1938 Interior of Berlin synagogue after Kristallnacht.jpgKristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass or "night of shattered crystal" was a pogrom in Nazi Germany on November 9?10, 1938....
.

Nature

Kaiserslautern is located in Germany's largest forest area (Palatinate forest) and offers numerous hiking trails and lakes to visitors.

Other places of interest in Kaiserslautern are:

, an observation tower, built in 1900, offering a great view over the Palatinate Forest
at Siegelbach
Karlstal (a whitewater canyon)
, the castle of emperor Barbarossa
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick I Barbarossa was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt am Main on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March, crowned King of Italy in Pavia in 1154, and finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155....
(Redbeard)
Burg Nanstein, Landstuhl
Landstuhl

Landstuhl is a municipality of over 9,000 people in southwestern Germany. It is part of the Kaiserslautern , in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....
, a castle in the district
Burg Hohenecken, a castle in a suburb/ward of Kaiserslautern
, a horticultural show, including the largest dinosaur
Dinosaur

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(Japanese Garden), largest garden of its kind in Europe.

Climate

Average Temperatures:

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Business

Companies in Kaiserslautern

ACO Guss GmbH (was Guss und Armaturwerk Kaiserslautern; steel)
Adam Opel GmbH (car factory]
F.K. Horn GmbH & Co. KG (construction)
Bahntechnik Kaiserslautern (formerly Bundesbahn-Ausbesserungswerk; trains and wagons)
Corning GmbH (catalytic converters)
CP Schmidt Verpackungswerk GmbH & Co. KG (cardboard and wrappings)
empolis GmbH (Content & Knowledge Management Software)
Euromaster GmbH (tires, company headquarters)
FACT Future Advanced Composites & Technology GmbH (plastics)
Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG (manufacturer of fibrous webs)
Fruit of the Loom
Fruit of the Loom

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GmbH (European center for logistics)
Gebr. Pfeiffer AG (stonemills)
GENERAL DYNAMICS
General Dynamics

General Dynamics Corporation is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2008 it is the fifth largest defense contractor in the world....
Santa Bárbara Sistemas GmbH (until 2002 Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern; amphibious vehicles, mobile bridges for military use)
Hochwald Nahrungsmittel-Werke GmbH (milk)
Human Solutions GmbH (hardware/software for ergonomic processes and bodyscanners)
Keiper GmbH & Co. KG (carseats)
Linux Networx GmbH (headquarters for Europe, specialists for supercomputer
Supercomputer

A supercomputer is a computer that is at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation. Supercomputers introduced in the 1960s were designed primarily by Seymour Cray at Control Data Corporation , and led the market into the 1970s until Cray left to form his own company, Cray Research....
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LMS Deutschland GmbH (software development for mechanic, structural density and components)
Lumera Laser GmbH (laser systems)
Market Maker
Market maker

A market maker is a business organizations that quotes both a buy and a sell price in a financial instrument or commodity, hoping to make a profit on the bid/offer spread, or turn ....
Software AG (software for stock portfolio management)
maxess Systemhaus GmbH (IT solutions for grocery companies)
MOBOTIX AG (network cameras and surveillance systems)
Pfaff
Pfaff

Pfaff is a manufacturer of sewing machines and is now owned by the VSM Group AB ....
Industrie Maschinen AG (sewing machines)
Rohr Druck GmbH (printing)
Saar-Pfalz Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH & Co. KG (licensee of Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is a carbonation soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines worldwide . It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke or as Cola or Pop....
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SIEDA Systemhaus für intelligente EDV-Anwendungen GmbH (software for hospitals, scheduling, and logistics)
Spinnerei Lampertsmühle GmbH (textiles)
Talia (formerly Gondrom; bookstores)
Torpedo-Garage GmbH & Co. KG (branch of Daimler-Chrysler AG)
Wipotec Wägetechnik GmbH (scales)
Albert Ziegler GmbH & Co. KG (fire-fighting equipment)
ALPLA

US Military

Between 1950 and 1955, Kaiserslautern developed into the largest US military community outside of the United States. For this reason Kaiserslautern, somewhat to the chagrin of native German residents, is also referred to as "K-town"; a term coined by the early American military population who had difficulty pronouncing the name. The Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) is a combined community consisting of Army and Air Force components. The KMC consists of Army facilities at Kleber, Panzer, and Daener Kaserne, Landstuhl

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is an overseas military hospital operated by the U.S. Army and the United States Department of Defense. LRMC is the largest military hospital outside of the continental US....
, Miesau, Einsiedlerhof, Pirmasens, Rhine Ordnance and Pulaski Barracks along with Air Force facilities located at Ramstein Air Base

Ramstein Air Base

Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in the Germany state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe and is also a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation....
, Sembach, Vogelweh, and Kapaun Air Station.

External links

- Website dedicated to good food, bars, and links for the "K-town" area

Kaiserslautern

History

Sites and buildings

University of Kaiserslautern

Culture and Sports

Museums and libraries

Religion

Churches

Mosques

Synagogue

Nature

Climate

Sister citiesTown twinningTown twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....

Business

Companies in Kaiserslautern

US Military

External links

Sister cities
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....