Kaiserslautern (help·info) (German pronunciation: [kaɪzɐˈslaʊtɐn]) is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland (State) of Rhineland-Palatinate (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 (459 kilometres), Frankfurt (117 kilometres), and Luxembourg (159 kilometres).
Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people. In the city and its sur...
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