Landau

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Landau in der Pfalz
Town
Courthouse
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Landau in der Pfalz
Landau in der Pfalz Show map of Germany Landau in der Pfalz Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 49°12′N 8°7′E / 49.200°N 8.117°E / 49.200; 8.117
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Urban district
Subdivisions	8 Ortsteile
Government
• Lord mayor (2023–31)	Dominik Geißler[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	82.94 km2 (32.02 sq mi)
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	47,610
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	76829
Dialling codes	06341
Vehicle registration	LD
Website	www.landau.de

Landau (Palatine German: Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz (German pronunciation: [ˈlandaʊ ɪn deːɐ ˈpfalts]), is an autonomous (kreisfrei) town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990), a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages of the Palatinate wine region. Landau lies east of the Palatinate forest, on the German Wine Route.

It contains the districts (Ortsteile) of Arzheim, Dammheim, Godramstein, Mörlheim, Mörzheim, Nussdorf, Queichheim, and Wollmesheim.